Aster Capital – Confidential

A presentation of Aster Capital

Managing funds sponsored by Schneider Electric, Alstom, Solvay

and the European Investment Fund

October 2014 – Clément Tiret

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From Schneider Electric Ventures to Aster Capital

Ventures>2010

Corporate venturing “Multi-corporate” fund

Sponsored by

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UNIQUENESS

VALUE

CREATION

ASTER MODEL

Higher

credibility

New markets and

applications

Experienced

support

Technical

collaboration

Portfolio

Company growth

Aster leverages a proven model of value creation to its portfolio

companies

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Energy

conversion

Sustainable

resources

Smart buildings

Industrial

efficiency

Reliable energy

supply

Intelligent

Infrastructure

Advanced

materials

Mobility

Aster focuses on Energy and Resources Innovation

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• Geographical focus: Global, with ~1/3 in North America

• Role: Lead in Europe, co-investor in North America

Activity stage

Financing needs

Revenue level

Product launchCommercial

developmentGrowth

Pre-revenue Below € 1m Above € 1m Above € 5m

€ 0.5-2m € 2-5m € 5-10m € 10-50m

R&D / Product

development

€ 0.5mAster investment size € 1-3m € 2-4m € 3-8m

Aster’s main focus

Earlyseries A

Start-upseries B

Growthseries C

Seed

The fund has a cross stage investment strategy to maximize

the risk/return profile of its portfolio

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A unique model to bring value to your business

New

Energy Mix

Sustainable

Cities

Energy

Efficiency

Resources

Management

venture Funds ($ 200m)

years of experience

(created in 2000)

UNIQUE SPONSORSHIP

GLOBAL

COVERAGE

offices locations

international team

members

Unique access to sponsors'

markets and technology experts

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Relevant partnerships with our sponsors enable to create value and

growth

Modeling platform for

complex systems

Ultra-capacitors

and hybrid capacitors

UV water disinfection

solution

Innovative LED lighting

solutions

Building energy

management software

Residential energy

efficiency management

Eco-renovation solutions

for residential buildings

Liquid cooling technology

for datacenters

Next generation biobased

plastics and chemicals

Non-woven nanofiber

fabric

Storage through

power-to-gas conversion

Lightweight electric

mobility

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Breakthrough liquid cooling

technology for data centers.

Aster’s last investments

Leading modeling platform for

complex systems.

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Merci!Aster Capital ● 330 Townsend street, Suite 104 ● 94107 San Francisco ● www.aster.com

French leader in lightweight

electric mobility.