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• Energy In brief N°17 October 2010 The Crown Estate, a British organization with a property portfolio encompassing many of the UK’s cityscapes, ancient forests, farms, parkland, coastline and communities, has awarded 2‐B Energy the right to demonstrate 2B‐Energy’s two offshore wind turbines in Scotland. 2B‐Energy’ will launch offshore wind demonstration sites to begin initial survey and consultation processes for their sites while the Scottish Government conducts a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for offshore wind within Scottish territorial waters. SP3H, a leader in the field of fuel profiling, which recently raised €2,3 million in January from Truffle Capital, launched a fuel sensor called Niris, based on SP3H’s technology, HCP (HydroCarbon Profiler technology). SP3H launched Niris in partnership with CMR for marine and heavy duty. SP3H also received the 2010 GEP Innovation Award for SMEs, which acknowledges SP3H’s technology and their open innovation strategy. Truffle Capital makes three new investments in the energy sector In September, Truffle Capital concluded three new investments in these particularly promising energy companies: • Neelogy develops and commercialises innovative magnetic sensors. The company's technology enables the high‐precision measurement of DC and AC currents in complex environments. The lightweight, flexible sensors are very well suited to emerging needs for improved energy efficiency: energy measurement, battery management, the mass reduction of static converters and electric motor control and diagnostics. Truffle Capital has invested €3 million in a second round of financing which will enable Neelogy to fund its investments and collaborative R&D programmes with specialists in the fields of energy conversion, the protection of DC installations and the measurement of AC energy. • The start‐up Acerde was founded in 2006 by Didier Pique. It is developing and leveraging its expertise in the design and formulation of materials with high‐performance qualities, based on high‐ temperature chemical vapour deposition. The first application of Acerde's technology concerns X‐ray tube anodes and could turn the company into a key partner for computed tomography scanner manufacturers. Truffle Capital has invested €1.5 million in the company's first round of financing, so that Acerde can develop its technology for X‐ray tube anodes and thus generate short‐term revenue. 6
N°17 October 2010 • Actility was founded in 2010 by IT industry veteran Olivier Hersent. It is developing a machine‐to‐ machine communication platform for new‐generation telecom networks. The goal is to develop client solutions through the use of communication platforms which will generate revenues for the company via software, accessories and licensing. Truffle Capital has invested €3 million in the company's first round of financing, in order to fund the company's first communication platform (due to be operational in 2011). RF‐iT Solutions optimizes retail processes of Gerry Weber brand, thanks to new detego® RFID Starter Kit, a package for directly managing stocks. RF‐iT Solutions, a leading European provider of integrated RFID solutions offering standard modules for the optimization of business processes in fashion industry, in partnership with Pranke GmbH, have created a package for directly managing stocks using the innovative RFID technology in the retail industry. Since this summer on, all items from the lifestyle company Gerry Weber will be equipped with RFID tags. As a result, each retailer who sells Gerry Weber products can now also benefit from this technology. Benefits of this product are multiple: improvement in inventory management, the supplier can quickly detect an out of stock situation and close it immediately. Retailers can register all deliveries and the current inventory with a hand‐held device and automatically check for completeness. Customers who can find their preferred products at the shop are satisfied customers who come back and display tremendous brand loyalty. Starter kits were presented in June at Gerry Weber’s franchisers and found a very positive response: "The RFID Starter kit provides a quick and efficient entry into an RFID‐based inventory management for our retailers and that in all major European languages", ensures Dr. David Frink, managing director of IT, logistics and production at Gerry Weber. More than 340 Houses of Gerry Weber, over 1,860 shop‐in‐shops as well as several mono‐brand online shops successfully showcase the brands of Gerry Weber International AG to consumers worldwide. Today, the five brands are managed and designed under the umbrella of the holding company in Halle. Licensed products such as shoes and bags complement the range and the versatile fashion strikes the same chord with customers, whether in Berlin, Dubai or Ottawa. That is how Gerry Weber became listed on the stock exchange and a worldwide known fashion and lifestyle company. 7
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