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technology holdings in Singapore. Nanostart saw two further exits from its portfolio in 2010 with the sale of its shares in the two US holdings NanoGram and BioMicro Systems. The BioMicro transaction will be completed this year, generating further cash inflows for Nanostart in 2011.
Via Nanostart Singapore Early Stage Venture Fund I, a new equity investment was entered into at Sin- gaporean company Microlight Sensors Pte Ltd in 2010. Founded in 2006, the company develops, pro- duces and sells optical high-tech monitoring systems with extremely sensitive sensors. The fund holds around 19% of Microlight Sensors. In addition, Nanostart AG increased its stake in German Namos GmbH from 15% to 26% and the shareholding of the Singapore fund in Singaporean medical technology company BioMers Pte Ltd from 16% to around 25%.
A further equity investment has been entered into via the Singapore fund in the 2011 fiscal year. The new portfolio company is called Membrane Instruments and Technology Pte Ltd (MINT) and develops membrane-based sensors that monitor water quality in water treatment plants in real time. The fund holds 18% of MINT.
For the current fiscal year, the expansion of the Nanostart portfolio is to be continued and the poten- tial value of the existing portfolio is to be leveraged further.
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anosys Inc. announced that the Society for Infor- mation Display (SID) awarded its Quantum Dot Enhanced Film (QDEF™) the first-ever Display Week
Best in Show in the small exhibit category. QDEF™ is a process-ready film that increases color gamut in LCDs by as much as three times without making the trade-offs in cost, size and brightness associated with other advanced display technologies. QDEF™ repre- sents the first time that quantum dot technology is available to display makers in an optical film.
Nanosys, Inc. is an advanced material architect, harnessing the fundamental properties of inorganic materials into process ready systems that can inte- grate into existing manufacturing to produce vastly superior products in lighting, electronic displays and energy storage.
In 2010, Nanosys commercialized its quantum dot technology with the QuantumRail™, a process-ready component that improves LED backlit display colour gamut and efficiency. QDEF™ and QuantumRail™ are composed of Nanosys’ proprietary, high efficiency quantum dot phosphors.
Larger than a water molecule, but smaller than a virus, these tiny phosphors convert blue light from a standard GaN LED into different wavelengths based upon their size. Larger dots emit longer wavelengths (red), while smaller dots emit shorter wavelengths (green). Blending together a mix of dot colors allows Nanosys to engineer a new spectrum of light. This allows LCD manufacturers to accurately match their LED backlight to their LCD color filters to achieve the best possible color and efficiency performance.
The result is professional photo and cinema level co- lor performance in the palm of your hand or on your living room wall.
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