GloSho'14: Investor Reverse Showcase - Clement Tiret

1. Aster Capital –Confidential
A presentation of Aster Capital
Managing funds sponsored by Schneider Electric, Alstom, Solvay
and the European Investment Fund
October2014 –Clément Tiret

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From Schneider Electric Ventures to Aster Capital
Ventures
>
2010
Corporate venturing
“Multi-corporate” fund
Sponsored by

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UNIQUENESS
VALUE CREATION
ASTER MODEL
Higher credibility
New markets and applications
Experienced support
Technical collaboration
Portfolio
Company growth
Aster leverages a proven model of value creation to its portfolio companies

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Energyconversion
Sustainableresources
Smart buildings
Industrialefficiency
Reliableenergysupply
Intelligent Infrastructure
Advanced materials
Mobility
Aster focuses on Energy and Resources Innovation

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•Geographical focus: Global, with ~1/3 in NorthAmerica
•Role: Lead in Europe, co-investor in North America
Activity stage
Financing needs
Revenue level
Product launch
Commercial development
Growth
Pre-revenue
Below €1m
Above €1m
Above €5m
€0.5-2m
€2-5m
€5-10m
€10-50m
R&D / Product development
€0.5m
Aster investment size
€1-3m
€2-4m
€3-8m
Aster’s main focusEarlyseries AStart-upseries BGrowthseries CSeed
The fund has a cross stage investment strategy to maximizethe risk/return profile of its portfolio

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A unique model to bring value to your businessNew Energy MixSustainable CitiesEnergy EfficiencyResourcesManagement
venture Funds ($ 200m)
years of experience(created in 2000)
UNIQUE SPONSORSHIP
GLOBAL COVERAGE
offices locations
international team members
Unique access to sponsors' markets and technology experts

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Relevant partnerships with our sponsors enable to create value and growth
Modeling platform for complex systems
Ultra-capacitorsand hybridcapacitors
UV water disinfection solution
Innovative LED lighting solutions
Building energy management software
Residential energy efficiency management
Eco-renovation solutions
for residential buildings
Liquid cooling technology for datacenters
Next generation biobasedplastics and chemicals
Non-woven nanofiberfabric
Storage through power-to-gas conversion
Lightweight electric mobility

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Breakthrough liquid cooling technology for data centers.
Aster’s last investments
Leading modeling platform for complex systems.
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Merci!
Aster Capital ●330 Townsend street, Suite 104 ●94107 San Francisco ●www.aster.com
French leader in lightweight electric mobility.