From start-up to scale-up: a corporate financing perspective This session will address the question of how to accelerate the commercialization and impact of disruptive technologies and service models in the water technology space. There will be a close link between this session and on the one hand the innovation pavilion taking place during the Aquatech Amsterdam, and on the other hand a side event with MoMo finalists pitching their business cases. Final objective of this session is to bring leading edge technology to market following the path to innovation. Amsterdam RAI G107 Speaker - Paul O'Callaghan Moderator - Menno Holterman
Working within the investment team of SAEV Europe focused on investing into venture and growth stage companies in Europe that have a unique technology, service or product for the Oil and Gas, Renewables or Water Industries. Qualified chartered accountant with 11 years experience in venture/growth stage investing, investment banking and accountancy.
Jeroen M. Tielman is the Founder and Managing Partner of QStone Capital (www.QStoneCapital.com), connecting long term investors with projects and companies operating in the global waste water processing industry. Prior to founding QStone Capital Jeroen was the founder and CEO of IMQubator, an independent seeding and acceleration platform for alternative investment strategies to which APG committed €250mln in January 2009. Before IMQubator Jeroen was Managing Director at pension asset manager Cordares N.V. (currently part of APG), and in 2000 Jeroen founded investment product-engineering boutique FundPartners, which was backed by pension asset manager PGGM. Jeroen started his career at ABN AMRO in 1986 where he served several roles in investment research, institutional stockbroking (New York 1988 – 1992), corporate finance/M&A and in his last role at ABN AMRO he was the global head of product development at ABN AMRO Asset Management (1996-2000).
Menno M. Holterman was born in 1969 and is a Dutch national. After obtaining a Masters degree in Naval Architecture & Marine Technology at Delft University of Technology Holterman worked at Heineken NV from 1995-1998 and occupied various management positions in the Netherlands, Slovakia and Papua New Guinea.
In 1998 he joined the Norit Group as Managing Director of Haffmans BV, one of the Norit group companies. In 2007 he was been appointed Chief Growth Officer (CGO) and Member of the Executive Board of Directors of Norit NV. Next to achieving the ambitious growth targets of the Norit Group he was responsible for all the global Norit Sales & Service Centers, Corporate Marketing and Communication and business development. In 2010 Menno was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Norit Clean Process Technologies Holding helping its global customers to become more sustainable by doing “more with less”. The “Best Water Technology Company” awarded by Global Water Intelligence in April 2011 was a recognition of Norit’s reputation for innovation and successful commercialization of disruptive technologies like ultrafiltration membranes. In May 2011 Pentair Inc successfully acquired Norit’s Clean Process Technology Holding.
Current positions:
CEO Nijhuis Industries Holding BV
CEO and Founder of Naesta Holding
Board Member Netherlands Water Partnership
Member Advisory Board World Waternet
Management Board Amsterdam International Water Week