Singapore – 10 May 2012 – Bernd Dautel has been appointed to the Management Board of the Nanostart subsidiary Nanostart Asia Pacific as a new Director alongside Andreas Kröll. Born in Germany and living and working in Singapore for the last 17 years, Mr. Dautel will join Nanostart Asia Pacific on a full-time basis from the middle of the year.
Singapore – April 26, 2012 – Nanostart is pressing ahead with its expansion in Asia and has formed a new company, Nanostart Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, together with investment partners. Nanostart is contributing its wholly-owned subsidiary Nanostart Asia Pte Ltd and its 50 per cent interest in Nanostart Singapore Early Stage Venture Fund, in exchange for which it will receive 56 per cent of the shares in the new Singapore-based company. The remaining 44 per cent will be held by partners in Singapore and other Asian countries, consisting of investors whose experience and networks will help Nanostart AG to achieve quick and easy expansion in Singapore and Asia.
Frankfurt/Singapore – November 8, 2011 – Singapore Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY) investment BioMers has successfully concluded a round of financing for around SGD 6 million (approximately €3.5 million). Its new investors include a further venture capital fund and several private investors. Nanostart is investing pro rata in this financing round and thereby keeping Nanostart Singapore Early Stage Venture Fund’s share in BioMers largely constant at about 24%.
Frankfurt / Singapore – September 12, 2011 – As planned, Nanostart AG (OTCQX: NASRY) is increasing its stake in Singapore-based Microlight Sensors to 31%. This stems from payment of a second tranche from the round of financing concluded back in 2010. The additional funds will go into commercial expansion, in particular buildup of marketing and sales structures in Asia, seed financing for orders and projects, and development of innovative sensor technologies.
Frankfurt / Singapore – May 11, 2011 – David Edwards is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Singaporean Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY) holding BioMers Pte Ltd. The top executive will be leveraging his extensive experience in building brands to drive BioMers’ commercial expansion and launch of flagship product, SimpliClear™. The SimpliClear product range is the world’s only completely translucent orthodontic system. Mr. Edwards is based in BioMers‘ Singapore headquarters and is responsible for the company‘s worldwide business, reporting to the Board of Directors.
Frankfurt / Singapore – February 17, 2011 – Nanostart AG, the nanotechnology venture capital company, has taken an investment position in Membrane Instruments and Technology (MINT) Pte Ltd, a cleantech company based in Singapore. MINT, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the country’s renowned Nanyang Technological University, is a producer of next-generation technology for monitoring and controlling water quality in filtration-based water treatment plants. The core of the new technology lies in the proprietary, nanotech-based sensors developed by the company. These highly sensitive sensors automatically monitor the efficiency and proper functioning of filter membranes by continuously measuring key output parameters. The system from MINT thus enables the ongoing performance monitoring of water treatment plants in real time so that, in case of filter degradation or failure, corrective measures can be immediately introduced.
Singapore - 17 January 2011- Nanostart Asia holding, BioMers Pte Ltd, the provider of SimpliClear, the world’s only completely clear braces solution, will promote its products in a SimpliClear Contest organized around this year’s Back to School Carnival at the National University of Singapore to be held from 20-21 January 2011.
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Andreas Kroell
Investment Director
phone: +65 6634 8684
e-mail: andreas@nanostartasia.com
