Our Clients Say…

A few quotes from some Xelerator clients:

Xelerator internationalization process and interim management has enabled us to identify flood defense projects worldwide, which will enable AquaFence to become an international supplier of semi-permanent flood defense products.

— Thor Olav Rørheim, Founder of Aquafence

Xelerator has been extremely helpful in building relationships to key international business partners. We have accomplished a lot in a very short time.

— Bjørn Skare, President & CEO of Scali

Xelerator has accelerated the pace of our process of internationalization. This is enabling us to more rapidly move into new markets and expand our revenue bases.

— Diderich Buch, Managing Director of Hue

Xelerator competence with how-to-do business in the US has helped us greatly with the negotiation process with partners for international insemination sales of our unique Norwegian Dairy Cattle reproduction scheme.

— Tor Arne Slettmoen, Managing Director of Geno International

Xelerator interim management and experience with negotiation skills assist us greatly in the marketing of our unique water-leak protection technology worldwide.

— Thor Olav Rørheim, Inventor & Founder of Moistex

Some of Xelerator’s Clients

Xelerator works with emerging technology companies that need to enter the international markets to achieve scale. The following client profiles are some examples of the kinds of companies we represent.

ESA – European Space Agency (Germany)
www.esa.int

Xelerator is working with ESA on several projects as part of a joint venture with Europe Unlimited. We are providing coaching, mentoring and training for startup and spinoff technology companies. Most recently Xelerator completed a coaching program for a group of 12 entrepreneurs who have created applications and products related to the Galileo Application Days.  In April 2010 Xelerator and Europe Unlimited will run a 3 day ESA Acceleration Workshop for 15 companies that have been selected from the ESA incubation environments.

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
www.e-unlimited.com

Europe Unlimited organizes the leading pan-European networking platforms where entrepreneurs meet, in person and online, with investors, strategic corporate partners and advisors. Europe Unlimited promotes entrepreneurship as key to driving innovation, economic growth and coming up with sustainable solutions for the world’s challenges. Europe Unlimited products include the European Venture Summit, the European Venture Contest and its Semi-Finals, the Nordic – Benelux and Central Europe Venture Forums, TechMediaInvest, CleantechInvest, the European Cleantech Innovation Contest and the acclaimed Venture Academy programme.

Xelerator and Europe Unlimited have teamed up in a joint venture to provide training and expertise to European entrepreneurs through a program called Fast-Track Funding. For more information see: www.e-unlimited.com/ftf

Techfab Srl (Italy)
www.techfabmnt.it

Techfab (Turin, Italy) is an advanced nano- and micro-fabrication plant that employs some of the leading physicists, biologists and electrical engineers in Italy. They use an interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise from different science fields in order to create products and technologies for scientists and researchers. Xelerator is working with Techfab to create spin-off companies and subsidiaries that take advantage of some of their unique expertise and patents.

Aquafence AS
www.aquafence.com

Damage caused by flooding, particularly that of rivers and lakes, is a great problem globally. Flooding from rivers overflowing their boundaries regularly causes great economic losses worldwide; the need for protection of areas threatened by flooding is substantial. On average, the annual cost of flood damage is 50 – 100 billion ECU in industrialised countries alone. AquaFence AS has developed patented, safe and cost effective methods that require substantially less manpower to set up as compared to sandbags and/or embankments. The AquaFence products are quick to erect, are less costly, can be stored and re-used and are more reliable than traditional sandbags.

RPR Technologies AS
www.rprtech.com

The RPR Rust & Paint Removal System is a highly cost-effective and extremely efficient method for removing paint and other heavy coatings from steel surfaces. This patented system is based on induction heating — a proven, reliable technology that has been further developed by RPR Technologies AS. RPR has developed and patented a unique induction-based coating removal machine and currently sells through a worldwide network of distributors and agents. RPR Technologies is based in Oslo, Norway and has many years experience with industrial coatings solutions, primarily for the shipping, oil & gas, chemical tanks and offshore platforms. and industrial markets. RPR was one of the winners of the 2008 European Venture Contest. Read more about this prestigious award in the news section.

MobileAxept AS
www.mobileaxept.com

mobileAxept (former UMCM) is a Norwegian corporation focusing on delivering groundbreaking secure solutions for delivering information to mobile devices. UMCM`s vision is to create easy-to-use, secure, mobile me-to-me services for end users and information suppliers. The company focuses today on supplying solutions for finance/banking, airlines, and lottery and gaming industries. UMCM possesses unique technology protected by several patents/patent pending worldwide, and is supported by Innovation Norway.

Scali AS
www.scali.com

Founded in 1997, Scali quickly emerged as a leading provider of Linux clustering software solutions for the high-performance computing marketplace. Scali has gained a leadership position by providing a single enterprise solution, integrating both cluster management and communication, with an ability to support multiple interconnects. By reducing complexity and inefficiency, Scali makes clustering a viable choice in the demanding enterprise market. Its clustering software is powering the high-performance computing (HPC) environments of industry leaders such as BMW, CEA, DaimlerChrysler, Lockheed Martin, Petroleum Geo-Services Rolls-Royce and US Naval Air. Major partners include IBM, HP, Dell, Intel and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Scali’s relationships with its partners are highly symbiotic; partners, like end-users, desire clustering solutions that are high-performance, are a platform for competitive differentiation, and are easy to deploy, administer and maintain.

Hue AS
www.hue.no

The HueSpace software technology enables standalone PCs or PC-based clusters to produce real-time, interactive 3D volume graphics that scale beyond the limitations of high-end expensive proprietary solutions. This makes high performance immersive visualization on every desktop computers a reality. Due to the unique approach of HueSpace, Hue is able to offer advanced visualization capabilities for large, diverse and complex data. With the advent of the HueSpace technology, Hue AS became a technology leader in high performance visualization for the seismic industry. The company was founded in 2001 by seasoned computer game developers with a proven track record in advanced 3D visualization development. The company is privately owned and is located in Oslo, Norway.