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Lucas León

Head of Business Development

University-Business Forum

November 20 – 21, 2014

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1Fresh water

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akvoFloat™ reduces up to 90% of energy and 20% of footprint giving high water quality.

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akvoFloat™: A robust ceramic hybrid flotation-filtration unit

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A company is only as great as its team.

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The International A-Team

Strategy Advisor

Lute Broens

University Mentor

Prof. Günter Wozny

Technical Advisor

Siegfried Ripperger

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� First Visit to the Incubator!

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Lucas joins

the team

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First € 570k

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First successful Pilot

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Founding of

akvolution GmbH

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Six-digit VC funding

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Helped us a lot:

Guide from Idea to Company.

Incredibly engaged incubator.

Access to staff and facilities.

Access to talent.

Room for improvment:

� Disconnection between university and

industry.

� Lack of business expertise

� IP can be a problem.

� University-wide “buy-in” of the

startup strategy.

� No incentives for staff

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University – Entrepreneurship relationship

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CONTACT US:

Address akvolution GmbH

c/o TU Berlin KWT 9

Straße des 17. Juni 135

10623 Berlin

Phone +49 30 314 75656

E-mail leon@akvolution.de

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Thank you

- Sustainable Water Treatment

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The akvoFloat™ prototype has been field testedfor over a year now.

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Two successful pilots BEFORE AFTER