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OPENforum '09 features the Cleantech track to explore the trends, best practices, and emerging opportunities out of large influx of resources in the sector. It is a pivotal time across the Cleantech ecosystem. Emerging and established companies are working hard to understand the dramatic shifts in policy and to best position themselves to access the tremendous opportunities.
Savvy investors realize the opportunity to capitalize on solutions that serve the needs of industry, government, and society with innovative technologies that compete on price and performance while reducing pollution, waste, and resource use.
Come join the drivers of this new economy - Cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, multinational corporations, policy makers, and others that are leading the way for an interactive day, share perspectives, and build a sophisticated understanding.
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Where's the Green in Clean? Investment Opportunities, Valuations and the Funding Gap in Cleantech Traditionally, early stage company executive and investor financial expertise has been focused on company financing. Yet, in many cases, Cleantech demands more. Many Cleantech executives will be shepherding technologies to commercialization that will require large amounts of capital. Cleantech companies and capital sources will need to build well-informed financial relationships and new financial structures to facilitate capital deployment and allow Cleantech companies to tap into the appropriate financial sources. This need for information and collaboration is more important than ever, given the current state of traditional credit and financial markets. This discussion will feature a wide range of investors (venture capitalists, private equity investors, hedge fund managers, public financiers, and investment bankers) to delve into the full range of financing the Cleantech industry - from seed financing of nascent inventors, venture financing of emerging-stage companies through international and cross industry joint ventures, from first commercial demonstration to utility scale project development and finance, to IPO, PIPEs and beyond. The panelists will discuss the capital flow implications for the Cleantech sector. Where Cleantech money is really coming from, what the investment criteria is for each type of investor, where the money is going and why, and how the money is being spent. Panelists: |
Innovations in Energy: Viable business propositions after Market Corrections Cleantech is top of mind across the world for entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, and innovators. The factors of commodity prices and scarcity, global climate impact, and energy independence and security set the stage for diversification. An entrepreneurial approach to solving this problem creates and enables new opportunities. The challenge is not a lack of ideas or exuberance but constructing and connecting a value chain that will accelerate the formulation, funding, adoption, and wide spread implementation of technologies and methods to build the Cleantech ecosystem. Experts will discuss opportunities and innovations in power generation (wind and solar), distribution and Smart Grid, and Electronic Vehicles. Each of the panelists will host a lunch table and Q&A session will continue over lunch. Panelists: |
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Fundraising for a Cleantech Startup? Cleantech Pitch Lunch with a Room Full of Investors |
Invitation Only Lunch Cleantech Pitch Lunch offers innovative Cleantech startups seeking funding a unique platform to present their pitches and mingle with a high-caliber audience of VCs, angel investors, strategic partners, corporate investors, industry experts, and potential check writers.
The event is open to pre-funded start-up companies which work in the renewable energies, energy efficiency, water, reusing carbon, carbon capture and storage, smart grid, green IT, transportation, electric vehicles, and carbon credits sectors and make use of particularly innovative technologies, products or business models. Presenting Companies
Bridgeway GreenTech, Inc.- developing a breakthrough energy storage system which will allow renewable power sources to be totally independent of and cost competitive with grid power.
Firebird Composites - a range of high-performance light weight composite materials that impart superior performance useful across several industries (High Voltage Power Transmission, Coal Mining, and Oil/Gas Field Production) that enable energy efficiency and/or lower energy consumption.
Green Pacific Biologicals - algae biofuel venture with a platform for efficient nuclear genetic engineering and consistent nuclear transgene expression.
MeterVision - a Wireless monitoring solution aimed at upgrading billions of legacy gauges and meters worldwide to smart meters.
NBT Ventures - giving consumers clear, actionable feedback as to how they consume energy in their homes and buildings with a goal to make "energy efficiency" part of the daily vernacular.
Rotavi, Inc. - small, highly efficient, biofuel-optimized engine for both direct-drive and hybrid vehicle applications.
Siverde - capture and monetize CO2 emissions by converting the emissions into biofuel.
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The Stimulus Act: The Impact of Government Policy on Cleantech Start-ups and Investors In one of the most difficult funding environments in decades, government funds may potentially be critical to startups’ success. Both startups and their investors need to understand how the stimulus act may affect their business, as well as the opportunities it offers for non-dilutive financing. VCs and their portfolio companies are already jockeying for position to get it. How does a Silicon Valley VC navigate Washington, D.C.? Which Cleantech projects has the government thrown its support behind? Does it make sense to hire a lobbyist? How about a consultant? A panel of experts answers these questions and fields Q&A from the audience. Panelists: |
Workshop: Crafting your personal brand to transition into the Cleantech sector How do you stand out in the crowd? What makes you unique, genuine, relevant and compelling? How do you connect your dots so that people know how to help you? Why should you be hired, win the deal, or get the promotion instead of a competitor? Sasha Grinshpun, a master career and executive coach, will discuss the key elements of personal branding specifically as it relates to transitioning into a new sector like Cleantech. Whether you are an entrepreneur, investor, or employee, you need to clearly understand how to position yourself always… and even more so in times of turbulence. If you don't brand yourself, others will for you. With this workshop, you will master some critical tactics that can help build your career brand and make you a more attractive entrepreneur, employee, job-seeker, business owner in the Cleantech sector. By the end of the session you will:
• Understand your current brand
• Plot out your aspirational brand
• Map your professional brand attributes
• Have an plan for building and nurturing your brand network
• Have resources to tap into to learn more about the Cleantech space Instructor:
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