California Clean Tech Open
The California Clean Tech Open is an independent effort by entrepreneurs, researchers, environmentalists, investors and others to create economic growth and environmental sustainability by sparking a clean technology cluster in California.
| Group type: | Competition |
| Status: | Active |
| Focus: | Business Plans |
| Organizer: | Non-profit |
| Funding: | Corporate Sponsors |
| Industries: | Cleantech |
| Location: | Palo Alto, CA |
| Website: | http://www.cleantechopen.com |
ABOUT US
The California Clean Tech Open is an independent effort by entrepreneurs, researchers, environmentalists, investors and others to create economic growth and environmental sustainability by sparking a clean technology cluster in California.
We're grateful to YouNoodle for giving us a space to advertise our competition. Please visit www.cleantechopen.com for more details and to enter the competition.
COMMENTS (8)
Members (86)
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Rob Day
Cleantech investor with Black Coral Capital, author of the blog Cleantech Investing (www.cleantechvc.com).
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Rich Hilt
Rich Hilt has been involved in the energy business -- some in CleanTech, others in NotSoCleanTech -- for over 35 years. He has a BSME, a MS in Thermal Sciences, a MA in Economics, and the PhD in Public Policy.
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Michael Young
Stanford PhD student working on a startup and nonprofit
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Casey McGrath
BS in Microbiology from the University of California, Davis. His main research interests include environmental microbiology and bioremediation.
Startups (76)
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NiLA Inc.
Nila is a revolutionary new lighting solution for the entertainment industry with unprecedented environmental benefits and performance standards. Nilas have been used on James Bond Quantum of Solace, Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons, by CNN, and Oprah.
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SWEEP
Small Wind Environmental Energy Project. Attracting founding members and crew to establish this small wind renewable energy development project on five rural acres of the Mendocino coast.
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repaper solutions
repaper develops reusable paper products and services. for knowledge workers who print several documents a day, repaper lets readers print, clean + reprint on the same paper. repaper addresses the financial and environmental cost of transient paper.
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Refill Revolution
We are a consumer behaviour change social enterprise focused on reducing use of bottled water. We reward members every time they fill up at a free municipal water source and fund global, clean drinking water projects through our Give Back program.
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Illutron
Illutron is a collaborative interactive art studio located on a ship in Copenhagen south harbour.
The William James Foundation is inviting entrepreneurs who are entering the California Clean Tech Open Competition to also consider participating in The William James Foundation's Sustainable Business Competition. We focus heavily on feedback, so that you can have a stronger entry for the Clean Tech Competition. We have a total of $150k in prizes and cash, and all entrants must be for-profit multiple bottom line companies. See details at www.williamjamesfoundation.org/howtoenter.
I am writing to invite you or a friend or colleague of yours to apply to serve as a mentor, associate mentor, or judge for the Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Columbia or other business plan competitions. Mentoring activities start in February or March. Judging activities start in January and go into February. View the schedule for mentoring including time commitments at http://enterprisefutures.net/2011competitionsschedule.html. Please submit your application by January 19th at http://www.enterprisefutures.org/judgementorappl.html
Enterprise Futures Network (EFN) is a 1500 person volunteer organization that supports universities to help create leaders that apply entrepreneurship to build a better future. We support universities in the U.S. and abroad. Please let me know if you have questions and feel free to refer colleagues who may be interested to me at tjensen@enterprisefutures.net
Thomas Jensen, Co-Founder Enterprise Futures Network
A global company based in our Scientific Park in Spain is looking for business opportunities in order to take on a new activity in the area of clean tech. Could you please let me know about companies in this area looking for funding or different kinds of collaboration?
Please respond if you would like to apply to serve as a mentor for 2010 UC Berkeley Global Social Venture Competition or the Global Social Venture Competition at Columbia University. The time commitment is approximately 6-8 hours between January 29th and March 24th.
If you don’t have time for this competition, please consider suggesting a colleague or two. Please respond by January 25th with your interest, questions, or with a referral. If you are interested later in the year for the Intel Berkeley Competition, Stanford or others, please let me know.
As many as 250 for profit and non-profit entrants from around the world compete for cash prizes. For more information on the challenge, please visit www.gsvc.org. To learn more about Enterprise Futures Network (EFN), click on www.enterprisefutures.org.
The William James Foundation has announced 8 competitions that together provide $100,000 in cash and in kind support for sustainable entrepreneurs. Entrants can be of any age or from anywhere in the world. First round deadline is December 4th. Details at: www.williamjamesfoundation.org/press.