Skipso Overview

Enabling Sustainable Innovation

 Company Purpose

Skipso aims to leverage the po wer of

the Int ernet to accelerate the next
wave of Cleant ech Innova ti on

Cleantech / Open
Web 2.0
Sustainability Innovation

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 The Problems We Address
Macro Level:
We address the issue of clima te cha nge
and the fight for energ y i ndep end ence
Industry Level:
We tackle the roa db locks that hinder
Cl eant ec h innova ti on
User Level:
We enable coll abora tion, pr ofess iona l
mat chma king and Inn ovat ion on a global level
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 The Opportunity
“This is largest economic opportunity of the 21st
century, the mother of all markets” [John Doerr]
• $400b / year new investments by 2012

• 20% renewable energy consumption and

20% increase in efficiency by 2 020

• $16.9 b current R&D spend too low to

support required growth
• 20 mil lions new jobs created
Source: New Energy Finance, Worldwatch Institute, EU

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 How Do We Define Cleantech?
Renewa ble Energ y Clea n Wa ste Wa ter Ot her
Energy Efficie ncy Pro duct s & Po ll utio n Ma na gement Sect ors
& Dist ribu tion & Prod uct ion

How d o we How do w e use What p rod uct s Wha t i s left and How do we g et All ot her sect or s
gener ate en erg y? ener gy? and how d o we how d o we and us e w ater ?
pr od uce them? manage it ?

• Solar • Transportation • Materials • Emissions • Water • Management &

Treatment & Business
• Wind Purification
• Energy • Smart Industrial • Waste
Infrastructure Production Management • Water Use • Agriculture
• Bioenergy
Efficiency
• Geothermal • Energy Storage
• Product Design • Soil • Water Pollution • Others
& Innovation Remediation
• Hydro

• Buildings
• Marine

• Other sources • Smart Grid

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 The Solution: A Cleantech Innovation Ecosystem
Researchers Entrepreneurs

Investors Policymakers

Ski pso

Executives Professionals

Cleantech
Service Providers
Start-ups

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 Who Uses Skipso?
Comm uni ty (T al ent Poo ls) Or gani sat ions / Busi ne sses
Cl ea nt ech Entrep reneurs Service Provid ers
• Gain easier access to capital, resources • Create a company profile and generate
& support services business leads

Ac adem ics / Resea rcher s Busin esses

• Solve innovation challenges in return for • Outsource R&D, sponsor innovation
cash, publish research findings challenges, find top management talent

Professiona ls / E xpe rt s Co nt en t Pr ovid ers

• Generate leads to sell expert advice • Share industry content reaching a broad
services to the cleantech community professional cleantech community

Indust ry Execut ives Universit ies & R esea rch Inst it ut io ns

• Network, share knowledge and find • Promote their research, get funding and
selected jobs globally participate in innovation challenges

Cl ea nt ech Invest or s Ad vert isers

• Tap into entrepreneurs globally as well as • Advertise products and services
selected experts to support their deals targeting specific talent pools

Poli cyma ker s Develop er s

• Promote their ideas and policy to stimulate • Develop ad hoc applications for the
growth in clean technologies globally Skipso community

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The Skipso Open Innovation Lab
The Skipso Open Innovation Lab enables organisations to accelerate their clean tech
innovation by tapping into a worldwide network of experts and innovators

Innov at io n Lab Chall eng es:

• Any sci enti fi c o r bu sines s prob lem an organisation

faces in the different stages of the innovation life-cycle:
from idea generation to growth

• An entr epreneur ial comp etiti on , sponsored by

organisations looking to foster clean tech innovation

• Every challenge must be related to the fields of clea n

techn olog y or clim ate chang e

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How Does it Work?
Skipso supports organisations throughout the life-cycle of the challenge as well as
providing a platform to reach out to a wide community of challenge solvers

• Organisations for mul ate and po st challenges to a

worldwide community of clean tech experts and innovators

• Skipso advertises the challenge throughout the Ski pso

network allowing challenge solvers to register and submit
their solutions

• Best sub mi ssions are selected and cas h awa rd paid if

the solution provided satisfies requirements

• Comprehensive In tell ec tual Prop erty protec ti on

provided to seeker organisation

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The Innovation Challenge Process
Innovation Seekers pay a cash award to the solutions that satisfy their
requirements

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What Types of Challenges?
Skipso Challenges are designed to support organisations in any stage of the
innovation life-cycle or simply to foster clean tech innovation

SK IPSO IDEA CHAL LEN GE SK IPSO R& D CHALL ENG E

Connect with passionate people Tap into a global network of

around the world to get experts that can help you crack the
groundbreaking ideas for your most complex technical challenges
clean tech business or product at a fraction of the cost

SK IPSO RFP SKI PSO START- UP

CHAL LEN GE
Find solutions or expertise by
outsourcing to top suppliers or
consultants within the Skipso
network that will bid for your job
CHAL LEN GE
Sponsor or create entrepreneurial
competitions to find next-
generation clean tech
entrepreneurs around the world

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What are the Benefits?
Skipso challenges are the right solution if you are a private or public organisation
operating in the environmental and clean tech sectors and are looking to:

• Overcome pr oje ct roa dblock s by tapping into the minds of

top experts and thinkers

• Incr ea se R& D succe ss and red uce ti me -to- ma rk et by

‘opening up’ your R&D departments to a world-wide network of
experts and scientists from specialised clean tech fields

• Decr ease R& D cos ts – only paying for solutions that work

• Fos ter entr epren eu rs hip or discover the most innovative

ideas and products from cleantech innovators around the world

• Gain bra nd awa re nes s and vis ib ilit y by spon sor in g open
clean tech innovation challenges

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Example – The Rwanda Electrification Challenge
Swiss NGO Mabawa is looking to harness the power of Open Innovation to bring
electricity to the rural village of Nyamyumba, Rwanda

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Contact Us

For more information about Skipso, general

enquiries, feedback and comments please
contact us at:

info@skipso.com

The Skipso Team – Enabling Sustainable Innovation

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