2007年2月2日
METAFOAM®TechnologiesInc.，创新开放式金属泡沫的前沿制造商，用于在热管理，电化学，能源，声学和环境解决方案中应用，很自豪地宣布，它已从BDC风险投资，Fier ID，MSBI，MSBI获得了数百万美元的投资资本和M＆M投资。这项重要的资本注入完成了340万美元的第一轮融资。它将允许该公司从事开发和商业化工作，建立新的合作伙伴关系，并为生产金属泡沫原型和产品建立更大的设施。
“The financial backing by such reputable investors is the recognition of the competitive advantages of our platform and of its wide range of applications”, said Dominic Pilon, Metafoam’s Founder, Vice-President R&D, and CTO. “Our metal foams possess the highest specific area in the industry, high manufacturing process repeatability, and significantly lower production cost. This allows us to go after markets that until recently could not even contemplate using metallic foams. The company is presently looking to develop strong relationships with players in electronics cooling and electrode manufacturing, including for hydrogen production.”
“对我来说，这项投资首先是确定年轻企业家Dominic Pilon的结果，M＆M Investments在过去两年中与之合作。Metafoam继承了它的作用：将有所作为的财务支持者宣称，Metafoam董事会主席兼M＆M Investment总裁MichelBrûlé表示。
“The success of this first round of financing and the fact that a number of investors became involved attest to Metafoam’s potential,” said Réjean Asselin, Director, Technology Seed Investments at BDC.
“ ID Capital认为，金属泡沫有望为各种工业流程和高端产品提供突破性的绩效增强，尤其是热管理和电化学领域表现出巨大的希望。”。
“MSBi is proud to lend its support to a company looking to establish strong partnerships with global players in the $5B electronics cooling market and has a strong upside in cleantech and energy applications”, said Chris Arsenault, Partner at MSBi Capital. “We have high expectations of Metafoam’s capabilities to deliver innovative metal foam products into rapid-growth markets such as the energy market”.