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The 5th edition of Tech Tour’s European Photonics Venture Forum will take place on 26-27th of June, at the LASER World of PHOTONICS event, currently live in Munich. The purpose is to foster investment, partnership, licensing, M&As and export in the photonics sector.
30 companies who are looking for investment will be selected from all applications received by a Selection Committee formed by industry experts. During the Venture Forum, selected start-ups in the photonics domain will have the opportunity to pitch in front of international investors and Venture Capitalists. In addition, they will profit from a special mentorship course and will be able to set One To One meetings with all participants of the forum.
Selection Committee:
- Franz Lehmann, Trumpf Ventures
- Sebastian Stamm, Osram Ventures
- Susanne You Sun-Joung, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
- Darren Martindill, Mamamatsu
- Torsten Wipiejewski, Huawei
- Friedhelm Dorsch, Trumpf+Co
- Oliver Kahl, Osram Ventures
- Sven Pietryzyk, Zeiss AG
- Peter Vanbekbergen, Imec Xpand
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Wednesday, 26th June
14:00 PM - CEO COACHING SESSION
CHAIR: Carlos Lee
LOCATION: B12
COACH: Steve Frisken (Cylite) and Andreas Umbach (AUCCEPT Consulting GmbH)
An investor only tour will be organised to showcase the most successful photonics companies exhibiting at Laser World of Photonics lead by an expert in the field.
16:00 - OPENING SESSION
LOCATION: B13
SPEAKERS: Tanja Baltus (Tech Tour) and Reinhard Pfeiffer (Messe München GmbH)
16:15 - PANEL DISCUSSION (VCs and Corporates)
LOCATION: B13
MODERATOR: Franz Lehmann (Trumpf Venture GmbH)
PRESENTER: Paul Gillespie (Gillamor Stephens), Audra Shallal (BOSS Consulting), Werner Steinhoegl (European Commission DG CONNECT), Hugo Thienpont (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Peter Vanbekbergen (imec.xpand)
17:00 - FIRESIDE CHAT: Effect Photonics Fundraising Case
LOCATION: B13
PRESENTER: James Regan (EFFECT Photonics) and Pietro Strada (Silverpeak)
17:20 - ELEVATOR PITCH SESSION
1 min per company: Each company will have the opportunity to deliver their short 1-min "elevator pitch" and introduce themselves. Interested participants are encouraged to attend other companies' formal presentations on June 27th.
Thursday, 27 June
09:00 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION I (Lasers)
LOCATION: B12
INDUSTRY EXPERTS: Stephen Anderson (SPIE), Christian Claussen (Ventech), Friedhelm Dorsch (TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG), Jose Pozo (EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium), Kurt Weingarten (Tarkas Ventures)
PRESENTER: Teja Philipp (Mr Beam Lasers GmbH), Jari Sillanpää (Nanofoot Finland Oy), Florian Emaury (Menhir Photonics AG), Irina Sorokina (ATLA Lasers) Evangelos Skoulas (Biomimetic), Vadim Kiyko (Hypermemo Oy)
09:00 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION II (Industrial & Environmental Photonics Technologies)
LOCATION: B21
INDUSTRY EXPERT: Willem Bulthuis (WBX Ventures), Stephan Decher (Zaz Ventures), Joachim de Sterke (Photon Delta), Thomas Hessler (Lake Sarnen Consulting) Francesco Leone (Start up Business Copilot) and Audra Shallal, BOSS Consulting
PRESENTER: Michael Zervas (LiGenTec), Florian Petit (Blickfeld), Ismo Kauppinen (Gasera Ltd), Benjamin Buchbach (Infrasolid GmbH), Krzysztof Gebarski (SMARTTECH 3D)
09:00 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION III (Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals)
LOCATION: B22
INDUSTRY EXPERT: Richard Clarke (PowerPhotonic Ltd), Marek Kotelnicki (VIGO Ventures), Patrick Morrissey (IPIC), Sebastian Stamm (Fluxunit - OSRAM Ventures), Torsten Wipiejewski (Huawei Technologies)
PRESENTER: Ilmars Osmanis (LightSpace Technologies, SIA), Kim De Nolf (QustomDot), Matthias Schmitz (K|Lens GmbH), Chiara Greganti (VItreaLab GmbH), Alexander Mityashin (micledi micro-displays)
11:30 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION IV (Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals)
LOCATION: B12
INDUSTRY EXPERT: Christophe Bodin (CBO Consulting), Pierre Garnier (Jolt Capital), Tonino Greco (Sony Europe Venturing), Martyn Macpherson (Stella EOC), Mark Smyth (MCCI Ireland)
PRESENTER: Ralf Knoll (INOPTEC Ltd), Tomas Sluka (CREAL3D), Aleksandra Pedraszewska (VividQ), Claude Florin (Fastree3D SA), Jorma Palmén (LaDiMo Oy), Kayvan Mirza (Optinvent)
11:30 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION V (Medtech & Fiber Optics)
LOCATION: B21
INDUSTRY EXPERT:Kevin Donnelly (Enterprise Ireland), Tom Harvey (CPI), Alain le Loux (Cottonwood Technology Fund), Zhigang Qian (Hexinyuan Investment Management), Wojtek Smolinski (VIGO Ventures), Antonio Teixeira (PICadvanced S.A.)
PRESENTER: Mark Evans (Adaptix Ltd), Remco Nieuwland (Somni Corporation B.V.) Christian Nauck (PreciPoint GmbH), Nicolas Elvemo (GlucoSet AS), Carl Smets (Spectricity)
11:30 - COMPANY PRESENTATION SESSION VI (Industrial & Environmental Photonics Technologies)
LOCATION: B22
INDUSTRY EXPERT: Paul Gillespie (Gillamor Stephens), Novica Mrdovic Vianello (Star Tech Ventures), Julian Riebartsch (btov Partners), Peter Vanbekbergen (Imec.xpand), Peter Vanlaeke (SOLVAY S.A.)
PRESENTER: David Schuppisser (Insolight), Valérian Giesz (Quandela), Damian Gardiner (Optomel Ltd), Denis Kiselev (Plair SA) and Vicente Calvo (Comptek Solutions Ltd)
14:00 - EVC FINALIST CEREMONY
LOCATION: B13
Ending Ceremony
PARTICIPATION
- Application Process: Call for applications for start-ups in photonics looking for an investment in the next 12 months. Photonics categories: Optics | Light | Photovoltaics | Lasers | Screens and displays | Sensors | Optical fibers | Robotics
- Selection Process: The Selection Committee supported by the Expert Jury will be reviewing online all received applications in order to select the 30 companies to present at the Photonics Venture Forum in Munich.
- On the Forum: The 30 selected companies will pitch in front of an Expert Jury – investors and key players in Photonics; the format is 8 min pitch + 7 mins Q&A from the jury. 8 winners will be selected and qualified for the flagship event of Tech Tour - European Venture Contest (EVC) Final in December.
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