Nanotechnology. Where is the next peak?

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As we showed in a previous post (Smaller 28/5/2008), nanotechnology has a great potential. Now, Mr. Günter Verheugen, commission Vice-President and responsible for enterprise and industry policy remarks that EU industry has to fully exploit the advances of nanotechnologies. The European Commission will start a consultation with stakeholders and Member States in order to increase knowledge and awareness.

And the figures related show exactly the same: market will expand between 750 to 2000 b € up to 2015 and 10 million related jobs in the sector, 10% of all manufacturing sectors.

As we said in our previous post, if every 3.5 years there are ‘peaks’ of technology emerging in business terms (patents and industrial goals), from today to 2015 remains 7 years in which talented investor can improve their funds. First peak will take place at 2011-2012, returning investment, and from this date to 2015. Perhaps it is time to get a clear asset in these emerging technologies. Please, see in deep the adverts because there are firms ready to work, hard work.

Please visit http://ec.europa.eu/nanotechnology/index_en.html

Feynman and Forbes.

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Do you really think that Mr. Feynman talked about micro-devices and nano-machines, Caltech December, 29 1959, for instance, was thinking in business?

http://nanoparticles.org/pdf/Feynman.pdf

[©1960 California Institute of Technology
First published in Engineering and Science magazine, vol. XXIII, no. 5, February 1960]


Do you really think that Forbes publishers had passed and elementary exam with Feynman Ph. Dr.?


Well, today Forbes and its reports are tackling the monetary flows to high-tech to get high-profits with small, small technologies thought by Mr. Feynman a long time ago.


Why so many years? We do not why. Perhaps you know. In this moment, please, visit this link to the Forbes High-Tech reports to venture capitalist and investors in high tech. Next days we follow to discuss about what history made with the scientifist creation and advances.



Has ever anybody thought to invest in ideas? Only in ideas? Do you know anybody like this?

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Today, we will develop a pragmatic post.

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Dear friends, today we will develop a pragmatic post.

First, we show the criteria and another important matters about European Investment Fund and its activity on investment in high-tech projects, entrepreunership and start-up across Europe. Please, follow the link below. Remember that we always work hard to join money and high-tech research across the world.

EIB Group (EIB and EIF) resources for venture capital are managed by the EIF as part of the Amsterdam Special Action Programme and the Innovation 2000 Initiative. The EIF aims to invest in: Independent management teams that raise funds from a wide range of investors in order to provide risk capital to growing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
Funds targeting early stage companies that are developing or using advanced technologies in industry or services.

Investment Target
We seek a minority position of between 10 and 35% of the total capital committed in a fund. The exact size of the EIF's investment varies according to the size and characteristics of each fund.

Eligibility Criteria
The EIF requires that its portfolio funds:
-- Raise at least EUR 15 million.
-- Focus principally their investments in the EU and the Acceding/Accession Countries.
-- Focus primarily their investments on early-stage, development or expansion capital, preferably in technology-oriented SMEs.
-- Target mainly SMEs, defined as businesses with less than 250 employees, with total turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million or a balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million, and that are independent (i.e. not owned by more than a third of their capital by non-SMEs) at the time of the fund’s first investment. In exceptional cases, a target of enterprises with more than 250 employees can be considered.
-- Be mainly independently and professionally managed, i.e.: Selection/monitoring by a dedicated management team of professionals with appropriate experience and skills;Investment/divestment decisions taken either by the management team and/or by an independent board whose members are independent from the investors.
-- Provide a risk-adjusted return in line with that of the private equity market.
-- Be mainly funded by Private sector investors, with the Public sector investors (including the EIF) not exceeding 50% to total committed capital.
Further Information
If you wish to make a venture capital proposal to us, we would normally expect to receive an information memorandum setting out the details (information memorandums are reviewed on an on-going basis).
It is not necessary to indicate on the information memorandum whether the proposal is intended for an EIB Group or an EC funded programme. Our venture capital team will allocate the source of funding at a later stage in the assessment procedure.
Please note that there is no formal application procedure for the Seed Capital Action programme.
We expect information memorandums to address at least the following matters:
· management team
· target market
· deal flow
· investment strategy
· fund size
· legal structure
· proposed terms
· expected returns
· other investors
· timing of fund raising
Once we have established that the investment opportunity may meet our investment criteria, we will normally invite management to make a presentation to us. Thereafter, we carry out detailed due diligence on all aspects of the proposal before we confirm our willingness to invest.

http://www.eif.org/venture/eibres/eib-eif-resources/index.htm

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Second, we are pleased to invite to you to see some very interesting videos. About Nanotechnology and 'the state of art' of this discipline. Speech of Ray Baughman Ph. D. at Carnegie Mellon:





Moreover, you can see how politicians have a very strong commitment in this subject.
You will be able how
CNSE announces the GetNANO
1 min 39 s - 06-oct-2007
The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, home to the $4.2 billion Albany NanoTech complex, is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. You can view video segments originally aired on CNSE’s "NanoNow" program, including interviews with faculty, staff and corporate partners. In this segment: CNSE announces the GetNANO (Global Education and Training for Nanotechnology) program, designed to prepare the workforce necessary to attract additional high-tech jobs, companies and investment to the Capital Region and New York State

And the last but not the least, there are very interesting people searching in nanotechnologies, and we can see their adavances. For instance,
CNSE
Associate Professor of Nanoscience Bradley Thiel discusses a dual beam microscope and its applications
1 min 39 s - 03-oct-2007
The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, home to the $4.2 billion Albany NanoTech complex, is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. You can view video segments originally aired on CNSE’s "NanoNow" program, including interviews with faculty, staff and corporate partners. In this segment: CNSE Associate Professor of Nanoscience Bradley Thiel discusses a dual beam microscope and its applications.

Well, see you soon. And remember, money and researching will be able to meet them.