Companies at the Cleantech Venture Day '08

Connect with interesting Nordic companies and entrepreneurs!

Case presentation companies

Name: BaseN Corporation
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: Infrastructure management, energy efficiency, energy saving
Short company description: BaseN is a infrastructure management provider, offering a complete portfolio of software services that monitor, measure, analyze and forecast massive data flows. BaseN is privately held and was founded in December 2001 and since that it has demonstrated rapid growth. BaseN currently employs 30 people. Company delivers business critical services in the fields of Telecom, Energy and Environment. As it leverages its next-generation grid technology, BaseN expects the energy, gas, and water, as well as carbon dioxide (CO2) emission measurements to provide significant additional growth and business opportunities for the company. One of the key objectives of BaseN is to support the creation of sustainable environment by mitigating climate change using real-time and accurate data of energy consumption. The real-time accessibility of the energy consumption increases the awareness of the energy consumer and encourages energy saving.
Website: www.basen.net

Name: Compower
Country: Sweden
Cleantech segment: energy generation, energy infrastructure
Short company description: Compower is developing and manufacturing micro CHP systems (Combined Heat and Power) for multi-family houses, small offices and single-family houses. Compower´s microturbine technology is based on a unique external heating system wuth a competitive edge over conventional gas turbines in the small power range and with the use of renewable fuels. In addition, Compower´s business concept enables cost competitive products with a relatively short lead-time and cost-effectiveness. Company is founded in 2004 and it is now in the real scale testing / commercialization phase. Company has several patents pending.
Website: www.compower.se

Name: H2 Logic
Country: Denmark
Cleantech segment: energy efficiency, energy saving
Short company description: H2 Logic develops and commercialises hydrogen and fuel cell technologies enabling clean and efficient propulsion of materials handling vehicles such as warehouse trucks and later commercial markets such as light road vehicles and mobile power generators. Products include fuel cell hybrid systems that deliver electricity for propulsion or secondary power for vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure solutions in terms of filling stations providing hydrogen for vehicles. Company is founded in 2003 and it is now in expansion / real scale testing stage. Company has several patents for systems developed.
Website:  www.h2logic.com

Name: Picodeon and Ceram Hyd
Country: Finland and France/Finland 
Cleantech segment: nanotechnological coating solutions / Fuel cells
Short company description: Picodeon provides the Coldab™ deposition technology for nano-structured materials. This is an enabling technology for the fuel cells developed by CeramHyd. Ceram Hyd´s develop and commercialize the domains of hydrogen production, storage and re-conversion into electricity for fuel cell and electrolyser manufacturers, auto-makers and battery suppliers.  Both companies have extensive patent portfolios and are now in proof of concept -stage.
Website: www.picodeon.com

Name: Retermia
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: air-conditioning / energy saving, energy efficiency
Short company description: Retermia offers cost-effective energy-saving solutions for first-class air conditioning. Retermia heat recovery technology is a result of companys innovative product development and represents leading edge technology in the field of air-conditioning. The basic component in products is the patented needle pipe: a hygienic and energy effective heat transfer surface. Company is founded in 1982 and its now in expansion stage. Company has several patents for needle heat exchangers and productions methods as well as several pending patents in 2007-08.
Website: www.retermia.fi

Name: TD Light Sweden AB
Country: Sweden
Cleantech segment: energy saving 
Short company description: TD Light's first product, StingyLight was launched in 2008. StingyLight is using LED technologies and it enables replacing all fluorescent lamps cost-efficiently in government-, city council- and municipal buildings. Other competitive advantages include long lifetime (at least 100 000 hours), very low energy consumption, easy assembly and very quick ROI.
TD Light Sweden AB was founded in 2007 and it employs 7 people.
Website: www.tdlight.se

Name: Wave Star Energy  
Country: Denmark
Cleantech segment: wave energy
Short company description: Wave Star Energy develops simple and cost-effective wave power machines. Its first grid connected pilot system has passed 19.000 operational hours in the sea and been through 14 storms without any damage. Sea trials of the first commercial 500 kW system will start in the North Sea in 2009 and the first systems are ready for sale in 2010. Over time the systems will gradually grow in size to 6 MW systems or more and be located 3 to 30 km into the sea. The business model is to establish license production in the countries with the highest kWh tariffs and have a strong political backing for renewable energy. The Company has headquarters in Copenhagen and employs currently 17 people.
Website: www.wavestarenergy.com

Companies at the poster exhibition

Name: Akkuser
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: recycling
Short company description: Akkuser has developed a new environmental-friendly technology for recycling batteries and dry accumulators. In the automated treatment process of batteries and accumulators, metals are recovered and other parts like plastic and cardboard are utilized in energy production. After the treatment process 90 % of the product has been recycled. Compared with other similar recycling technologies, this recycling technology is environmental friendly. During the process no environmentally distressing chemicals and noticeably small amounts of energy are used. In Finland Akkuser co-operates with RecSer, a producer organization founded through agreement. In Sweden an agreement has been met with El-Kretsen, a local producer company, which delivers 50 % of the material compiled in Sweden to Finland.
Website: www.akkuser.fi.

Name: BaseN Corporation
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: Infrastructure management, energy efficiency, energy saving
Short company description: See above.
Website: www.basen.net

Name: Cleantech Scandinavia
Country: Sweden
Cleantech segment: venture capital network
Short company description:Cleantech Scandinavia is a membership network designed to provide cleantech knowledge, contacts and investment opportunities; be a coordinating voice to promote to Nordic cleantech sector and drive cleantech innovation and growth in the Nordic countries.
Website: www.cleantechscandinavia.com

Name: Ecomond
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: energy efficiency (logistics)
Short  company description: Ecomond Oy is a Finnish software house that is specialized in logistics control and optimising and systems. The main product is Transport Control System TCS which is used for managing a company's logistics chain automatically and in real-time. Ecomond is a leading company in environmental logistics in Finland. Ecomond has also developed state of art optimising software for waste management companies. TCS OPTI gives remarkable savings when the whole logistics chain can be optimized. Optimising can be used in strategic, tactical and dynamic levels improving efficiency and accuracy of operations. Ecomond has started international marketing 2007 through its partners TietoEnator and SIRIUS IT. At the moment there are several ongoing international projects and Ecomond has proved the demand for this kind of solutions.
Website: www.ecomond.com

Name: Enercomp
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: energy efficiency
Short company description: Enercomp Oy provides complete solution for reducing energy consumption and increase system availability in motor driven industrial applications such as pumps, fans and compressors. Enercomp customers are mainly industrial end users  from pulp and paper, steel and water utilities. Vision of company is come to leading supplier of energy saving products and services for pump users
Website: www.enercomp.fi

Name: Finnish Cleantech Cluster
Country: Finland
Short description: Finnish Cleantech Cluster is a group of already nearly 200 environmental players with expertise in water, air, health & safety, energy, and monitoring related businesses, among others. The cluster offers you a range of services to boost your company's efforts in internationalisation. They can help you with networking, financing and marketing support, just to name a few of our services.
Website: www.cleantechcluster.fi

Name: Invest in Finland
Country: Finland 
Segment: FDI promotion 
Short company description: Invest in Finland (IIF) is an expert service organisation promoting foreign direct investment in Finland. This means assisting companies locate operations in Finland and also serving companies that have already established a presence here. Funded by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, IIF has fifteen years of experience in providing investment services. IIF offers an effective link between your company and Finnish business sectors.
Website: www.investinfinland.fi

Name: Picodeon
Country: Finland 
Cleantech segment: nanotechnological coating solutions
Short company description: Picodeon develops and manufactures the world's most modern functional or decorative thin film coating solutions using its proprietary Coldab^TM nanotechnology. The Picodeon business model is based on licensing relevant Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to customers and Selling thin-film and coating services through partners. The resulting functional smart layers and novel new materials enable huge benefits to a large number of industries, including energy, construction, optics, medical, automotive, sensors and semiconductors. Picodeon is a privately owned company with corporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and application laboratory in Kuopio, Finland. Company´s sales office is located in Malmö, Sweden.
Website: www.picodeon.com

Name: Savonia Power
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: biofuels for CHP 
Short company description: Savonia Power Oy was founded in 2005. The company is specialised in the modular solutions of combined heat and power production in power plant environment. The main product is Powex® -power generation module. The power production is based on steam process and high-speed turbo generator (within the effect range of 1-3 MW electricity). The solution enables a good efficiency in small-sized power plants. It is located in Varkaus, Finland and it employs 10 people.
Website: www.savoniapower.com

Name: Sitra, The Finnish Innovation Fund
Country: Finland
Cleantech segment: Venture capitalist
Short company description:Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund is an independent public fund which under the supervision of the Finnish Parliament promotes the welfare of Finnish society. Sitra's responsibilities have been stipulated in law. Since its establishment, Sitra's duty has been to promote stable and balanced development in Finland, the qualitative and quantitative growth of its economy and its international competitiveness and co-operation. Sitra's operations have been focused into fixed-period programmes, each of which consists of various projects and measures. The active programme areas are health care, food and nutrition, energy and growth of the mechanical industry.
Website: www.sitra.fi

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