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Climate-KIC Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership

addressing the challenge of climate change

Climate-KIC, 15 October 2013

Jonathan Tyler

Chief Commercial Officer

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• A new public-private innovation model, which has now been running for a few years

• Funded by the European Commission via the EIT (European Institute for Innovation and

Technology)

• 5 National Centers (CLC’s) across Europe, and a new one on the way – project and

innovation hubs

• 6 further Regional Hubs (RIC’s) – connections to municipalities / implementation centers

We have reach across Europe, from East to West, and North to South

• Direct overall budget in 2013 of around €45mn, and likely growing

• Therein our entrepreneurship activities account for > €10mn pa


A new approach, with substantial

support from the EC

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We cover 9 European Countries,

soon to be 10

6 Co-Location Centres (CLC’s)

• Copenhagen, Denmark (from 2014)

• Paris, France

• Berlin, Germany

• The Netherlands

• Zurich, Switzerland

• London, UK

6 Regional Centres (RIC’s)

• Valencia, Spain

• Central Hungary

• Emilia Romagna, Italy

• Lower Silesia, Poland

• Hessen, Germany

• West Midlands, UK

Bringing people together to Innovate



Excellent network of varied partners:

over 200 in total

Business

Academic

• Public & Non-Profit


Where we focus our larger

Innovation Projects

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• Entrepreneurship support with Climate-KIC teams in Denmark, France,

Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, UK

• We currently provide individual start-up grants of up to €100k per company

Plus

• Local incubator facilities

• Local business coaches

• Standardised acceleration programme

• Network with local investor community

• Access to follow-on funding


Climate-KIC Entrepreneurship Team

covers 10 regions in Europe


Entrepreneurship: more than just

money – training and support

Acceleration program Incubator Network Masterclasses

Venture Competition Start-up tour Professional placements


Some of the great start-up

companies that we’ve supported

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tado’s smartphone app sets the heating automatically to

ideal temperature when users leave or approach their

home, saving up to 30% heating cost

• Runner up in 2012 Venture Competition (€20k prize)

• Joined Climate-KIC 2012 USA Start Up Tour

• Member of Climate-KIC’s incubation program

• Raised €1.9M from Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures



Waste2Chemical produces building blocks for

polymers, solvents, lubricants etc. that have

been converted from biowaste by bacteria

• Member of Climate-KIC acceleration

programme: Business coaching, master

classes

• Winner in 2011 Dutch Venture Competition

• Joined Climate-KIC 2012 USA Start Up

Tour

• Member of Climate-KIC’s incubation

programme

• Spin-Off from Wageningen University

• April 2013: Series A investment round with

Horizon 3 and DGF


Triggered microencapsulation technology

developed by PhD students at University of

Cambridge. A multi-billion-per-annum industry with

established applications in food, cosmetics,

pharmaceutical, and personal care products, eg:

Double crop yield for same amount of fertilizer

Eliminates atmospheric release of Nitrous oxide

• Climate-KIC Entrepreneurship incubation funding 2013

• Climate-KIC “pitch coaching” April 2013

• First investment round with major VC’s May 2013 – 3 investors

• Won two prizes at Rice business competition in Houston, Texas

• Winner of Climate-KIC 2013 UK Venture Competition

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How to become a Climate-KIC start-up? What we look for

• Significant climate change impact

• Uniqueness of technology

• Development of key intellectual property

• Stringency in utilization of funds

• Commercial opportunity / business idea


Climate-KIC would love to

hear from you

Jonathan Tyler

Chief Commercial Officer

[email protected]

Climate-KIC

31-35 Kirby Street

London EC1N 8TE

United Kingdom

www.climate-kic.org

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