Press Release

Mountain Cleantech AG strengthens its Investment Team

* Investment Advisor of Mountain Cleantech Fund II adds two operational industry experts to the team
* Dr Marc Dietrich appointed Venture Partner for the German-speaking region
* Patrik Söderlund appointed Venture Partner for the Nordic region

Zurich, May 7th 2012 - MOUNTAIN CLEANTECH AG - Mountain Cleantech AG, Investment Advisor to Mountain Cleantech Fund II - a Venture Capital / Private Equity Fund focusing on Sustainable and Green Technologies ('Cleantech') in the German-speaking and Nordic regions - has further strengthened its investment team.

Dr Marc Dietrich and Patrik Söderlund have both joined the investment team of Mountain Cleantech as Venture Partners.

Marc Dietrich has held senior management functions in international blue chip companies for more than 16 years. He also spent 8 years as Global Co-Head Corporate & Investment Banking / Automotive at BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Bank and other prime institutions. Previous positions held by Marc include Corporate Controller and Finance Director at ARBED ARCELOR Group (mining / steel), Finance Director and Vice President MAGNA Group (automotive) and CFO Danzer Group (natural resources / timber). Marc Dietrich was trained in business administration at Johannes Kepler University Linz. He holds a PhD in business administration.

Patrik Söderlund has joined Mountain Cleantech as Venture Partner for the Nordic region. He is based in Mountain Cleantech's newly established Sweden Office at Ideon Science Park, Lund. Patrik has been active as a venture capitalist, business developer and entrepreneur for almost 30 years. In the course of his business career, Patrik was Managing Director at Metea AB, Lumitec AB and Sigma Innovation AB, as well as Chairman of the Board at Clinical Laserthermia Technology AB, Join Business & Technology AB, Phase Holographic Imaging AB and others.

'The strong operational backgrounds of our new team members, Patrik Söderlund and Dr Marc Dietrich, further add to the quality of Mountain Cleantech's investment team. We very much look forward to a successful collaboration,' says Jürgen F. Habichler, Managing Partner at Mountain Cleantech AG.

About Mountain Cleantech AG
Mountain Cleantech AG (www.mountain-cleantech.ch) was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Waedenswil / Zurich, Switzerland. It is the Investment Advisor of Mountain Cleantech Fund II, which focuses on growth equity Cleantech investments in the German-speaking and Nordic regions. The native German-speaking Investment Team combines extensive operational, Cleantech and Growth Capital investment experience.

Contact
Jürgen Habichler
Phone: +41 44 783 80 41
Email: contact@mountain-cleantech.ch
Website: www.mountain-cleantech.ch