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Innovation expertise to help take your ideas to the world

3M Ventures is the venture capital arm of the 3M Company The purpose of 3M Ventures is to advance 3M innovation by creating growth options in areas of strategic interest through minority equity investments, leveraging the global entrepreneurial and venture community

What does 3M Ventures do?

We partner with entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovative companies in fields related to our strategic focus areas Ideas can be at any stage from prototyping to late stage and our investment can range from seed funding to capital investment

• What fields are we focused on? Advanced materials and process technologies Smart infrastructure Healthcare and life sciences technologies Digitization: Software solutions, Big Data, analytics, sensors, Connectivity/IoT

What fields are we focused on?

• Advanced materials and process technologies
• Healthcare and life sciences technologies
• Digitization: Software solutions, Big Data, analytics, sensors, Connectivity/IoT To help scale our partners’ ideas, we can leverage our 51 technology platforms, 70 subsidiaries and more than 30 laboratories Not to mention our deep commercial expertise and global customer networks

These are the four fundamental strengths 3M might bring to the partnership:

• Technology Ability to share and combine elements of 3M’s broad technology portfolio to produce unique, differentiated products, translating to premium margins

Ability to share and combine elements of 3M’s broad technology portfolio to produce unique, differentiated products, translating to premium margins

• Manufacturing Utilization of 3M manufacturing footprint and technology, including process trade secrets, leading to higher-performing products and lower unit cost

Utilization of 3M manufacturing footprint and technology, including process trade secrets, leading to higher-performing products and lower unit cost

• Global Subsidiary front- and back-office footprint that allows for the effective development, adaptation and commercialization of products

Subsidiary front- and back-office footprint that allows for the effective development, adaptation and commercialization of products

• Brand Brand equity in the 3M brand and in strategic brands that are shared across business groups

Brand equity in the 3M brand and in strategic brands that are shared across business groups

What are we looking for in our partners?

• Management team with a track record of success Products and technology with a strong intellectual property position Well-articulated, scalable business model Strong customer engagement, linked to an impactful market opportunity in 2-5 years
• Management team with a track record of success
• Products and technology with a strong intellectual property position
• Well-articulated, scalable business model
• Strong customer engagement, linked to an impactful market opportunity in 2-5 years