Dr. Reza Momeni

InnoRate has received funding from the European Union’ Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 821518

I am a highly educated entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience in working with SMEs and startups. My field of expertise is to identify the direction of technologies (technology trends) as well as potentially disruptive ones at least a 3 to 6 year before they emerge in the market (identifying tenbaggers/high-growth potential firms). During these years I gained valuable experience in different industries.

• Detecting the potential startups/small & medium size companies that are under radar of industrial leaders but worth for investment from all around the world • Detecting the recent activities of VCs, HFs, PEs, and business angels in the related industry • Providing solid analysis that facilitates Managerial Process (Fundraising, Managing & Monitoring, Investing, and Exiting), and increase the possibility of the rule 100/10/1

- Identifying and developing new businesses - Managing different projects (EPC and technology advisory) - Making sales strategies for further development of existing - Deeply involved in managing and operating different projects sizes from €2K to €500K at the same time - Negotiated with one of the top 10 best fragrance producers in the World and I successfully signed a contract with them - Technical and financial due diligence of targeted firms for our clients

Tasks: - Monitoring the market and identify the new opportunities - Making networks with potential investors - Identify new patent litigation cases - Making different types of contracts (NDA, Commercial Agreement, Agency Agreement) for our potential clients Achievements: - Had two agreements with potential clients - Analyzed their portfolio and optimized it (based on my know-how) - Found two possible patent litigation cases

- Department of my university Tasks: - Supporting young entrepreneurs with my know-how - Supporting Templafy’s team in identifying the best case for acquisition Achievements: - Analyzed and forecasted the future technologies in the nanoparticle industry for a startup - Created financial as well as business models for them - Supported Templafy’s acquisition team to find the best case of acquisition

- Proposed a new method for identifying the direction of technologies and the potential disruptive technologies in the photovoltaic industry. - Identified the important role of GDP on the emergence of the potential disruptive technologies.

Tasks: - Monitoring the stock market and identify the valuable stocks - Supporting Investor Relationships department - Approaching potential clients - Presenting new investment opportunities to stakeholders Achievements: - Increased customer satisfaction by 21% during 9 months after I joint with this firm - Proposed two projects of investments - Gained 50% Total Average Return for a portfolio that I managed for a client

- IMPI is one of the leading energy companies in Iran with more than 2000 employees Tasks: - Actively involved in 17th and 18th pars special oil projects as part of the International group of experts Achievements: - Improved the reporting process of the projects and made the process of reporting to the top managers from 7 days to one day.

- POGC is the well-known oil company in the Middle East with more than 5000 employees Tasks: - Responsible for the logistics for the projects - Responsible for 5 local employees Achievements: - Created a database of our activities that accelerated reporting by 50% - Selected as a talented young manager

Identifying potentially disruptive technologies (future technologies) before they emerge in the market by patent analysis approach.