Press releases

• Profitable sale to strategic investor
• Proceeds to be reinvested in new fund shareholdings

Frankfurt / Singapore – December 23, 2010 – Nanostart Asia, a subsidiary of Nanostart AG (OTCQX: NASRY), has announced the sale of its ownership stake in Curiox Biosystems Pte Ltd – held through the Nanostart Singapore Early Stage Venture Fund – to a strategic investor, the Zicom Group. An undisclosed profit was achieved with the sale.

Frankfurt / Singapore – December 14, 2010 – Nanostart subsidiary Nanostart Asia Pte Ltd now has its own web presence. The new independent website reflects the expanding business of this Nanostart subsidiary.

• Development, production, and sales of high-tech optical systems
• Products for fast-growing 20 billion US dollar market in Asia
• Shareholding of 19 percent
• Roadmap for New generation of sensors based on nanotechnology

Frankfurt / Singapore – December 13, 2010 – Nanostart AG (OTCQX: NASRY) is investing in Microlight Sensors Pte Ltd. Founded in 2006, the company develops, manufactures, and sells optical systems, instruments, and components for sensor technologies. Microlight Sensors’ current products make it possible to capture extremely low-intensity light and radiation near the wavelength range of infrared and visible light. They are deployed in civil security and monitoring purposes, across all illumination conditions of the 24hrs cycle without sensor damage. The instruments deliver equivalent daylight performance during night operations at conditions of extreme low light.

• Highly compact next-generation water treatment technology based on proprietary nanoceramic filters
• Program to foster innovation under patronage of the Federal President of Germany
• “Entirely new outlook for providing clean water to all mankind”

Frankfurt / Saarbrücken – December 9, 2010 – The highly compact next-generation water treatment technology, developed by Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY)-held ItN Nanovation AG, called Nanovation, has been selected as one of the winning innovations of “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas,” a competition sponsored by the German federal government. The technology is based on the company’s proprietary nanoceramic flat filter membrane system.

• Access to up to EUR 15 million from prominent U.S. investment fund
• Equity commitment may be called at discretion of ItN Nanovation
• Additional capital for international marketing of CFM Systems^® nanoceramic-based water filtration technology

Saarbrücken / Frankfurt – December 9, 2010 – ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461), a portfolio company of Nanostart AG, has announced the signing of a conditional equity investment agreement of up to EUR 15 million with YA Global Master SPV Ltd., which is managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC, a large U.S.-based investment group.

• Nanostart holding BioMicro sells remaining assets to US diagnostics company
• 3.2 million US dollars in revenue generated
• Remaining assets sold following Roche transaction
• "BioMicro has achieved its objective"

Frankfurt am Main/ Salt Lake City – December 1, 2010 – Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY) holding BioMicro has sold its remaining assets for a profit to US diagnostics company IRIS (Nasdaq: IRIS) for 3.2 million US dollars. The asset sold is an analysis product line that automatically performs high-performance tests on the genetic material of somatic cells.

• Order is approximately double the size of first order received in May 2010
• Superior performance of CFM Systems^® nanoceramic-based water filtration technology
• Company sees strong prospects for additional orders

Frankfurt / Saarbrücken – November 29, 2010 – ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461), a portfolio company of Nanostart AG (OTCQX: NASRY), has been awarded a major follow-on contract in Saudi Arabia for its CFM Systems^® nanoceramic flat filter membrane system.

• distribution agreement to supply materials to the research community
• global availability of Nanosys´ silicon nanowires
• new applications in technologies such as solid-state lighting, electronics and energy storage

Frankfurt/ Palo Alto/ St. Louis – November 29, 2010 – Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY)-holding Nanosys has entered into a distribution agreement with multi-billion dollar concern Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL). Under the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich, through its Aldrich Material Science business, is now distributing Nanosys-created silicon nanowires to the global scientific research community for the development of new applications in technologies such as solid-state lighting, electronics and energy storage.