Excerpt of e-mail received from Eli Pinthus, Ph.D., of
Nutralease, one of the award-winning Israeli nanotech companies
"Dear Todd and Kippy,
"I just came back from the wonderful and fruitful week we had in the USA. I feel
very grateful to you and all those who initiated and organized this "rolling
event"! It was a great opportunity for Nutralease! The exposure as well as the
meetings (both official and non-official) are of huge importance to a company
at our stage.
"I take this opportunity to thank all your wonderful team and especially Kippy
who worked so much on Nutralease presentations. Her professionalism and devotion
were most essential for our success!
Thank you all so much!
Looking forward to collaborating in the future."
Excerpt of e-mail received from Nik Rokop, one of the U.S. organizers
of the event
"We were uniformly pleased at the advanced stage of each of these nanotechnology
companies, the high caliber of the Israeli management and their willingness
and ability to engage in meaningful business discussions. I am
confident that they will be successful in securing several business relationships
out of this program."
About the MI2NT Award-Winning Companies
The three award-winning companies will receive —
-- A
VIP invitation to the NanoBusiness Conference (in New York from
May 23 to 25) and private meetings with leading nanotechnology
VCs and industry leaders
-- Recognition at a special awards ceremony in Chicago with
leading investors, nanotechnology company CEOs, and strategic partners
-- Business development services from The Trendlines
Group and Chicago Microtechnology & Nanotechnology
Community, including identifying and contracting
potential partners in the United States and preparing executive summaries and
presentations
-- PR in Israel and the United States
Cima
NanoTech Israel Develops conductive ink jet printing systems and transparent conductive
coatings (TCC). The company’s nano-metal dispersions represent enabling technology
for next-generation digital inkjet printing of microcircuits and transparent
conductive coatings for electronics.
Applications include plasma displays, EMI
shielding, electroluminescence, and other conductive coatings.
Cima NanoTech Israel
is located in Caesarea. Dr. Fernando de la Vega is the company’s CEO.
Nutralease Ltd.
Focuses on microemulsion technology for liquid nano-encapsulation of nutraceuticals,
cosmeceuticals,and essential oils and drugs for incorporation into food, pharmaceuticals,
and cosmetics.
Applications include functional foods, flavor houses, and nutraceutical
preparations.
The company is located in Mishor Adumim. Prof. Nissim Garti is the
company’s CEO.
Sol-Gel
Technologies Ltd.
Developers of UV Pearls™, the world’s first nano-encapsulated sunscreen
and the only product that enables absorption of UV light without any contact
of the UV filters with the skin. This product utilizes the company’s unique
nano-engineering technology that allows a range of active ingredients to be encapsulated
in highly transparent silica glass matrices or nanospheres.
Sol-Gel Technologies is located
in Bet Shemesh. Dr. Alon Seri-Levy is the company’s CEO.
High-Caliber Applicants
The competition, which was open to any Israeli company
that commercialized a product using nanotechnology (or microtechnology)
processes, attracted extremely high-caliber applicants.
Initially the competition was set up to award two winners, but it became
very clear to the selection committee
that due to the level of applicants it would be very difficult to narrow
down the selection to two candidates. The USISTF and CMNC agreed to add a
third award winner.
Award Sponsors
This program is underwritten by the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology
Foundation), which promotes
collaborative opportunities in high technology for American and Israeli entities.
