Nanostart AG is the leading venture capital investment firm in nanotechnology
Nanostart invests in emerging, highly promising nanotechnology companies worldwide that hold the potential to deliver extraordinary rates of return.
As an active investor, we seek to add value by aiding these innovative companies up through to the point of commercial success, then maximize profits for our shareholders by selling them to a major corporate buyer or take them public.
We had ten corporate sales or public offers until now. Our portfolio companies span the globe, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. Learn more about us >>
“We have three clear priorities for 2013”
Letter to shareholders 2013
On the (nano) trail of perpetrators: Nearly 125 years ago, five women fell victim to a serial killer in London. But the identity of Jack the Ripper remained unknown. With today’s tools, he would have almost certainly been apprehended. Because modern forensics finds and investigates every clue – even if it is tiny or invisible. And nanotechnology is making a surprising contribution 
“A space elevator would be a tremendous benefit for humankind” Since Sputnik and Apollo we have learned that rockets belong to space flight like Colt 45s belong to Westerns. But for experts, today’s rocket engineering is merely a bridge technology. A new direction is already emerging – and nanotechnology will play a critical role. We talked about this with Michael Khan, mission analyst at the European Space Agency 
Venture Capital – Patience before returns
Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanostart-holding Nanosys appeared LIVE on Fox Business Network. In an interview he talked about Nanosys’ quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) technology and its ability to improve the quality of displays from computer monitors to mobile devices 
'A better way to treat water', the Singapore newspaper Today reports about the Memshield technology of Nanostart-holding MINT.
