Hot Investment Markets and Sizzling Sectors

WBT is now accepting applications for all seed and early stage innovative technologies seeking funding, licensing or strategic partnerships in Life Science, Information Technology, Energy, and Advanced Materials sectors.

In preparation for the WBT2013, we have interviewed a cross-section of investors and licensees to learn what types of technologies they are seeking for investing and licensing. Interviews are on-going, and this list will continue to be updated until the application deadline, June 21, 2013, so check back often.


Hot Investment Markets

  • Computer Security – software or hardware
  • Analysis of high volume, unstructured data, unstructured data, to manage, monitor, and leverage
  • Waste reduction and energy efficiency, including software solutions for managing
  • Water treatment, conservation, and management
  • Mobile commerce
  • Urban Agriculture
  • 3D Sensors
  • Electrochromatic glass
  • Vehicle integrated photovoltaics

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Sizzling Sectors

Advanced Materials

  • Formaledhyde free adhesive technologies
  • New uses for rosin
  • Advanced coatings and materials for high temperature, pressure, and friction uses

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I.T./Software/Electronics:
  • High temp and high pressure sensors
  • Terabytes of data transfer from remote locations
  • High pressure high temp capabilities for electronics, power sources, fiber optics
  • Mobile Commerce
  • Electrical laminates
  • Geo-location Mobile Applications
  • Cyber Security
  • Thin film transistor liquid crystal displays
  • New materials impacting the manufacture of different kinds of displays: anti-reflective coating, actual light emissions
  • OLED technologies
  • Energy saving displays for TV, computers, signs, etc.
  • Transparent conductors, Zinc-based or other materials that are less expensive but high performing
  • Lower cost semiconductor technologies
  • Semiconductor applications for power management: minimize standby power, higher efficiency of battery 4G emerging technologies - increasing data and antenna capacity, beamforming
  • Enterprise applications in cloud-based formats
  • Processes that automate business tasks currently done with human resources
  • Corporate/business/marketing applications for social networking
  • Educational programs/online educational resources and supplements for all economies.
  • Disruptive database solutions for small/medium sized businesses
  • Next generation electronic payment systems

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Energy/Cleantech:
  • Novel methods and materials for energy/electricity generation from vehicle braking
  • Waste Heat Recovery for multiple industry applications
  • CO2 Collection Solutions
  • Battery Storage - High energy/high density
  • Water Purification: small and large scale solutions.
  • Renewable/green packaging that meets food grade performance criteria
  • Transparent renewable packaging
  • Next generation building and residential energy efficiency solutions
  • Disruptive energy efficient/electric heating systems
  • Renewables/biomass as fuel/petroleum replacement
  • Wood products that integrate green building applications
  • Technology that improves forest management
  • Clean fertilizer technologies
  • Bio-based plastics for materials or chemicals
  • Harvesting processes for biomass
  • Bioenergy, biomass for heat/power
  • Innovations for waste biomass for heat/power
  • Eco-friendly crop protection/pest management
  • Biomass chemical feedstocks and polymer additives
  • Biomass conversion technologies; fermentation, gasification, other bio-chemical processes
  • Cellulose fiber pulp for hygiene products, textiles
  • Hydroelectric energy solutions for remote areas, small and large scale.

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Lifescience/Healthcare/Pharmaceutical:
  • Materials that are biocompatible and withstand flexing from heart beating
  • Treatment, diagnosis, or management of heart failure
  • Reversible adhesives for healthcare applications
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Drug delivery innovations
  • Detecting Hepatitis C virus
  • Diagnostics for rheumatoid arthritis
  • Diabetes management
  • Cancer diagnostics
  • Drug development for oncology and inflammatory diseases
  • Antivirals for HIV and Hepatitis C
  • Technologies to enhance thermo stability for vaccines during transport and storage
  • Viral, bacterial and fungal vaccines
  • Healthcare IT
  • Electronic medical records/networks
  • Barriers to microbial infections for use during surgical procedures

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To apply to present, submit an application before the June 21 deadline.


Questions?

Please don't hesitate to contact us directly.

Amanda Radovic
Executive Director

aradovic@wbtshowcase.com
480.477.6408


Jeff Carpenter
Director, Bird Dog Innovation Strategies
jcarpenter@dcnteam.com
651.430.8031


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