Cleantech Group

Luxembourg for Finance (LFF) is the Agency for the Development of the Financial Centre. It is a public-private partnership between the Luxembourg Government and the Luxembourg Financial Industry Federation (PROFIL). Founded in 2008, its objective is to develop Luxembourg’s financial services industry and identify new business opportunities.

LFF connects international investors to the range of financial services provided in Luxembourg, such as investment funds, wealth management, capital market operations or advisory services. In addition to being the first port of call for foreign journalists, LFF cooperates with the various professional associations and monitors global trends in finance, providing the necessary material on products and services available in Luxembourg. Furthermore, LFF manages multiple communication channels, organises seminars in international business locations, and takes part in selected world-class trade fairs and congresses.

Luxinnovation is Luxembourg’s national innovation agency. It encourages and supports companies to innovate and to grow, whilst facilitating their collaboration with public research players. Luxinnovation offers a wide portfolio of services to companies and public research organisations in order to foster innovation, thus supporting the Government’s economic development objectives. The agency also ensures that Luxembourg continues to attract international investment, companies and skills that are a perfect fit for the country.

Luxinnovation hosts a network that supports the various players of the CleanTech sector in Luxembourg with the goal of creating and developing new and sustainable business opportunities through collaborative R&D and innovation projects in Europe and beyond.

BP Ventures identifies and invests in private, high growth, game-changing technology companies, accelerating cutting edge innovations across the entire energy spectrum. Since 2006, BP Ventures has invested over $400 million in corporate venturing and has 42 active investments in its current portfolio.

BP Ventures’ portfolio is primarily focused on emerging technologies in oil and gas exploration and production and downstream conversion processes. In addition, it has a renewed strategic focus on five key areas: bio & low carbon products, carbon management, power & storage, advanced mobility and digital transformation.

Innovative European Private Equity firm founded in 2008 in Luxembourg:

• Sustainable impact Growth capital / LBO
• Added value from seasoned industrial leaders
• Two funds backed by long-term investors

Oraxys is specialized in growth capital and LBO investments for companies that market products or services with a positive impact in terms of Environment, Resource Efficiency or Health.

The mission of Oraxys is to actively support the development of European sustainable enterprises by accelerating their growth.

 The first fund of Oraxys invested in 9 companies (www.lescomptoirsdelabio.com, www.leosphere.com, www.lasea.com for example) with a successful track record.

Together with the Private Equity Team, 14 seasoned industrial “Strategic Partners” are financially invested in the funds and are operationally involved. They bring strong added value:

• to the funds (Investment Committees, due diligences, etc)
• to the portfolio companies (international networks, competitive analyses, organisational development plans, etc).

Oraxys invests between EUR 3M and EUR 50M per company, managing 2 funds invested by industrial families, private investors and holding companies.

The Paul Wurth Group is a leading player in the global market for design and supply of equipment and plant facilities for the ironmaking industry. Headquartered in Luxembourg since its beginnings back in 1870, the company has developed in the course of its history into an engineering company which is active on the international market. The Group is today an established technology provider and supplier of complete plants for the primary stage of integrated steelmaking, i.e. blast furnaces, coke oven plants, direct reduction plants as well as environmental protection technologies for the iron and steel industry. In addition to its core competence in development and execution of new construction projects and modernisations, Paul Wurth also offers a full range of products and services in engineering, project management, site supervision, commissioning assistance, operator consulting and after-sales, with a focus on digital solutions.

Given today’s environmental challenges the steel industry has to cope with, Paul Wurth is committed to support its customers on their journey to low CO2 or CO2-free iron ore reduction. In this regard, Paul Wurth offers a number of technological solutions to save CO2 at existing plants and is concentrating on the scenario of hydrogen-based iron ore reduction, enabling the production of CO2-neutral, green steel.

Paul Wurth also offers, through its subsidiary Paul Wurth Geprolux, in the Greater Region of Luxembourg tailor-made services, in particular project management, technical building design and strategic consultancy services for town planning, civil construction and infrastructure projects.

With more than 1 500 employees and entities in around 20 countries, the Paul Wurth Group has a strong presence primarily in those regions of the world where a significant iron and steel industry operates.

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) develops competitive and market-oriented product/service prototypes for public and private stakeholders.

LIST works across the entire innovation chain, from fundamental and applied research, to the incubation and transfer of technologies.

With its more than 600 employees, 75% of whom are researchers or innovation experts from all around the world, LIST is active in the fields of informatics, materials and environmental innovation. By transforming scientific knowledge into technologies, smart solutions and tools, LIST is about empowerment:

·       Empower European citizens in their choices

·       Empower public authorities in their decision-making

·       Empower businesses in their sustainable strategies

 At the Cleantech Forum Europe 2020, LIST will present a selection from its greentech, biotech and sustainability portfolio.

BGL BNP Paribas (www.bgl.lu) is one of the largest banks in Luxembourg and part of the BNP Paribas Group. It offers an especially wide range of financial products and bancassurance solutions to individuals, professionals, businesses and private banking clients. At end 2018, BGL BNP Paribas employed 2,474 people in Luxembourg.

BGL BNP Paribas was named Bank of the Year 2018 in Luxembourg by The Banker and, in 2019, Best Bank in Luxembourg by Euromoney for the fourth year in a row.

Encevo Group is the leading energy player in Luxembourg and active in Germany, France and Belgium. Encevo is active all along the energy value chain: Production, storage, supply, transport, trading, distribution and services. The group is based on three pillars, essentially represented by three distinct entities and their respective subsidiaries: energy supply and the production of renewable energies through Enovos , grid operation through Creos and energy related services (distributed production, energy efficiency, eco mobility …) through Enovos Services .

The group currently employs a workforce of over 1,900 staff members, has over 300,000 delivery points (electricity and natural gas) and operates more than 10,150 km of electrical power lines and over 3,700 km of gaslines.

The House of Startups (HoST) was set up in 2018 by Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce with a vision to become a driving force of the innovation ecosystem in Luxembourg by building bridges between startups, actors of the startup ecosystem and established businesses. With nearly 6,000 square metres spread out over five floors, HoST welcomes a diverse community as home to several innovation hubs (LHoFT, Luxembourg-City Incubator, Hub@Luxembourg and ICFA Luxembourg) in the heart of Luxembourg-City.

Find out more about HoST online: www.host.lu.

• Education to help create an informed and ambitious workforce that understands the demands of sustainability and the needs of industry.
• Innovation Projects to bring together ideas, inventors and industry to create commercially attractive technologies that deliver real results to customers.
• Business Creation Services to support entrepreneurs and start-ups who are expanding Europe’s energy ecosystem with their innovative offerings.

Canada is dedicated to working with the business community to advance clean growth and innovation as part of the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Canada is making several strategic investments across the innovation continuum to support the growth of its clean technology sector. Examples of key initiatives include: nearly CAD $1.4 billion in new financing to help Canada’s clean technology firms grow and expand; $822 million for next-generation clean energy infrastructure projects; $400 million for Sustainable Development Technology Canada to develop and demonstrate new clean technologies; $200 million to support research, development, demonstration and the adoption of clean technology in Canada’s natural resources sectors; and, $14.5 million for a Clean Technology Data Strategy.

PIVA is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs to solve the world’s critical problems in industrial and energy space through breakthrough technology and innovative business models.

PIVA, the US-based corporate venture capital subsidiary of Malaysia-headquartered petroleum supplier Petronas, operates as a dedicated VC team with long-term commitment to bring new ideas and innovation to market to fundamentally shift how the energy industry works. The fund will take direct position as minority stakeholder in early to growth stage companies where we will leverage on our strong network across global energy value chain to get strong alignment and strategic fit with our co-investors and partners, and help startups leapfrog the “valley of death” towards scale and profitability.

Agio Capital & Business Solutions is an international investment advisory boutique providing corporate financing, private equity and strategic partnership services. We work closely with Agio Law, which provides legal and advisory services.

With core expertise in the Cleantech, Life sciences & Healthcare, Industry 4.0 and ICT sectors, we cover the main markets in Europe and China and carry out regional and cross-border transactions.
Via our offices in Belgium, Hong Kong and Shanghai, we provide an international network and work closely with leading businesses, corporates, strategic and financial investors, combining our deep sector experience with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Capricorn Venture Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative growth companies with breakthrough technologies in Cleantech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, IT and Materials Sciences. Capricorn’s 6^th venture capital fund, Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF), captures growing opportunities emerging from wave of innovation across the value chain, from renewable feedstocks to more sustainable solutions for everyday products in food & feed, fibers & fuels, and functional materials in a broad range of applications, that provide both performance and value, while protecting and enhancing human health. As the world is facing the growing challenges of climate change, the number of breakthrough, innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) will increase rapidly. CSCF is uniquely positioned to help develop sustainable alternatives that offer significant reduction in GHG emissions, as compared to existing petrochemical processes. The objective of the CSCF is to create shareholder value through financial return, combined with the sustainability impact of planned investments.

Cube4T8 is the innovation company of Losch Luxembourg. In addition to creating new mobility concepts and digitalization, Cube4T8 maintains close contact with academic institutions, start-ups and public authorities to develop ideas and concepts for Luxembourg and the Greater Region to make everyday life more comfortable.

Renewable energies, circular economy, innovation, and sustainability are the foundations Cube4T8 stands for. Due to considerable changes in mobility, industry, and technology, Cube4T8 tries to think one step further – every day at every task. To master this challenge, Cube4T8 is continually looking for competent business partners to develop reliable and innovative products and services jointly. Besides of cooperation with external institutions, Cube4T8 also concentrates on internal optimization potentials. These include process improvements in the core business, innovative communication channels, and the implementation of new technologies to optimize after-sales tasks and create better conditions for employees.

Stagnation means regression, and therefore Cube4T8 has set itself the goal to continuously develop itself further to be able to offer customers of Losch Luxembourg – but also of Cube4T8 directly – a high-quality and innovative experience in the field of mobility. Passion is the most valuable asset a company’s employees can contribute.

Every day we live the passion for innovation in each of our projects!

ENGIE New Ventures was founded in May 2014, when 115M€ of Corporate Venture Capital was set aside for investment as minority stakes in startups, to complement existing resources coming from the technology and research centres and from internal innovation.

Following the success of the first solar flight around the world, the Solar Impulse Foundation has launched the second phase of its action: selecting #1000solutions that can protect the environment in a profitable way, and bring them to decision makers encouraging them to adopt more ambitious environmental targets and energy policies. Through the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, Bertrand Piccard wants to federate the actors in the field of clean technologies and shed light on existing efficient solutions to fast-track their implementation. A new innovative and pioneering adventure has begun.