Cleantech Group

hub.brussels is the Brussels public agency dedicated to business support.

As such, hub.brussels offers customized support, free tools, and recognized expertise to ensure the success of entrepreneurial projects.

The agency supports entrepreneurs, startups, scaleups, SMEs and big companies, as well as nonprofit organizations, universities and research centers with challenges ranging from setting up a legal entity to finding partners and proper funding opportunities.

hub.brussels works diligently to make entrepreneurship accessible to the people of Brussels, and to foster a modern urban economy capable of supporting innovation, internationalization and socio-economic impact.

Through one-off projects and actions, hub.brussels initiates new dynamics within the local Brussels environment, by encouraging connections between private and public economic stakeholders to strengthen existing links and create new opportunities.

The agency will provide the government with recommendations based on its in-depth knowledge of Brussels’ economic environment. Statistical and practical indicators on the ground will allow it to carry out informed and illuminating monitoring of the industries and the area, and, in this way, judge the actions implemented by the Region.

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.

Inven Capital is an independent venture capital fund established to invest in the European new energy sector. It is backed by a major European energy utility ČEZ, a.s. and by the European Investment Bank (EIB), having EUR 240m at its disposal.

We seek investments into innovative cleantech/smart energy growth stage startups.

We are interested in areas such as energy efficiency, distributed generation, flexibility and storage, energy, IoT and clean transportation.

We target late-stage growth opportunities with business model proven by sales and with significant growth potential.

We focus on creating long term value through an active support of the companies and their founders. Given our energy background we can provide unique benefits to portfolio companies and co-investors, e.g. through piloting on the customer and asset base or through access to a significant energy trading desk.

• 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.

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) provides strategic market information and market access solutions for Canadian companies looking to export, invest abroad, or develop innovation and R&D partnerships using our extensive global networks. Located in more than 150 cities worldwide and in 6 regional offices across Canada, the TCS also assists foreign companies planning to invest in Canada or current investors to expand their operations in Canada. Here at Cleantech Forum Europe, we’re supporting a delegation of SMEs representing the best of Canadian innovation in clean tech, with a particular focus on digital energy solutions.

Cleantech Flanders, powered by VITO, offers a partnership to Flemish cleantech companies in order to build a cross-sectoral cleantech community of companies and other cleantech actors. Cleantech Flanders acts as a catalyst for stimulating innovation and accelerating implementation of clean technologies in society.

Cleantech Flanders not only operates across industrial sectors. It also follows multiple cleantech areas, including renewable energy and energy efficiency, bio-based and circular economy, mobility, air, soil and water.

Our 3 pillars:

• Get to know cleantech: Find up to date information on the latest trends and evolutions
• Get connected in cleantech: Match your cleantech opportunities with like-minded start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises.
• Go global with cleantech: upscale your cleantech business abroad.

Check www.cleantechflanders.com

Finindus is a Belgium based venture capital investment company funded by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region and is closely linked to OCAS, a world class metals research centre.

We provide early stage and growth financing to innovative companies offering smart and green industrial technologies in the field of materials, sustainable manufacturing and industry 4.0. We team up with outstanding entrepreneurial teams and like-minded investors to bring sustainable industrial innovations to full commercial maturity.

Finindus invests across Europe, with Flanders as our home base and sweet spot. In addition, we invest globally in technology companies at the very core of our expertise and aligned with the strategic interests of our shareholders.

OGCI Climate Investments is a $1B+ fund, launched in 2016 by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, a CEO-led consortium that aims to accelerate the industry response to climate change.

We look for outcomes that reduce methane and carbon dioxide emissions, and that can recycle or store carbon dioxide. Achieving significant impact requires global implementation and commercial frameworks – at OGCI Climate Investments, we collaborate with innovators, investors and governments to fund and implement impactful solutions

To learn more about OGCI, please visit oilandgasclimateinitiative.com/climate-investments/. 

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.

Emerald is a globally recognized venture capital firm building a sustainable future at the crossroads of industry and technology. Founded in 2000, it is a pioneer in open innovation, providing multi-national corporations with rich deal flow and insight in the sectors and markets of tomorrow. Emerald has managed and advised assets of over €1 billion from its offices in Zurich, Toronto and Singapore. The firm is dedicated to tackling big challenges in climate change and sustainability via over 500 venture transactions and five third-party investment mandates, including loan guarantees to over 100 start-ups.

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.

Klima supports management teams of early growth companies aiming at slowing down the pace of climate change in the energy transition sector. Klima is a 200M€ independent energy specialist late-stage venture fund, supported by cornerstone investors Enagas, the Spanish gas grid operator, and Alantra Asset Management. Klima focuses mainly on Europe (including UK and Israel) but also coversNorth America. The fund invests in hardware and software technology companies in the following verticals: low carbon and green gas solutions (hydrogen, carbon capture, e-fuels…), renewable generation, smart grids, energy storage and power markets, sustainable mobility, digital energy and energy efficiency. Klima team is based in Madrid (Spain), Paris (France) and Bonn (Germany).

Umicore is a leading circular materials technology company with an extensive expertise in the fields of material science, chemistry and metallurgy. Our overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on the ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils our mission: “materials for a better life”. Which is why we are now more than ever determined to leverage our unique position and mutually reinforcing portfolio of activities to accelerate the global transformation of mobility, respond to the growing need for advanced materials, and contribute to the pursuit of a global circular economy.

The Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions.