Portfolio

GenXL has a developing portfolio of companies that span such industries as life sciences, technology, advanced technologies, system components, drug discovery/improvement platforms, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics.

GenXL's methodology is designed to maximize business and value creation within a 2 year timeframe. Because of this effectiveness, the portfolio is always changing, so if you have specific questions or would like to submit your idea, please contact us.

EnGen

EnGen is exploiting a unique platform technology that has a range of potential supercapacitor battery applications across various sectors where there are clear unmet market needs. For example, the transportation market requires a cost-effective combination of the energy density of a rechargeable battery, with the power density and cycle life of supercapacitors. The consumer electronics market needs to extend lithium-ion battery life, either by changing their chemical composition or by coupling them with a supercapacitor, while supercapacitors in industrial applications could increase a lead acid battery's life and power reliability by working in conjunction.

EnGen is working with one of the leading companies in the global supercapacitor sector, on developing a prototype hybrid supercapacitor for use in a range of industrial and other areas. The funds being invested by GenXL will enable EnGen to complete a working dry prototype, which is anticipated to be completed by the end of the first half of 2007. On this basis, EnGen would expect to reach formal agreement on a technology licensing agreement shortly thereafter. This agreement would be both product and geographically specific, and would give EnGen the financial and commercial freedom to work independently or with other partners in areas such as lithium-ion batteries and pure ultracapacitors.

The supercapacitor market in the USA was relatively small at about US$200 million in 2005, but is forecast to grow rapidly to approximately US$600 million by 2012 (Source: Frost & Sullivan 2006). The market for lithium-ion batteries in the USA is much larger at about US$4.5 billion in 2005 but is growing more steadily towards an estimated US$6.3 billion in 2011 (Source: Frost & Sullivan 2006).