Investors Forum

EmTech Spain Investors Forum has been organized by the Events Area of TR in alliance with the MIT Enterprise Forum and will take place at the close of the Conference on October 27th, 2011. The encounter aims to create a high-performance environment where 20 innovative projects—many amongst them, being winners or finalists from the most prominent entrepreneurship competitions in Spain, will meet a selection out of the best Venture Capital investors and Angels, all with proven track-record in funding, amongst other disruptive technologies, CleanTech, BioTech, NanoTech, TMT and Smart Planet, projects.
The Session will be presented by Paloma Cabello, Patron of the MIT Enterprise Forum Spain, and directed by Ken Morse, Founding Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center 1996-2009.

Investors

Kenneth Morse
Founding & Director 1996-2009,
Entrepreneurship Ventures, Inc

Ariel Poler
Entrepreneur,Mentor & Investor
Internet

Pablo Millán
CEO Spain,
FEI

Joaquín Cuenca
Founder,
Panoramio

Laura Morse
Managing Director,
Entrepreneurship Ventures, Inc

Paloma Cabello
Co-founder Patron,
MITEF Spain.
Senior Lecturer & Investor

Gonzalo Marín
Managing Partner
BIOTECH Suanfarma SGECR

Javier Ulecia
Partner,
Bullnet Gestion

Luis Herrera
CEO,
KitBit

Francisco Velázquez
Founding Partner, CEO & member of the investment team

Ignacio Fonts
CEO,
Inveready First Capital
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José Martín Cabiedes
Partner,
CABIEDES & PARTNERS
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Christofer Pommerering
Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
Active Venture Partners

Roberto de Saint-Malo
General Partner,
Adara
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Nico Goulet
Managing Partner,
Adara
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Ángel Santos
Partner, Director and Board Member,
Cross Road Biotech SCR

Joaquín Zulategui
President, El Ser Creativo
Founder, Zulategui & Zulategui Abogados Consultores

David Mesonero
General Manager,
Gamesa Venture Capital

Borja Pérez
Board member,
Prisa

Juan Manuel Barrionuevo
Innovation Funds – Venture Capital and Growth Capital Funds for Latin America and Spain en Telefonica

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Participating Startups

The conference organizers and the MIT Enterprise Forum have selected the best startup business plans. Those selected will have the opportunity to pitch their project/technology/idea before a panel of investors present at EmTech Spain. Some of the startups participating have been finalists or winners from outstanding startup competitions and challenges, such us IBM SmartCamp, Spain Cleantech Open or the Opinno Biotech Competition.

Powertrack: Is a company with experience in mechanical systems of continuously variable transmission of new generation (CVP) that can be applied to different sectors, automotive among them.

Dexma: Is online software that helps manage and reduce energy consumption through continuous monitoring, analysis, alerts, reports and awareness-creation.

Sintenergy: Has developed an innovative technology based on a system for converting the energy from currents into electricity whether from rivers, tides or at high altitude wind.

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Ambiox: Has the mission of targeting innovation in nanotechnology and applying it in biomedicine, adding value to society.

Bioglane: Is dedicated to improving the quality of life through the design and development of new bioactive compounds and the implementation of net production processes.

Alphasip: AlphaSIP’s main goal is to design, develop and produce molecular diagnostic chips that allow immediate and effective illness detection, promoting better health care services for patients and great advances towards personalized medicine.

iMicroQ: Is dedicated to developing technology and products for the agri-food safety and clinical diagnosis in a global environment.

Nuubo: Has developed a solution that allows non-invasive, remote biomonitorization (using smart garments) of the patient’s vital signs (ECG, heart rate, respiration rate, temperature and relative position of the user) in real time and in a mobile environment.

Doolphy: Is project management software that helps you with in the planning, monitoring and analysis of all your projects and tasks.

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Breca HealthCare: Is an Engineering company focused on health services. BRECA Health Care uses advanced Engineering technology to increase the quality and performance of sanitary products.

Doocuments: Is a software company dedicated to the development of advanced office automation tools, aimed at complementing the traditional word processing applications, spreadsheets and email, in the different business processes of its customers.

CleanShip: Is a company dedicated to the efficient recovery of oil spills at sea.

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Robotics: Is a company that designs, manufactures, and supplies complete turnkey production lines based on a thorough knowledge of the latest manufacturing technologies and the latest advances in industrial automation.

Sky bus: Is a service-based urban transport on-line platform that offers flexibility and comfort.

Indisys: Is a technology company that unites technology in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science to develop a virtual assistant.

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Netgamix: Is the platform where anyone can play and create their own games and compete with their friends.

2B blackbio: 2B blackbio’s target is to lead there search and development of new tools in the field of personalized medicine, medical diagnostics and pharmacogenomics.

AWD (AdvancedWirelessDynamic: Develops turnkey projects in the Machine to Machine (M2M) marketplace, adapting it slow-power wireless technology to the specific needs of each client.

Tekhimat-Malecón: Tekhimats mission is the research, development and distribution of new materials with applications in several industries, such as naval, civil engineering and wind energy.

Amovens: Is a free carpooling service that makes it easy for people with similar itineraries to meet and share a trip.

Hespérides: Focuses its activity on the development of innovative foods and beverages which are obtained from the biotechnological transformation of basic craw materials (fruits, vegetables, milk, etc.).

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Mobivery-Malcom: Is a spin-off from Mobivery, a company focused on thedevelopment of mobile solutions.

Geeksphone: Is is a company specialized in the development, promotion and commercialization of “open source” mobile telephony solutions.