X-technologies

X is a holding company investing in transformative technologies. The first thing you should know about X-Technologies is what X represents. French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes used X to denote the unknown quantity. That is part of our story. We are interested in currently unknown solutions to the problems faced by our planet and peo... ple. It is also fitting that the X-Chromosome represents our nurturing and caring side. Our feminine side. Because our highest ambition is to step up and help underwrite our planets single point of failure: humanity. Our world population is booming: by 2050 it will have increased by another 3 billion individuals. We quickly need to find viable solutions for mobility, for food, for energy, and a host of challenges facing our environment, from sea to sky. Issues for which we are collectively responsible. We are not venture capitalists. We are very different in three key ways. 1. We put our money where our mouth is. We invest our own resources so it means more. (VCs and private equity firms manage third party funds. OPM or Other Peoples Money. To a VC company, success means profit. 2. We are a technology holding company on a mission. Instead of focusing on stand-alone opportunities, we look at the long term potential on the entire investment landscape. One of our challenges is that success can look both distributed or inclusive, depending on your point of view. 3. Looking beyond isolated opportunities, we see the potential for synergy between our investment projects. Looking at the greater opportunity - to build industrial eco-systems. Sustainable, self-enhancing systems where everyone benefits from growth, profitability and long-term value creation - rather than a handful of shareholders profiting from a straight exit at the end of short cycle. CEO, Dominic Berger, freely admits to having taken a circuitous route to investment management. After gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Media and French, he won the prestigious Colombia Studios scholarship to the National Film and ...Read More