3-D Printing Heats Up Demand for Metals
by STEPHANIE YANG The Wall Street Journal
Powders made of aluminum, nickel and other industrial metals are used to make rocket-ship parts and aerospace components.
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Vulog Shares Q4 Carsharing Expansion Plans
Vulog, a leading mobility platform provider, announced a significant year-end success with six new American, Chinese, and European carsharing projects launched in Q4.
ETF Partners invests in Movinga
ETF Partners leads €15 million investment round into Movinga – the leading relocation platform to support its mission of digitalising the relocation logistics space.
ETF Partners invests in Flyability
ETF Partners and Swisscom Ventures co-led an $11m investment into Flyability, to support the Company in building out its indoor autonomous inspection capabilities, and to help fund its future growth.
ETF Partners invests in PHENIX
PHENIX, the French pioneer that has revolutionised the management of food waste, raises €15m to expand internationally. The financing was led by the Environmental Technologies Fund and BPI France’s Smart Cities Fund.
Greenbird launches Utilihive to accelerate energy innovation
Greenbird Integration Technology has announced that it has renamed its integration Platform as-a-Service (iPaaS) to UtilihiveTM.
Patrick Pélata joins Vulog Board
Patrick Pélata, formerly COO at Renault and CEO at Salesforce, has joined the Board of Directors of French mobility startup Vulog, a specialist technology provider to car-sharing companies. Vulog reported the news as further evidence that it is entering a phase of “accelerated growth”.
Perpetuum announces cooperations with Schaeffler, Knorr Bremse and Siemens
Perpetuum is excited to announce these 3 partnerships, which are part of their next phase strategy.
Perpetuum wins prestigious ERCI Innovation Award 2018
Perpetuum’s self-powered, wireless sensing technology, combined with its vibration engineering expertise and rich analytics, provides real time information that enables the rail industry to optimise railway operations.
ETF Partners invests in Cloud&Heat
ETF Partners (‘ETF’) has led a €10 Million investment round into Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH, a German company whose sustainable, scalable and secure solutions serve the cloud computing market.
Metalysis powers up first industrial scale plant
Gen4 is the first facility to take Metalysis’ solid-state, modular, electrochemical process to industrial scale and can produce tens-to-hundreds of tonnes per annum of high value, niche and master alloys.
ETF Partners latest Corporate Club event - the video!
Video: We launched our Corporate club more than ten years ago to provide a window on innovation for large corporations and to enable exciting young technology companies to make key corporate contacts. Since then the events have gone from strength to strength. Our latest event was held recently at the Royal Academy in London.
ETF Partners wins the ESG Best Practices Honours 2018
Comments from the judges: “We were impressed by ETF Partners focus on environmental impact through innovation and the firm’s impact assessment approach”
Wirepas and Greenbird are recognised as a Gartner Cool Vendor 2018!
Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company, has published its Cool Vendors in edge computing, 2018. Wirepas is highlighted in Edge Computing and Greenbrid in Application Architecture, Infrastructure and Integration.
2018 Tech Tour Growth Summit in Geneva and Lausanne
Video: Rob Genieser is interviewed by TechTour on "Europe Is Taking The Lead In Sustainability"
Voltea Named Breakthrough Water Technology Company of the Year
The awards, which recognize companies that make a significant contribution to the worldwide water industry, were part of GWI’s Global Water Summit. GWI cited Voltea’s “successful commercialization of its CapDI© technology” as a key factor in earning the award.
Read the full release here
Metalysis raises £12 million ahead of commercial production kick-off
Metalysis, the U.K. technology company with a solid-state process to produce valuable, 3D printable alloy powders, has raised £12m ahead of commercial production from its Generation 4 (“Gen4”) industrial scale expansion project.
3 of our portfolio companies made the Tech Tour Growth 50 list
We are glad to see our portfolio companies E-Leather, Vulog and Telensa make the Tech Tour Growth 50 list in 2018.
UK councils pilot smart city services with existing infrastructure
Metering & Smart Energy International and BusinessWire
In the UK, Essex and Hertfordshire County Councils have partnered on a pilot of multiple smart city services using existing communications infrastructure deployed by Telensa.
Telensa Ranked 4th in Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100
We're delighted that Telensa's successful growth in international markets has been recognized in the 2018 Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100, a list of Britain's top 100 small and medium-sized (SME) companies with the fastest-growing international sales over the past two years.
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Worldsensing wins Start-up of the Year Award
The Premio Inicia awards the most innovative companies for product originality, technological contribution and business scalability. The Inicia jury selected companies based on their business potential and their capacity to impact and transform the economy.
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Flyability Awarded Investors’ Favorite Idea in the Clean Mobility Category
Flyability has been awarded investor’s favorite idea in the clean mobility category during the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), a platform dedicated to the innovation and digitalization trends driving transformation in the global energy mix.
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Flyability Elios is named 1 of the 5 Clean Tech Innovations Of The Future by Forbes
By Forbes Contributar Suparna Dutt D'Cunha
The past few years have seen a flurry of innovation in drones and their application across many different industries. Since standard outdoor drones suffer several technical constraints when flying indoor due to their reliance on GPS signal and vulnerability to impacts, Flyability designed Elios, which its innovators describes as the “collision-tolerant drone.”
E-Leather raises £70m to meet strong international demand
We are pleased to announce that our portfolio company E-Leather (www.eleathergroup.com) has raised £70m, which will be invested in a state-of-the-art facility to meet demand from a range of sectors, from aviation and transport through to consumer sectors.
Voltea and E-Leather both named in 2018 Global Cleantech 100
The Global Cleantech 100 represents the most innovative and promising ideas impacting the future of a wide range of industries, according to the players in the market.
Voltea Releases New CapDI for Horticulture Video!
Video: Voltea Releases New CapDI for Horticulture Video!
Telensa Named Global #1 in Smart Street Lighting for Second Consecutive Year
The study reveals that Telensa has retained its market share lead over Silver Spring Networks, Philips Lighting and Echelon, with almost double the number of deployed smart streetlight nodes as its nearest competitor.
Wirepas Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 Product Leadership Award
In its decision to choose Wirepas for the award, Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, highlights the strength and fit-for-purpose of Wirepas Connectivity as a product for Massive IoT, versatility regarding different applications, and the business need-driven approach of the company.
ETF Partners wins BVCA Responsible Investment Awards 2017
Judges’ comment: “ETF was one of a number of GPs in the impact space that had entered, which was great to see. ETF stood out due to its strong sustainability framework, which is embedded in the firm’s investment activities with good examples of strong ESG impact.”
Flyability underground mine inspection at Lac Des Iles
Video: Flyability underground mine inspection at Lac Des Iles
Investment Insights: Investment decision-making
The Paradox of Experience
What we are talking about in this paper is getting better at understanding how information is communicated, assimilated and processed - and therefore how decisions are best taken. At ETF Partners we have taken the time to learn these valuable lessons and apply them to our own business. The paper is a distillation of some of the observations we have found most helpful.
Wirepas - Things connected - Naturally
Video: Wirepas Connectivity is a de-centralized radio communications protocol for large-scale IoT applications. What we offer is the protocol software that can be used in any device, with any radio chip and on any radio band.
Metalysis magnet research project moves to second phase
Rotherham-headquartered specialist metals technology company Metalysis has entered the second phase of its partnership with a Canadian company exploring the use of novel rare earth metal alloys in 3D printed permanent magnets.
ETF Partners invests in Corporater
ETF Partners today announces a €6m growth equity investment in Corporater, a Norwegian software company that delivers a highly flexible management platform to businesses and organisations around the globe.
Nike introduces Flyleather!
“Nike introduces its latest “super material” — engineered specifically with the company’s long-term business and sustainability goals in mind, and manufactured in partnership with UK-based firm E-Leather”. Read the article here
Flyability is the Top 3 Swiss startup
The 2017 ranking winners are Ava, L.E.S.S. and Flyability, startups which are expanding globally and have already raised multi-million financing.
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Vulog raises $20m in growth financing
We are pleased to announce that our portfolio company Vulog (www.vulog.com) has successfully raised $20 million in growth financing.
Investment Insights: Transport
Transportation in the Smart City
We are witnessing a revolution in the transport industry, driven by a revolution in information technology.
ETF Partners invests in Worldsensing
ETF Partners, Cisco and McRock Capital have invested €8.3 million in operational intelligence specialist Worldsensing. The capital will be used to accelerate its growth in the Smart Cities and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) markets.
Flyability named as a top European drone company to watch
Swiss company Flyability offers Elios, a collision-tolerant drone. Instead of relying entirely on necessarily imperfect sense and avoid technology, they take an innovative approach: the drone is inside of a freely rotating cage.
Perpetuum's Roy Freeland features in New Statesman
SMEs need government support and encouragement to deliver innovation and operational benefits to the rail industry, writes Roy Freeland, president of Perpetuum Ltd.
Metalysis features in a special report by the Daily Mail today
By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail
The report looks at the historical importance of the Orgreave site, upon which the Advanced Manufacturing Park is built, and the bright future the site today represents for British manufacturing.
Vulog Launches Ride-Hailing Integration
Vulog is unveiling its new technology platform enabling drivers of ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, to use shared cars in free-floating services and other one-way fleets.
Flyability drone helps explore the caverns under Sicily
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano last weekend helped to explore the caverns under Sicily using a drone that deliberately bumped into its surroundings in order to build a map.
QOS Energy sets up Indian office to service growing customer base
QOS Energy, a renewable O&M analytics software provider, has announced the opening of a new office in India to meet the growing demand of its customer base and exploit the opportunities offered by the booming Indian market.
ETF Partners was recently featured in Swiss magazine Bilan
By Bilan
ETF Partners was recently featured in the leading Swiss business periodical, Bilan, in its cover story on the importance of Impact Investing.
Saint-Gobain BD Sector welcoming new European partner, Kebony
The BD Sector has signed a European distribution agreement with Kebony, an innovative Norwegian timber producer, to offer a sustainable alternative to tropical hardwood.
Vulog Recruits Silicon Valley Veteran as New CTO
Vulog, world leader in one-way car sharing technology, today announced the appointment of François Colon as its CTO, and a plan to hire 20 additional engineers by the end of 2017.
3 of our portfolio companies made FT 1000 - Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
We are pleased to announce that 3 of our portfolio companies made the FT 1000 - Europe's Fastest Growing Companies: E-Leather, MWR InfoSecurity and Vulog.
Metalysis opens Materials Discovery Centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Park
Metalysis (or “the Company”), the Company behind a disruptive technology for solid-state metals and novel alloys production, today announced its arrival at South Yorkshire’s Advanced Manufacturing Park (“AMP”).
Telensa Shifts Production from Asia to the UK – Begins Manufacturing Smart City Technology with Sony
Telensa Press Release
Telensa is moving its manufacturing back to the UK. After a strategic review of facilities across the world, the company selected the Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed, Wales.
SOLV deploys QOS Energy’s O&M management platform
by Power Magazine - Sonal Patel
SOLV has begun deployment of QOS Energy’s Qantum® software to monitor and support the operations and maintenance of more than 1 GW of solar PV plants in the United-states. Read the full article here.
Miner attracted by growth in market for electric cars
by The Times - Martin Waller
Two British companies are expected to announce a project today to research and
develop components for electric cars to be made in the UK using neodymium, a
rare earth.
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Investment Insights: Energy
The consequences of renewables
The paper looks at the disruptive changes that we see occurring as a result of the renewables' revolution.
Good vibrations: How the industrial internet of things is creating the 'intelligent train'
Published in Racounter / promoted by Perpetuum
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Perpetuum article in The Times on remote condition monitoring
Read The Times article on Perpetuum featured in its recent Transportation supplement with interviews with CEO, Steve Turley, and Commercial Director, Justin Southcombe.
Patrick Sheehan published in Today’s Financial Times, on measuring impact
Patrick Sheehan published in Today’s Financial Times, on measuring impact
The Tech Tour Growth 50 2016: E-Leather and Telensa are listed
TechTour Growth 50 2016
E-Leather and Telensa, two of our portfolio companies, have been listed in The Tech Tour Growth 50 2016.
Construction is underway for Kebony’s second European factory in Flanders
Philippe Muyters, Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sports, visited the site of this new facility to welcome the new factory which marks the beginning of a new chapter for Kebony, enabling the company to expand in line with demand.
Kebony is named in the 2017 Global Cleantech 100 for the 6th time
Kebony is named in the 2017 Global Cleantech 100 for the 6th time. List Recognises the Top Private Companies in Clean Technology.
Wirepas Amps Up in 2017 Announcing New Chairman and Board Members
By Cynthia Artin - IoT Evolution
Wirepas, an IoT device connectivity company based in Finland, is a relatively small company with big ambitions. With about thirty people, the company recently has attracted world-class talent to its leadership team, and today announced the addition of several industry veterans to its Board of Directors.
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ETF Partners invests in QOS Energy
Founded in 2010, QOS Energy, an independent software company operating at the nexus of cloud computing, the Internet of Things and renewables has experienced exponential and international growth over recent years.
ETF Partners invests in QOS Energy
ETF partners leads €3 million investment round in Europe’s leading renewable energy management platform
Roll your own car sharing service with Vulog
By Kristen Hall-Geisler TechCrunch
Vulog is not a big name in the car sharing space, especially in the US, but the French company is hoping to change that at CES 2017.
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New titanium forging process to cut metal cost
By The Engineer
A process to make titanium from rutile sand promises to cut the cost of the lightweight metal and cement the UK’s position in the aerospace supply chain
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Telensa launches in Singapore
by SmartCitiesWorld
International expansion is driven by what it claims is an “unprecedented demand” for its smart street lighting and smart city solutions
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Metalysis wows the industry by creating affordable Graphene
by Nell Walker - Global Manufacturing
Metalysis Ltd., the UK-based electrochemical metal powder manufacturing technology company, has announced that its R&D unit has successfully produced Graphene.
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3-D Printing Heats Up Demand for Metals
by STEPHANIE YANG The Wall Street Journal
Powders made of aluminum, nickel and other industrial metals are used to make rocket-ship parts and aerospace components.
Read the article here
Vulog and Peugeot launch 500 electric cars in free floating carsharing in Madrid
By just-auto - Simon Warburton
PSA has launched a joint venture mobility service in Madrid with EYSA to form emov, featuring a fleet of 500 Citroën C-Zero 4-seater electric vehicles.
Please read the full article here
Investment Insights: Our mission
Sustainability through Innovation
This paper sets out our belief that investment in innovation is the most effective way to achieve a sustainable and prosperous future.
Kebony celebrates success in 2016
Kebony rewarded for innovation, sustainability and environmental best practice. Kebony's beautiful wood recommended by leading architects, celebrates another successful year following the win of several accolades for its innovative product and notable projects.
ETF Partners named Clean Tech Investor of the Year
On Friday 2nd of December, the UK's clean tech sector gathered at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in central London for the annual BusinessGreen Technology Awards. The awards ceremony brought together some of the most exciting and inspiring companies operating in the UK clean tech space.
VULOG Announces Expansion into the United States
VULOG, the world leader for the new generation of car sharing technology, today announced its expansion into the US, as it continues to build on its successes in Europe and Canada.
Will Franks Appointed CEO of Telensa
Co-founder Will Gibson takes new role of Chief Commercial Officer, as the company takes global growth strategy to next level
Metalysis delivers Graphene
Discovery offers new route to industrial scale production for today’s technology ‘wonder material’
Wirepas makes top 10 for cleantech companies
The Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) named the Global Top 10 Winners for its 6th GCCA Later Stage Awards 2016, and Wirepas has been listed among them.
2016 India summit with Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May has cited Telensa as the foremost maker of smart street lighting.
Telensa Named Global #1 in Smart Street Lighting
New report ranks Telensa ahead of Silver Spring, GE, Philips and Echelon, in a vertical IoT market worth $12.6bn by 2026
ETF Partners invests in Greenbird
ETF Partners and Statkraft Ventures have invested $5 million in Greenbird – a profitable and growing, Norwegian software and IT integration specialist for the utility industry. Greenbird is an established leader for integration and data management solutions in its home market (having served utilities representing more than 80% of the Norwegian market)
ETF Partners invests in Greenbird
ETF Partners and Statkraft Ventures have invested $5 million in Greenbird – a profitable and growing, Norwegian software and IT integration specialist for the utility industry.
2016 Ecosummit in London
Video: Arne Morteani presents Sustainability through Innovation at Ecosummit London
VULOG takes global lead in Free-Floating car-share tech
VULOG now is the leading provider of new-generation car-sharing technology. The company announced the news during the Paris Motor Show, where it presented its innovative urban mobility solutions to the public for the first time.
Investment Insights: Materials
The foundation of revolutions
Materials revolutions are quite rare, but when they do happen, their effect is huge.
ETF Partners invests in Wirepas
ETF Partners, Inventure and Vito Ventures have invested €4.5 million in Wirepas, a Finnish software company that has solved a major Internet of Things connectivity challenge.
ETF Partners invests in Wirepas
ETF Partners, Inventure and Vito Ventures have invested €4.5 million in Wirepas, a Finnish software company that has solved a major Internet of Things connectivity challenge.
Voltea Raises a Further €6 million and Ramps Up Commercialization
Voltea, the world’s leader in electro-desalination with its Membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©) solution, has completed a €6M capitalization round following commercialization success in multiple global sectors.
Private equity the best asset class for investing in the internet of things
by Nicholas Neveling
Growth and venture capital are the best asset classes for institutional investors to gain exposure to the internet of things (IOT), according to a survey of more than 200 institutions by ETF Partners.
Vulog’s customer Evo Car Share expanding fast in Vancouver
Evo Car Share, a carsharing service in Vancouver, has announced it will be adding more cars and expanding its Home Zone for the third time since its launch last year.
Institutional Investors view Internet of Things as crucial for sustainable economy
At ETF Partners we have long taken the view that the Internet of Things – networks of internet connected physical objects – is a game changer for the sustainable economy.
Internet of Things: Entering the Age of the Digicene
Depending on which business or tech circles you mix within, the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) may be a term you now hear often, or hardly ever.
ETF Partners portfolio company Enablon acquired by Wolters Kluwer for €250m
Businessgreen.com, Michael Holder
French eco software specialist Enablon has completed its €250m sale to global information services company Wolters Kluwer N.V. in a move hailed this week as one of the largest European venture capital...
Elstat and Bosch to lead innovation in smart coolers for cold drinks brands
UK, 11th July 2016 - Elstat Ltd, a leading provider of global Smart cooler solutions for cold drinks brands, today announces a strategic partnership agreement with Bosch to lead innovation in the sector.
Enablon acquisition follows successful investment by ETF Partners
London, 19th July 2016: On July 1st Wolters Kluwer N.V (AEX:WKL) announced the acquisition for €250 million of Paris-based Enablon, the world’s leading provider of Sustainability, Environmental Health & Safety and Operational Risk Management Software. The acquisition represents one of the largest European Venture Capital exits this year.
ETF Partners investit 3,5 millions d’euros dans la start-up Flyability
AGEFI, Marjorie Théry
Spin off de l’EPFL, Flyability conçoit et fabrique des drones entouré d’une sphère protectrice brevetée leur permettant d’accéder aux sites les plus sensibles sans s’endommager ni endommager l’environnement.
ETF Partners invests $3.5 million into European drone leader “Flyability SA”
ETF Partners today announced it has made a $3.5 million investment into European drone leader Flyability SA from its Environmental Technologies Fund 2.
Drones Are Now Inspecting NYC’s Famed Steam System
Jack Stewart, Transportation
THE STEAM THAT keeps New Yorkers warm through the winter rolls through a labyrinth of pipes and tubes that is a nightmare to inspect.
Investment Insights: Internet of Things
Entering the Age of the Digicene
Depending on which business or tech circles you mix within, the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) may be a term you now hear often, or hardly ever.
Kebony wins Bronze at the Ecosummit Award 2016
Jan Michael Hess, Ecosummit
In the evening of the first conference day, 26 April 2016, they announced the 6 new winners of the Ecosummit Award 2016.
VULOG names Grégory Ducongé as CEO
VULOG recruits Grégory Ducongé as new CEO to lead international expansion
The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities
The Guardian, Shane Hickey
The Cambridge-based tech firm Telensa is pioneering apps to let you park more easily
MWR InfoSecurity raises growth capital from Environmental Technologies Fund
Second-round investment to drive further expansion following strong business performance
Metalysis raises £20 million to accelerate commercialisation of its disruptive 3D printing metal powder technology
Woodford Patient Capital Trust joins existing partner Iluka Resources in latest round
Metalysis is today announcing a combined investment of £20 million from Woodford Patient Capital Trust, managed by Neil Woodford, one of Britain’s most prominent fund managers, and Iluka Resources, an existing investor in Metalysis. Iluka increases its interest in the Company to 28.8% as a result of this funding round.
Telensa part of CityVerve consortium awarded £10m to make Manchester the UK’s IoT Demonstrator
World leader in smart lighting joins multi-sector team to help showcase how Internet of Things will create the smart cities of tomorrow
Cambridge, UK, 10th December 2015: Telensa, the world’s leading provider of smart street lighting using its low power Ultra Narrow Band (UNB) wireless technology, today announced that it is part of the CityVerve Consortium in Manchester selected for a £10m government award.
ETF leads $18m funding for Smart Cities company Telensa
Telensa Raises $18m to Meet Surge in Demand for its Wireless Smart City Solutions
Leader in smart street lighting and smart city applications based on low-power wireless will use investment to capitalise on burgeoning market opportunities
MWR Announced as New Member of Tech City UK’s Future Fifty Companies
MWR InfoSecurity is confirmed as one of 15 new members added to Tech City UK’s Future Fifty programme which showcases and supports 50 of the UK’s leading growth stage digital companies.
Commodities: Material revolution
Henry Sanderson, Financial Times
As oil, steel and coal prices hit new lows, demand is rising for other metals, prompting a new technology-driven resource era
When Douglas Caster was 13 his father marched him to the Teeside steelworks in the north-east of England where he worked. It was meant as a warning.