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Oscillated, not stirred: NiTech Solutions’ licence to crystallise

NiTech Solutions is a spin-out of Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. The company designs and licenses new reactors and crystallisers based on patented baffled reactor technology. Paul Hodges is NiTech’s Chairman. He previously worked for 17 years at ICI. LEIF: What’s NiTech’s innovation? What do you do that other companies can’t do? Paul Hodges: It’s all… Continue reading Oscillated, not stirred: NiTech Solutions’ licence to crystallise

Q&A with Kirill Mudryy, Enso Ventures

Enso Ventures is a private investment company based in London and New York that invests in Materials-Technology and Biotechnology in Europe and the US. Enso looks for early-stage companies with the following attributes: – Disruptive technology platforms with products that address unmet needs in high growth markets– Potential to become market leaders– Strong IP– Capable… Continue reading Q&A with Kirill Mudryy, Enso Ventures

Seven things I learned at this month’s symposium

1 “Call it uncertainty. Do not call it risk” – Former 3M CEO Sir George Buckley’s advice to delegates is a great mantra for the venturing industry, particularly for those in struggling markets such as oil and gas. One oil and gas corporate VC told me: “I have spent more time on internal communications in the last… Continue reading Seven things I learned at this month’s symposium

Oil and gas sector must invest to tackle water problems

A growing array of technologies and entrepreneurs are responding with innovative new solutions.  Venture capital – including the corporate venture capital funds established by ‘big oil’ and the ‘family offices’ of successful industrialists – is therefore seeking out water technology investment opportunities. This is a growth market GWI reports that the global market for water… Continue reading Oil and gas sector must invest to tackle water problems

Clean Deal: Airbus

Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum and founder of Carbon International, explores trends in clean-tech.