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Powerhouse Ventures LimitedInitial Public Offering August-September 2016
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Powerhouse — at a glancePowerhouse Vision: To become Australasia's leading intellectual property (IP) commercialisation company
35%Unparalleled access to university-generated IP with sector experts embedded on-campus throughout New Zealand
Powerhouse generates superior shareholder returns: IRR 35% p.a.(1) since inception
Powerhouse provides broad portfolio exposure with the added benefit of an active management company included
Highly experienced management and Board in place to deliver growth
(1) Historical internal rate of return from 18 February 2009 (or the date of the initial investment in the Portfolio Company, if later) to 31 March 2016 - independently recalculated to the extent of Agreed Upon Procedures.
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$10b
What we do: Powerhouse aims to transform academic discovery into world changing commercial enterprises
ASX
Over A$10 billion of research funding deployed across Australian and New Zealand universities
Current investment positions within 19 portfolio companies: Typical shareholding between 25%-40%
Diverse investment portfolio across 4 key sectors: — Engineering and Cleantech— Agritech and Environmental— Medical and Healthcare— Digital and ICT
ASX listing September 2016 A$10-20 million IPO
19Powerhouse — at a glance
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Introduction
Impact Portfolio Opportunity Since 2010, Powerhouse has been establishing start-up companies based on university-generated research
Our model is hands-on. We provide more than just capital, adding expertise and support services plus access to an extensive network of advisors and talent
We are a long term, patient investor - investing at incorporation through to expansion stage
We have strong links to universities in New Zealand and a growing reputation in Australia
Powerhouse aims to develop globally-competitve businesses that will make a meaningful contribution to the economies of New Zealand and Australia
Powerhouse has a strong track record of success with a portfolio of 19 early-stage to mature businesses across four sectors
We achieve significant minority positions (typically 25%-40%) in our portfolio companies. We often control more than 50% with the additional influence from our co-investment partners
Powerhouse has built an outstanding portfolio of early-stage to mature companies, many of which are close to value creation events, across four key sectors:
– Engineering and Cleantech– Medical and Healthcare– Agritech and Environmental– Digital and ICT
This is an investment opportunity offering long term benefits for committed investors
Capital raised will be used to invest in new opportunities in New Zealand and Australia and further investment for continued growth of the existing portfolio
Through this capital-raise we will establish operations in Australia, forming new partnerships with leading universities
We have invested more than NZ$10m and attracted co-investment of more than NZ$30m for our portfolio to date
New Zealand's leading IP commercialisation company – transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
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Superior investment returnsPowerhouse offers a unique opportunity to invest in a new asset class formed by the commercialisation of IP through start-up companies
Key:
New investment
Value appeciation
Opening Fair Value
The Powerhouse portfolio historical internal rate of return has been 35% p.a.(1) since inception - leading other high profile equity indices.ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index 17.2% p.a. ASX 200 Accumulation Index 16.7% p.a. S&P 500 25.3% p.a.
(1) Historical internal rate of return from 18 February 2009 (or the date of the initial investment in the Portfolio Company, if later) to 31 March 2016 - independently recalculated to the extent of Agreed Upon Procedures.
Source: Powerhouse
Proforma Portfolio annual investment and Fair Value growth
New investment Value appeciation Opening Fair Value
Source: Powerhouse
NZ$20m
NZ$15m
NZ$10m
NZ$5m
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 31 Mar 2016
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Proforma Portfolio annual investment and Fair Value growth
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An actively managed, diversified portfolio
Engineering $12.8m Cleantech & 61.2%
Hydroworks 21.0%Invert 18.8%ArcActive 7.2%Solarbright 5.0%Veritide 3.1%Syft 2.9%Photonics 2.1%Koti 1.2%
Medical $1.4m& Healthcare 7.1%
MARS 3.5%Tiro 1.5%Avalia 1.0%Upstream 0.7%AuramerBio 0.2%Hi-Aspect 0.2%
Digital & ICT $3.1m 14.9%
Motim 10.6%Modlar 3.5%Fluent 0.8%
Agritech & $3.5m Environmental 16.8%
CropLogic 16.0%CertusBio 0.7%
Pre-seed $1.7m 8.4%
Photonics 2.1%Tiro 1.5%Koti 1.2%Avalia 1.0%Fluent 0.8%Upstream 0.7%CertusBio 0.7% AuramerBio 0.2%Hi-Aspect 0.2%
Post-seed $7.9m 38.1%
Hydroworks 21.0%ArcActive 7.2%MARS 3.5%Modlar 3.5%Syft 2.9%
Seed $11.1m 53.5%
Invert 18.8%CropLogic 16.0%Motim 10.6%SolarBright 5.0% Veritide 3.1%
(as at 31 March – NZD)
Sectors Stage
Powerhouse mitigates risk by spreading its investments across a variety of sectors and stages of business development.
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Initial public offering – key detailsPowerhouse proposes to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Q3 CY16. The ASX listing will allow Powerhouse to scale investment and expand into Australia.
Offer details (indicative) Minimum Maximum
Amount to be raised A$10m A$20m
Indicative market capitalisation A$30.8m A$40.8m
NTA (audit reviewed) NZ$1.14 A$1.07
Indicative Offer price per share NZ$1.14 A$1.07
Key Offer Dates
Prospectus Date 2 August 2016
Offer Open 17 August 2016
Offer Close 15 September 2016
Expected dispatch of share holding statements
26 September 2016
Expected commencement of trading of Shares on the ASX
28 September 2016
Offer Structure Offer Timetable
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Initial public offering – use of funds
Increase investments in existing portfolio companies
Invest in newly identified New Zealand and Australian IP-rich ventures
Provide for listing and capital raising costs
Broaden shareholder base Provide access to capital markets, adding
financial flexibility, supporting balance sheet growth and providing working capital requirements for the future
Minimum Subscription
Maximum Subscription
Increase investment in existing portfolio and new New Zealand and Australian IP rich ventures
A$5.767m A$15.286m
Provision of general working capital A$3.004m A$3.004m
IPO costs A$1.229m A$1.710m
Total A$10.000m A$20.000m
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Listed comparatorsWhile Powerhouse provides a unique investment opportunity within Australasia, public market funding of university IP is well established internationally. Major listed comparator companies provide compelling precedents for IP funding and commercialisation.
Name Listed since Market Cap Number of investments
Share Price: NTA/Share Premium/ (Discount)
IP Group 2003 £1,158m 96 17%
Imperial Innovations 2006 £582m 103 65%
Allied Minds 2014 £988m 23 250%
Mercia Technologies 2014 £89m 17 NA
Powerhouse 2016* A$41m 19 Par
Benchmarking: listed international comparators as at 30 April 2016
*Expected listing date 28th September 2016
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Commercialisation landscape
New Zealand Australia Strategic positioning
The New Zealand Government is strongly supportive of innovation
Powerhouse enjoys unparalleled access to NZ universities
Powerhouse is the largest of 3 accredited, government-approved technology incubators in NZ
We have Investment Managers assigned to each NZ university campus
The modus operandi of Powerhouse Investment Managers is to search for transformative, breakthrough technologies
In Australia, the Government has announced an innovation support package to support the 'Ideas' boom
There is a strong interest from Australian universities in the Powerhouse model
Powerhouse is currently reviewing IP from Australian universities
In Melbourne and Sydney alone, research funding for universities was A$5.7b in 2015
Powerhouse is strategically positioned to become the pre-eminent ASX-listed IP commercialisation company accessing the best of NZ and Australian university originated technologies
Powerhouse intends to establish a presence in Australia with IPO proceeds to support significant anticipated investment growth
Powerhouse will continue the commercialisation of university IP through start-up companies in both technology and bio-technology sectors
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Commercialisation landscape (research funding)Our goal is to support New Zealand and Australia to realise value from their investment in university research via the formation of new companies with global potential. Powerhouse works with universities rated in the top 500 world rankings (2015 figures shown below).
82 338 481-490
211 373
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2010 ANNUAL REPORT
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229 337 NZ$800m A$10,000m
Existing Potential
45 6746 42
Australia has 40 university commercialisation/technology transfer offices. Target examples include:
World Ranking
Annual spend on research and development in Australia's universities
World Ranking
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Strategic University Partnerships High Impact Innovation Powerhouse Expertise Deployed Listings
Overview
The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline is a key differentiator in this investment proposition The journey from academic discovery to commercial success requires much more than capital
Pipeline Inputs
Pipeline Screening
Pipeline Transformation
Pipeline Outputs
Powerhouse strategically partners with research institutes to source intellectual property and embedding our sector experts on-campus (where possible)
Powerhouse filters and screens for the high impact innovations, providing the pipeline with risk-managed deal flow
Powerhouse deploys in-house management expertise as the businesses learn, adapt and focus on clearly defined commercial outcomes
Powerhouse leverages the commercial success of the business with the objective to optimise shareholder returns
Academic Discovery Risk-managed Deal Flow Validate / Learn / Adapt / Focus Enhanced Shareholder Returns, Commercial Success
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Strategic university partnerships
Powerhouse sector experts on campus
Significant research and development spend throughout Australia and New Zealand
Opportunities screened for high impact innovation
The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline
Pipeline inputs
Powerhouse enjoys access to University generated intellectual property in New Zealand
Working in partnership with University technology transfer offices
On-campus locations (where possible) provide early identification of research with a commercial opportunity
Significant research and development landscape with billions per annum invested in academic discovery in Australia and New Zealand
Our sector experts search for high impact innovations
Transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
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The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline
Pipeline screening
Powerhouse employs a rigorous screening process to identify high-impact innovations
New innovations are assessed for freedom-to-operate and intellectual property protection by in-house sector experts and external advisors
Our investment team recognise that customers purchase products and services to get a job done and they understand how customers value different solutions. They use this knowledge to identify the beachhead market
Powerhouse aims to make a limited number of new investments each year (5-10) to ensure appropriate focus and resource is applied to each venture
2 3 4 5 6 7determine the job-to-be-done, what are customers trying to do?
establish how customers value solutions, what outcomes are important and unsatisfied?
assess freedom to operate and barriers to entry
determine key technical and market assumptions and assess cost to verify
seek third party validation from world experts and local customers
rank the opportunity against the investment pipeline and criteria
identify technologies with potentially disruptive applications
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Transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
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The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline
Pipeline transformation
Transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
Invest a little, learn a lot Validate / Shape / Adapt / Focus
Powerhouse Expertise Deployed:IP / Legal / HR / Admin / Accounting / Finance / Sales / Marketing / Distribution / Governance / Corporate Advisory
Powerhouse creates (or assists to create) a venture and determines the first market and initial customer problem to solve
The performance of new technologies when transferring from the lab to the customer is highly uncertain. We adopt an approach with investment to validate the technical performance through customer trials
Investments are made directly from the Powerhouse balance sheet providing patient capital to Portfolio Companies
Patient capital means that optimal returns can potentially be generated rather than a need to adopt aggressive, high-risk and capital-intensive, growth plans often necessary with closed-end funds
A systematic approach to investment focused on reducing areas of highest risk first
Early revenues through paid customer trials or consulting services
Generally, Powerhouse recruits the management team to lead each newly incorporated venture. The initial team focuses on technical validation and customer trials. As the company validates the value proposition and moves into the growth phase, changes are made to the management and board
Early trials provide valuable insight into the needs of the customer often resulting in an adaptation to the business plan
Look for forgiving customers in the beachhead market
Clear road-map to international market opportunity
Following confirmation of a compelling value proposition, Powerhouse works alongside the management team to commercialise
Patient Capital
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Transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
Structure / Management / Governance / Expertise
Leverage / Growth / Corporate Advisory / International Expansion / Commercial Enterprise
Powerhouse Expertise Deployed:IP / Legal / HR / Admin / Accounting / Finance / Sales / Marketing / Distribution / Governance / Corporate Advisory
Management is actively involved with Portfolio Companies through regular secondment of key staff into selected Portfolio Companies
It takes high-quality, motivated management teams to build a successful business. We support our Portfolio Companies with recruitment through access to our networks of executive talent
Powerhouse is actively involved in the appointment of skilled Portfolio Company Board members
Powerhouse’s expertise is deployed across all operational disciplines to keep capital requirements low
A disruptive go-to-market strategy for innovations with a well-defined road map developed for expansion into international markets
Where justified, further capital investment is deployed to enable the business to compete internationally
Powerhouse integrated business model provides Powerhouse with insight into leveraging early-stage research and turning it into substantial, high-quality businesses. This end-to-end capability is not replicated in the NZ or Australian listed market
Patient Capital
The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline
Pipeline transformation (continued)
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The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline
Pipeline outputs
Superior shareholder
returns
Listing opportunities
Attractive and profitable
commercial enterprises
Global growth opportunities
What does the Innovation Pipeline deliver?
The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline aims to deliver commercial enterprises
Portfolio Companies that transition through the Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline are aiming for international expansion and growth
Powerhouse aims to deliver embedded optionality for future deals through research relationships
Powerhouse provides investors with an opportunity to gain exposure to research opportunities from a wide range of technology sectors
The Powerhouse process seeks to mitigate the uncertainty involved in early stage investment
Portfolio diversification reduces overall investment risk
The Powerhouse Innovation Pipeline aims to produce high growth companies that will actively seek a liquidity event
Listings are sought as they will provide a clear pathway to market-led valuations
Transforming academic discovery into commercial enterprise
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A diversified portfolio
Pre-seed Seed Post-seed
Stage Diversity
Targets: 80% portfolio
success rate
50% tech and 50% biotech by value
20% by number becoming public companies (50% by value)
We have a highly advantageous position to assess the merits of further investment into portfolio companies given our well-established and in-depth understanding.
Co-investment capital attracted to the venture. Powerhouse looks to maintain its position when the investment is justified.
Limited number of ventures entering pipeline to ensure sufficient focus and attention (5–10 per annum)
Low valuation owing to high perceived risk. A small investment gains a significant shareholding.
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Digital & ICT Fluent Motim Modlar
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Koti Photonic
Invert Solar Bright Veritide
ArcActive HydroWorks Syft
Cleantech and Engineering
Agritech and Environmental
CertusBio CropLogic
Medical and Healthcare
AuramerBio Avalia Hi-Aspect Upstream Tiro
MARS
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Powerhouse portfolio( as at 31 March 2016 - NZD )
$21m
Mars
CropLogic
Invert
SolarBright
Veritide
Koti
ArcA
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Photonic
Tiro
Motim
Portfolio Value
HydroW
orks
Syft
Modlar
Avalia
Upstream
CertusBio
Fluent
The weighted average age of valuations is 1.1 year
recent valuations
old valuations
Key:
Timeline of most recent revaluation of portfolio companies.
Pre-seed
Seed
Post-seed
Powerhouse has an established portfolio of 19 ventures. The Portfolio valuation is assessed using the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines.
Powerhouse uses a conservative valuation approach resulting in significant embedded upside value in the portfolio.
The valuation of all but one of the companies is based on the price of their last investment validated by majority inflow of independent capital.
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HydroWorks turbines are “rocket ships in terms of the turbine world.” Deion Campbell, General Manager of Generation, TrustPower, in Hawkes Bay Today, 5 April 2014
Globally, environmental pressures are driving the increase in hydro-generation of electricity.
HydroWorks — Case Study
World-class hydroelectric turbine design solutions.
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CropLogic — Case Study
High-volume crop growers and processors have significant challenges ahead in order to meet rising food-demand. Agronomy information and advice.
Transforming the agronomy service industry
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The incumbents The innovators
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Within the food-processing industry, food-safety is driven by eliminating bacterial contamination which can be harboured by cracks in industrial vessels such as tanks, dryers, silos.
Remote non-destructive testing and inspection
Invert Robotics — Case Study
The food industry is driven by food-safety. Detection of harmful micro-organisms through improved process control leads to higher-quality food, with better shelf-life and fewer product-recalls.
Real-time bacteria detection.
Veritide — Case Study24
New information from novel x-ray CT imaging techniques enables clinicians and preclinical researchers to better understand health problems and develop new treatments.'Colour' x-ray imaging technology.
MARS Bioimaing — Case Study25
Kerry McDonaldChairman, Non-Executive Independent Director
John WalleyNon-Executive Non-Independent Director
John has extensive CFO, COO and general management experience including HR, IT and legal responsibilities. He has extensive board level experience and is a director of HydroWorks Limited.
Kerry is an experienced company director and advisor with experience in a wide range of private and public sector activities in New Zealand and Australia. He is also Chairman of a Top 300 ASX Listed company.
John has international experience in research, development, manufacturing and distribution companies in the marine, electronics and software industries. He is a director or chair of several companies and has a number of investments in early-stage companies. John is a Director of HydroWorks Limited.
Rick ChristieNon-Executive Independent Director
Steve WilsonNon-Executive Non-Independent Director
Paul VineyExecutive Non-Independent Director
Stephen HampsonManaging Director Non-Independent Director
John HunterNon-Executive Independent Director
Rick is a professional Director and Chairman with experience in both the public and private sectors. His many science and technology related appointments include Chairman of AgResearch Ltd and Director of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Rick is past Chairman of a Top 300 ASX Listed company.
Steve has 33 years experience as CEO of both public and private companies. He is currently Executive Director at a significant New Zealand technical plastics manufacturer and exporter. Steve is also a Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit. Steve is Chairman of the Powerhouse Portfolio Committee.
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Refer to page 27.Dianne has 20 years experience in various management and governance roles in the tertiary education, science and health sectors. She is the immediate past Chief Executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Dianne McCarthyNon-Executive Independent Director
Board of Directors
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Management
Colin DawsonChief Operating Officer
Andy MathesonChief Investment Officer
Stephen HampsonManaging Director
Stephen's career has been dedicated to transforming new knowledge into commercial success. Stephen’s commercialisation career in Europe included fast-growth execution and business improvement in several acquired companies he was appointed to lead. Outcomes achieved include the trade sale of one of these companies and domination of a global niche in another. Returning to New Zealand, Stephen was inaugural CEO of the award winning Canterbury Innovation Incubator (Cii) before establishing Powerhouse in 2006. In these roles, he has overseen the incubation and growth of more than 50 new companies.
Following ten years in veterinary clinical practice Colin held a number of senior executive positions in the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare sectors in NZ. He was a founding partner of a health consulting and investment banking firm and was the inaugural CEO of the commercialisation arm of a New Zealand university. Colin is a Chartered Fellow of the NZ Institute of Directors and has governance experience with a wide range of private and NZX-listed technology companies.
Andy has held senior executive roles in energy, infrastructure and clean-tech companies. He has worked as CEO, MD and Board Director in start-up businesses through the pre-seed to exit stages over 10 years. Before this Andy held international marketing and business development roles targeting the global industrial and utilities sector for 10 years. Prior to joining Powerhouse Ventures, Andy worked at a significant New Zealand investment company; a substantial shareholder of an NZX company with a market capitalisation of NZ$1.7 billion.
Paul VineyExecutive Director Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
As a career finance and governance professional, Paul has worked in Australian industrial and financial services organisations for over 20 years. Paul has specialised in financial and management accounting, value creation, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Prior to joining Powerhouse Ventures, Paul was Chief Financial Officer/Company Secretary at a diversified ASX-listed banking group, which had a market capitalisation of over A$400 million and an asset footprint of over A$5.3 billion.
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Powerhouse Ventures LimitedPortfolio Appendix
(All figures NZD unless otherwise stated.)
Post-seed companies
ArcActive is developing a carbon fibre negative electrode for lead acid batteries to improve fuel economy in Start-Stop/Micro-Hybrid vehicles (MHV). The MHV is expected to be the mass-market car for at least 20 years with demand estimated to grow from 3m batteries in 2010 to 100m in 2020 – a US$12b market.
ArcActive has one of only a handful of technologies that have real prospects of addressing the market’s cost and recharge rate performance requirements. The electrodes are based on research pioneered at the University of Canterbury into continuous production of carbon nanotubes. The carbon fibre material may be used in a number of potential products, but ArcActive’s initial focus is on the battery electrode.
Engineering and CleantechNil revenue $23.3m enterprise value 12 employees 6.4% (6.4%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
HydroWorks is a fast growing company operating in the clean energy sector, specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of hydroelectric turbines and related equipment for electricity generation. Using world-class turbine design methods, HydroWorks provides a range of both customised and standardised, scalable design products and solutions.
Operating with a team of around 60 staff, HydroWorks is active in several countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Tahiti. Its growth strategy includes targeted international expansion to Asia and the Americas where the addressable markets are substantial.
Supported by an experienced and committed Board, the company boasts an outstanding management team with proven capability to achieve the company’s vision.
Engineering and Cleantech>$10m revenue $19.3m enterprise value 55 employees 22.8% (58.5%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Pharmaceutical companies currently spend ~US$1.5b developing each new drug. It can take 12–24 months for the pre-clinical trials of ~250 prospective drugs, with only 5 proceeding to clinical trials. These companies have a strong need for tools that will speed up this elimination process and aid getting drugs onto the market quicker.
MARS Bioimaging has developed a small animal x-ray molecular imaging system that has spectral resolution, using CERN-developed detector technology. This additional “colour” information provides new imaging capabilities.
Having initially targeted key opinion leaders, MBI has launched its first commercial release system and is now building a human scanner.
Medical and Healthcare<$1m revenue $8.5m enterprise value 5 employees 8.5% (12.8%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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Post-seed companies
The architecture and construction industry is going through a rapid shift from 2D CAD (Computer Aided Design) to modelling buildings in full 3D BIM (Building Information Modeling).
Modlar’s core product is a network which connects architects to building products manufacturers. This allows architects to more easily discover, discuss and specify real world products into their projects in full 3D. This in turn speeds up the design process and reduces errors on site.
Having raised ~$3M of NZ Venture Capital, the company is now rapidly expanding into the North American market. Modlar is currently used by 130,000+ professionals globally including 80% of the world’s top 100 firms.
Digital and ICT<$1m revenue $5.5m enterprise value 6 employees 13.5% (26.4%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals, many of which are dangerous to human health or cause harm to the environment. However, detection and monitoring is difficult.
Syft uses technology developed at the University of Canterbury and known as Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) to develop, manufacture and market solutions for analysing VOCs.
Solutions are in place for multiple markets including: soil and mud samples in the oil and gas sector; and environmental air analysis for example in container shipyards, vehicle emissions, landfill and more.
Engineering and Cleantech~$6m revenue $38.5m enterprise value 28 employees 1.6% (1.6%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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High-volume crop growers and processors have significant challenges ahead in order to meet rising food-demand. Growers need to optimise resources and processors need to plan to ensure efficient processing.
CropLogic delivers specialist agronomy services to growers using technology developed over 30 years at The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research. CropLogic brings together crop science, environmental data and agronomic expertise to offer input for daily decision making that improves on typical "rule of thumb" recommendations. In addition to its expert system, CropLogic provides the telemetry required to gather field data.
Following more than 65,000 acres of field trials in the USA, NZ, Australia and China, CropLogic is embarking on strategic acquisitions of agronomy services companies in target countries.
Agritech and Environmental<$1m revenue $10.3m enterprise value 4 employees 32.5% (64.6%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Within the food-processing industry, food-safety is driven by eliminating bacterial contamination which can be harboured by cracks in industrial vessels such as tanks, dryers, silos. Historically these vessels have been serviced by scaffold or rope-based inspections, a hazardous process which is prone to errors.
Invert Robotics provides remote inspection services to global blue chip customers using its proprietary robotics technology. The mobile climbing robot system allows identification, recording and reporting of cracks in mission critical infrastructure.
Invert is currently expanding geographically into Europe, following success with inspection of milk silos and dryers in Australasia.
Engineering and Cleantech<$1m revenue $9.9m enterprise value 6 employees 39.8% (68.6%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
The global mobile marketing sector is a high-growth area that is seeing innovation as technology and marketing mix, with consumers becoming increasingly ‘connected’ and smartphone technology becoming almost ubiquitous in the modern world.
Motim Technologies has developed a range of mobile interaction technologies, based on expertise in computer vision, augmented reality, image-recognition and mobile-software development alongside deep creative experience and expertise.
Securing direct relationships with major global brands is validation that Motim has a special proposition and the ability to execute and deliver on a global stage.
Digital and ICT<$2m revenue $5.3m enterprise value 8 employees 41.8% (62.8%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Seed companies
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SolarBright is positioned to capitalise on the LED and Solar LED lighting phenomena that are changing the way the world is illuminated.
SolarBright is taking its innovation and manufacturing excellence to the international market with customers in over 20 countries, including the World Bank, Government Agencies, Local Authorities and blue-chip companies.
SolarBright's approach of innovation and collaboration has led to use of its patented products in a wide range of applications and markets – from the supply and installation of solar street lighting in Pacific islands to development and manufacture of PATeye, the world’s first commercially-available solar-powered ice-detection road stud.
Engineering and Cleantech<$1m revenue $2.7m enterprise value 6 employees 38.4% (56.2%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
The food industry is driven by food-safety. Detection of harmful microorganisms through improved process control leads to higher-quality food, with better shelf-life and fewer product-recalls. Annually in the US, one in six people become ill and there are 200,000 hospitalisations and 4,000 deaths, all attributable to food poisoning.
Veritide is the creator of disruptive technology for real-time detection of faecal contamination on meat within meat processing plants. Providing both portable hand-held devices and fixed full carcass scanner technology Veritide scanners can be integrated throughout each stage of the food processing line.
Working closely with major meat processors in Australasia, Veritide’s platform technology has many other applications in food, health and bio-safety areas.
Engineering and CleantechNil revenue $3.5m enterprise value 3 employees 18.3% (61.3%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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Cancer immunotherapy helps to stimulate a patient’s own immune system to kill cancerous tissue. It is a new class of treatment, complementary to traditional treatments (surgery, radiation and chemotherapy). It offers a more targeted approach to eliminate tumour cells while minimising side-effects for the patient.
Avalia Immunotherapies has developed a novel technology platform to generate therapeutic vaccines for cancer immunotherapy. The new technology can also be used to make prophylactic vaccines for the prevention of infectious disease.
Avalia Immunotherapies intends to build a product pipeline and partner with larger biotech or pharmaceutical companies to progress new treatments into the clinic.
Medical and HealthcareNil revenue $1.1m enterprise value 3 employees 18.5% (18.5%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Increased industrial efficiency and tighter environmental regulations are driving the global process analytical instrumentation market, currently worth US$2.8b and projected to grow exponentially.
CertusBio’s flagship biosensor technologies combined with process control systems will have the ability to make real-world efficiency gains in the primary industries across New Zealand and overseas. Analysis and shaping has revealed an opportunity from multiple research projects.
Detecting lactose in dairy processing plants is a customer need, and rapid detection of biological oxygen demand (BOD) is another. Both can be solved using hi-tech biosensor solutions emerging from the region’s research organisations.
Agritech and EnvironmentalNil revenue $590k enterprise value 2 employees 25.3% (31.4%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
AuramerBio is a point of care biosensor company. Its novel technology allows for the accurate measurement of extremely low levels of biologically relevant molecules at the point of care. This will allow health professionals to obtain the answers and make treatment decisions, all within the time-frame of a patient consult.
AuramerBio’s first product is being developed to monitor fertility hormones at levels not currently possible with existing methods. The technology can be rapidly adapted to measure a wide range of targets in liquid samples (saliva, urine, blood, environmental water) providing access to a large number of future market opportunities.
Medical and Healthcare$20k revenue $650k enterprise value 3 employees 7.7% (7.7%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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Coatings that self clean, destroy bacteria and viruses as well as pollutants in air and water, simply by being exposed to light.
Koti Technologies produces highly active, photo-catalytic coatings via several novel application methods which produce coatings with exceptional performance characteristics. Potential applications include antimicrobial healthcare and food production surfaces, air and water treatment and industrial catalysis applications.
Koti Technologies (translation from Maori is “to cloak or cover”) is a University of Canterbury spin-out commercialising ceramic coating technology developed by Professor Krumdieck and her research team.
Engineering and CleantechNil revenue $450k enterprise value 2 employees 56.7% (80.0%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Over 2 Billion people use English to communicate on a regular basis every day. The negative impact of substandard english proficiency is significant and felt worldwide on both an economic and social level.
Fluent is combining new linguistic science with “big data” and machine learning to build an artificial intelligence platform that can provide improved and faster analysis of verbal communication skills and placement against real-world expectations.
This technology applies to a range of applications and industries. As a first step to market Fluent is initially applying it to language learning through a tool that will guide English language learners around the world towards real-world fluency.
Digital and ICTNil revenue $750k enterprise value 6 employees 21.3% (21.3%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Hi-Aspect is developing a range of new ingredients for the cosmetics and healthcare industries, based on its protein fibrils technology. These industries have an increasing need to use natural materials with sophisticated functional properties instead of synthetic nanomaterials and polymers, which can be costly, toxic and persist in the environment.
The fibrils form strong gels that bind and release active ingredients in a controllable way, while holding them close to the site of action. With dimensions of 9–50 nanometres across and up to 1000 nanometres long, the fibrils have a high surface area and act as a scaffold. They can be made from a number of proteins and tailored to different applications.
Medical and HealthcareNil revenue $50k enterprise value 2 employee 99.8% (99.8%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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A large number of patients present in Emergency Departments (ED) each year with chest pain. One in eight has a life-threatening disease. Causes for this pain are many; heart, lung, gastrointestinal, bone, muscle and nerve problems. ED physicians require rapid and accurate methods to determine which patients require immediate life saving medical treatment.
Upstream Medical Technologies (UMT) has a novel technology platform built on many years of research. This provides a new class of diagnostic tests designed for ED use. These tests detect life threatening heart and associated diseases. The lead assay can detect imminent heart attack BEFORE tissue damage occurs.
UMT is building a pipeline of tests that enable earlier diagnosis for improved patient recovery.
Medical and HealthcareNil revenue $1.4m enterprise value 4 employees 11.1% (11.1%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
Many industrial and commercial operations manage controlled environments, where variables such as temperature, humidity and air quality need to be maintained within specific limits and dangerous substances such as toxic gases need to be contained.
Photonic Innovations uses a combination of ultra reliable, connected sensors combined with cloud based data management to offer solutions that address these challenges with minimal human intervention. Under a recurring revenue business model, PIL will monitor environmental variables, take corrective action and use the data to provide added value services such as predictive maintenance and energy management. The first target market is cold stores where patented highly reliable laser-based detection of gas leaks forms the platform for an Internet of Things business.
Engineering and CleantechNil revenue $1.0k enterprise value 3 employees 41.1% (74.6%) PVL (PVL+co-investors)
Mammography is the dominant method of breast cancer screening in New Zealand. However, mammograms are much less effective with radio-dense tissue (affecting 40% of the screened population).
The University of Canterbury has developed a painless, zero-radiation screening technology unaffected by radio-dense tissue.
Tiro Medical will develop technologies to enable more accurate diagnoses and treatments across a range of medical areas, improving care whilst reducing expenditure. Tiro’s initial focus will be on the breast screening market, developing the University’s technology for use as a supplementary scan to mammography of radio-dense tissue.
Medical and HealthcareNil revenue $835k enterprise value 3 employees 38.3% (38.3%) PVL (PVL + co-investors)
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Key investment risks
Profitability on sale or spin-out of Portfolio Companies
Strategy risk
Powerhouse primarily makes investments in early stage companies and as such, technology and market demand at this stage is typically unproven. Portfolio Companies may also be reliant on regulatory approval and will likely require funding at various stages of development and commercialisation technologies. If these are not secured the Portfolio Company may fail and/or be unable to develop the technology
Powerhouse generates limited revenue, is cash flow negative and has no record of generating gains or revenues through the sale or spin-out of any of its Portfolio Companies
The Company’s success and profitability is reliant upon the ability to devise and maintain a Portfolio that achieves the Company’s investment objectives
Company’s investments are at an early-stage Concentration risk
Control or influence over Portfolio Companies
Key person risk
The Company’s investment strategy is focused on a relatively small number of companies. As such, the investment portfolio is likely to be much more volatile than a diversified portfolio and may be significantly impacted by events impacting individual Portfolio Companies
Powerhouse may not be able to secure the rights it seeks when investing in Portfolio Companies or, where it does, it may be compelled to agree to potentially onerous terms and conditions in order to secure the relevant intellectual property
If Powerhouse loses one or more of its senior management team it’s business may be severely disrupted or its financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected
Competition for new investment opportunities
New investment risk
There are a number of competitors seeking to provide commercialisation services to universities in New Zealand and even more so in Australia
The Company may consider acquisitions and developments that it believes have the potential to add value to the Portfolio, but there can be no guarantee that any proposed acquisition or development will be completed or be successful
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Thank youContact details: Stephen Hampson Managing Director+64 27 227 9854 [email protected]
Paul Viney Executive Director CFO/Company Secretary+64 21 084 72029 [email protected]
Greg Slade Investor [email protected] +61 48 891 7882
Joint Lead Managers
Lodge Corporate
Jo May Director, Equity Capital Markets+61 41 253 7005 [email protected]
Bligh Capital
Tim Powditch Partner+61 41 490 9369 [email protected]