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Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosic glucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries.

INFUSER is an atmospheric chemistry and engineering company that develops and delivers tailored-made and standardized advanced pollution control systems for the industry, indoor air quality systems and decontamination devices. INFUSER targets emissions that come from volatile organic compounds (VOC), sulphur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The objective is to help industries comply with emission standards levels. INFUSER ventilation solutions remove particulate matter (PM 2.5 & PM 10) and gases in the indoor air climate. INFUSER’s solutions have applications in a number of segments: they can be used in high-emission industries to sustainably and successfully reduce pollution from hydrocarbons. For instance: foundries, agriculture livestock farms, and energy storage facilities.

TreaTech is a Swiss Cleantech company founded in 2015 by EPFL engineers. We are developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-increasing quantities of wastewater while recycling its valuable by-products and most notably, clean water. Our catalytic hydrothermal gasification (HTG) system has been developed for the disposal of different types of liquid wastes (such as sewage sludge) that are usually incinerated or landfilled and instead, turns them into by-products such as biogas, clean water, and mineral salts that can further be upgraded into phosphorus products (e.g. fertilizers).

Founded in January 2013, Kronoz LLC is a Swiss company that manufactures, designs and develops wearable devices intended to improve their increasingly mobile, connected and digital lifestyles. Under the MyKronoz brand, they strive to expand and facilitate the mobile-user experience with stylish, intuitive and functional techcessories. With a unique approach to mobile tech, their goal is to offer a complete range of connected watches, catering to the needs and tastes of the world’s various user types. In order to release new wearable models every quarter, MyKronoz team develops continuous innovative technologies and creative designs.

BOW Group is a global player and multi-skilled platform with design, development, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities, which offers solutions answering the needs of our modern lifestyles. With its 4 offices around the world - Paris, Geneva, Miami and Shenzhen - BOW Group aims to become a world leader in lifestyle products and accessories in all their forms; with its two consumers brand Lexon and MyKronoz, its two retail concepts that are Musart and Legacy, as well as BOW Industries, its R&D center that owns 70 design patents. BOW Group has secured three phases of financing: The French private equity company NextStage invested a total of € 10.5 million. PMI through its corporate venture PMEP participated in the series B funding to support the Group's expansion plan. MyKronoz raised $8M through crowdfunding campaigns, making us the most funded European company in Kickstarter history. These investments have allowed us to conduct three acquisitions: ⁃ The vertical integration of BOW Industries, our long-term ODM partner in Shenzhen, China, to ensure full industrial and R&D autonomy. ⁃ LEXON, a French company and publisher of objects for 30 years, with more than 200 design awards and access to a network of nearly 100 international designers to diversify our range beyond affordable IoT. ⁃ MUSART, an American art marketplace that strengthens our digital footprint and allows us to continue diversifying our product portfolio by democratizing art to a large audience. Learn more about our brands: LEXON / DESIGN OBJECTS Over the last three decades, Lexon has been committed to bringing to consumers simple and affordable design objects that are here to last, ones that are meant to be part of our daily life, from morning till night. With more than 200 awards, collaboration with some of the world’s leading designers, a retail presence in more than 90 countries, Lexon has successfully established itself as an iconic French design brand. lexon-design.com MYKRONOZ / CONNECTED OBJECTS MyKronoz focuses on consumer IoT since its foundation in 2013, with a wide portfolio spanning from wearables to smart products for the home, having sold 3M of connected devices with its own cloud architecture and proprietary mobile app. Awarded with 2 Red Dot Design Awards and 2 iF Design Awards over the past two years. www.mykronoz.com MUSART / ART OBJECTS Musart is a fast-growing art marketplace to buy original artworks and licensed products. Since its inception in 2014, the mission of this online destination is to make art accessible, giving anyone the opportunity to own a piece of museum. musart.com LEGACY / LUXURY OBJECTS Legacy is an exclusive hybrid concept store boasting a sharply curated selection of products comprising multiple categories such as watches, jewelry, art, tech, books, eyewear, beauty and more.

Biognosys believe that the decoding of the proteome will impact the life sciences more than the genome revolution a decade ago, and they strive to be the company that enables the routine analysis of proteomes in each research and clinical laboratory worldwide.Biognosys offers a unique next-generation solution for precise quantification of large proteomes in biological samples. Their technology provides unprecedented depth and quality of protein expression data for more effective biomarker and drug-target discovery and validation. Biognosys is a spin-off from the leading proteomics lab of Prof. Ruedi Aebersold, ETH Zurich.

Biovotion has developed an accurate, wearable sensing technology, that allows for medical-quality vital sign monitoring (VSM) in daily life. The platform combines medical-quality VSM with design, wearability, convenience, and prices of the consumer market. The system (multi-sensor platform plus sophisticated algorithms) is intergrated into cloud infrastructures to provide users with data on par with standard hospital systems and can be stepwise expanded with additional physiological parameters. Current parameters include heart rate, blood oxygenation, blood perfusion, temperature and movement/activity. The first VSM generation is also expected to include heart rate variability, respiratory rate, energy expenditure, and sleep and stress monitoring. The management team is internationally recognised for its expertise in wearable monitoring. The company holds a broad IP portfolio.

Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosic glucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries.

Zyl is social mobile app that finds in your camera roll your best memories of your past and that everyday makes you re-experience one of them and let you share it with your friends to interact with them. 5 years ago, everybody was sharing lots of photos on social medias. Today, we only share the top 1% of our memories. Why? The fear of judgement, the race to get more likes / views / comments, the fear of a privacy breach... And what do we do with the remaining 99% of our photos? Nothing! And yet, nowadays, we struggle to keep in touch with our loved ones. What if we could use the emotional power of our memories as daily icebreakers? Zyl leverages the intrinsic social graph of your photo library. Zyl is a place where all the memories of you and your friends are, automatically curated and sublimated.

Blue Prairie Brands is introducing innovative ingredients and related food products rich in prebiotics, which in conjunction with probiotics, help maintain a healthy digestive system. It's flagship product is rich in the prebiotic inulin, yet Blue Prairie Brands delivers it in a whole-food, gluten-free, non-GMO form. The Company's proprietary approach to production also provides farmers a profitable rotation crop that utilizes their existing equipment and experience.

TreaTech is a Swiss Cleantech company founded in 2015 by EPFL engineers. We are developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-increasing quantities of wastewater while recycling its valuable by-products and most notably, clean water. Our catalytic hydrothermal gasification (HTG) system has been developed for the disposal of different types of liquid wastes (such as sewage sludge) that are usually incinerated or landfilled and instead, turns them into by-products such as biogas, clean water, and mineral salts that can further be upgraded into phosphorus products (e.g. fertilizers).