Parallel session n° 3A : Investing in PV Companies

 
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During Session 3A experts focused on Investments in PV companies, with subsessions titled Financing PV-Start-Up Companies and Venture capital Investments in PV.

 

 

Financing PV-Start-Up Companies

  Moderator: Helge Hardacker, Quantum Board
   

   
09:00 – 09:20
Business Angel activity in PV
Helge Hardacker, Quantum Board
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09:20 – 09:40
Lessons learnt from 10 years in alternative energy investments
Andreas Rüter, Grazia Equity
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09:40 – 10:00
Future areas of seed-investments in PV
Guido Agostinelli, European PV Technology Platform
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10:00 - 10:50
4 innovating companies present their project to Venture Capital investors
Mark Buchanan, Norsk Solkraft
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Mark Jeanes, Spark Solar
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Thomas J. S. Schubert, Iolitec
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Nikolaus Meyer, Sulfurcell
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10:50 - 11:10 Discussion
11:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break
   
 

Venture capital Investments in PV

  Moderator: Jenny Chase, New Energy Finance
   

 

Panel Discussion: Consistency and Confidence

The session ended with a panel discussion, which was moderated by Mr. Cameron (EPIA Vice-President) and included the following panelists:

  • Mr. Hilgert (Managing Director, Citibank, Global Investment Bank)

  • Mr. Stokes, (President, Suntech Europe)

  • Mr. Perry (CFO, SolarCentury)

  • Mr. Kapell (Director, Deutsche Bank, Equity Capital Markets)

  • Mr. Hardacker (Managing Partner, Quantum Board)

The panel examined how the finance and PV communities can move on together given issues like the recent turbulence of the financial markets, and the future uncertainty of the continuation of support schemes, and also a passage from undersupply to oversupply of silicon.

   
11:30 - 12:00
Venture capital needs and activities in Europe
Sven Hansen, Good Energies
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12:00 - 12:30
Strategic venturing into PV from a corporate perspective
Frans Van den Heuvel, Scheuten Solar
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12:30 - 13:00 Questions and answers session
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
   
 

Panel Discussion: Consistency and Confidence

  Moderator: Murray Cameron, EPIA Vice-President
   
14:00 - 15:30
Panel discussion between Analysts & Industry: With the participation of:
Sven Kapell, Deutsche Bank
 
Hendrik Hilgert, Citigroup Global Markets
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Neil Perry, Solarcentury
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Jerry Stokes, Suntech
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Debate with participants
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Closing remarks by Helge Hardacker, Quantum Board
15:30 - 17:00 Bilateral meetings

 

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