Press Coverage

2010

Top 50 VC-Funded Greentech Startups
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Greentech Media | Mar 08, 2010
Venture capital firms have invested almost $20 billion into hundreds of greentech startups since 2005. All of these firms are looking to launch a disruptive force into their target markets, scale rapidly and grow quickly. Adura Technlogies named on list.
SunPods Launches Prototype Solar Power-Assist System for Buses
Daily News Brief | Feb 27, 2010
SunPods Inc., a California-based manufacturer of modular, fully integrated and tested solar power generation systems, today announced the industry’s first solar power-assist system for buses. The SunPods Sun Bus Power System™ was developed in less than six weeks in collaboration with Bauer Intelligent Transportation, a leading provider of chauffeured green transportation, to enable the company’s fleet to meet the strict anti-pollution standards set by the State of California.
The Cleantech Open – A Bridge over the Valley of Death?
triple pundit | Jim Davis | Feb 26, 2010
The “Valley of Death” is a well known concept in the business startup and technology community. It’s the place where good ideas go to die. If small businesses are the lifeblood of economic growth and job creation, entrepreneurs and startup companies are the marrow. While the entrepreneurial path has never been easy, it has become even tougher in today’s economic climate. Let me give you an example of the challenges for clean technology entrepreneurs that I see every day. In a business such as ours, which is “technology agnostic” in the sense that we aren’t tied to any one manufacturer or product, innovation and access to new technology are critical success factors.
James Bond Would Approve: Cleantech Open 2010 Launches Today
CleanTechnia | Feb 26, 2010
The Cleantech Open launched its 2010 challenge today and it will be interesting to see how things shake out this year. One of the premier clean tech and green jobs programs of its kind, the Cleantech Open came on the scene in 2006 with the mission of jumpstarting sustainable tech startups through mentoring, training, and competitive cash awards. It’s established quite a track record since then. More than 80% of Cleantech alum are still viable and the organization expects that 1,200 new jobs will have been created through the end of 2009.
Cleantech Open to merge with Boston's ICE
San Francisco Business Times | Feb 25, 2010
The Cleantech Open, a business competition, will merge with a similar organization in Boston, the Ignite Clean Energy Competition, or ICE. ICE was started in 2004 and is sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Inc. It’s considered the first cleantech business plan competition. The Cleantech Open, based in Redwood City, started in 2006. It holds competitions for business plans that deal with energy, environmental and economic issues.
MIT's clean energy competition partners with West Coast contest
MIT: The Journal of New Engaldn Technology | Feb 25, 2010
The MIT Enterprise Forum reports its Ignite Clean Energy Competition is partnering with the Cleantech Open, a San Francisco-based business plan competition. The competition has been renamed ICE/Cleantech Open Northeast, and will serve as a regional Cleantech Open competition in Boston, while continuing to operate as an independent organization. New England startups winning the regional competition will move on to the national Cleantech Open finals in San Francisco in November. The Cleantech Open also operates regional competitions in Silicon Valley, Seattle, Denver and Minneapolis.
Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open Kicks Off Second Year
Brown on Green | Feb 24, 2010
The Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open (RMCTO) has kicked off its second year with goals of increasing the number of contestants by 50 percent and expanding the contestants’ geographical representation. “Most of the 64 companies that entered last year were from Colorado,” said Wes Schrader, who as RMCTO contestant chair is the person responsible for attracting contestants and helping them navigate their way through the application process. “This year we hope to have 100 entrants and we hope to attract more companies from outside of Colorado.” The regional competition is open to cleantech startup companies in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Adura Technologies Adds $12 Million in Funding; NGEN Partners Joins Board
Earth Times | Feb 23, 2010
Adura Technologies™, a leading provider of wireless lighting control and energy management solutions, today announced $12 million in new funding. Adura also announced that NGEN Partners, a pioneering investor in the clean tech sector, will join the company’s board as lead investor in the new funding round, which includes return investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, a leading global clean tech venture capital firm, and Claremont Creek Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.
S.F. lighting startup Adura raises $12M
San Francisco Business Times | Lindsay Riddell | Feb 23, 2010
Startup Adura Technologies has raised $12 million in funding. The San Francisco-based company develops wireless lighting control and energy management systems that the company says can save customers up to 70 percent in electricity costs.
2010 Cleantech Open Competition Begins with Briefings in February and March
Climate Solutions | Feb 22, 2010
The Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open is kicking off the 2010 season with briefing sessions in Portland (February 24th) and Seattle (March 4th). These informational events for potential contestants, mentors and volunteers will provide an overview of the National Cleantech Open program and details about the Pacific Northwest 2010 competition and schedule. At both events, several alumni of the region’s 2009 competition will tell about their experiences last year.
Will Mission Motors Become the Intel of Electric Motorcycles?
Greentech Media | Michael Kanellos | Feb 17, 2010
There's no point in trying to do this alone, Mission Motors has concluded. The electric motorcycle manufacturer has decided to take a bifurcated approach to the market, new interim CEO Jit Bhattacharya told us this morning. Mission will produce a high-end, high-performance motorcycle under its own name, but it will also produce batteries, drive-train systems and other components for large, established manufacturers, he said.
How to turn a clean tech idea into reality
Colorado Biz Magazine | Greg Pfahl | Jan 24, 2010
It’s all well and good to build clean technology that powers the world and makes it better at the same time, but when trying to turn their invention into a business, people run headlong into their biggest challenge: financing.
Lucid Design Group Announces New Funding, Cites Progress in ‘09
Earth Times | Jan 21, 2010
Lucid Design Group, Inc., a pioneer and leader in real-time energy monitoring and display systems for commercial buildings, today announced the recent completion of $1.5 million Series A funding, capping a year of substantial growth and achievement in 2009. The investment was led by Dry Creek Ventures of Healdsburg, a firm focused on the clean tech sector.
DotUI Combines Social Media and Energy Management
triple pundit | Steve Puma | Jan 20, 2010
The Cleantech Group announced Wednesday that San Francisco-based startup DotUI has developed a unique way to influence consumer energy usage behavior, by combining real-time energy management software and hardware with digital picture frames and a “fun” interface.
Seattle company promising portable power plants
King 5 CBS | Gary Chittim | Jan 18, 2010
Seattle company says it's on the verge of bringing portable power plants to just about anywhere they're needed. The company is convinced, where there is flowing water, there is energy.
Power Assure Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for $5 Million Grant
Business Wire | Jan 07, 2010
Power Assure™, Inc, a developer of power management solutions for data centers, today announced it has been awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to augment product development efforts and drive commercialization of its power management software for deployment in government and enterprise data centers. Power Assure reduces data centers’ energy consumption by an average of 50%, helping companies meet energy reduction targets and regulatory requirements.
EcoFactor Raises $2.5 Million
PEHub | Jan 04, 2010
EcoFactor, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of residential energy management solutions, has raised $2.4 million in new VC funding led by Claremont Creek Ventures.

2009

EcoFactor Raising $4.5M for Smarter Thermostats
Earth2Tech | Katie Fehrenbacher | Dec 30, 2009
When we profiled three-year-old startup EcoFactor in November the company said it was in the process of raising its Series A round. Well, today the company filed a document with the SEC that says it is in the process of raising $4.5 million, and has already raised $2.39 million partly from Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV’s Nat Goldhaber and Paul Straub are listed on the form).
Silicon Valley banks on 'clean tech' and solar power
USA Today | Julie Schmit | Dec 22, 2009
...Clean tech is far from new for Silicon Valley. So many solar companies have been started in Silicon Valley in the past seven years that a shakeout is inevitable, says Rex Northen, executive director of the Cleantech Open, a business competition...
$10 Trillion “Cost Less, Mean More” Product Revolution
triple pundit | Bill Roth | Dec 11, 2009
My attendance at the Cleantech Open re-enforced this faith as I enjoyed an entire day listening to entrepreneurs pitching how their green products will save the planet, grow jobs and make money. And here’s the key maturation in green business that has just occurred this year. ALL of these entrepreneurs had price competitiveness at the core of their green product designs.
Scott Hublou, EcoFactor: CleanTech Award Winner 2009
Fresh Dialogues | Alison van Diggelen | Dec 02, 2009
On November 17, I attended the CleanTech Open Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco and enjoyed keynotes from Lesa Mitchell from the Kaufman Foundation, Bill Weihl, Google’s Energy Czar and Nancy Pfund, of DBL Investors.
Winning Ideas for a Greener World
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Dec 01, 2009
Essinova Host BeiBei Song reports on the Cleantech Open's Business and Ideas Competition awards ceremony and exposition, and interviews a number of contestants. Dubbed the “Academy Awards of Clean Technology", the event was held at the Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 17th, 2009. It drew thousands of cleantech enthusiasts, and showcased the best national and international teams selected from the year-long competition.
Investment Super Highway Prerequisite for Breakthroughs
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Dec 01, 2009
While being optimistic that "the daunting [climate change] problems are solvable", and acknowledging the promises of new technologies and new business models, Bill Weihl alerts the audience that "we need more, we need really serious breakthroughs, and we need them soon to provide the technologies to deploy clean energy in scale", in a time frame that would allow us to address the climate crisis before it becomes irreversible.
Building a World of Sustainable Economy
Essinova.com | Dec 01, 2009
"Cleantech is not just about technology, but also about changing the way we live, inventing intelligent infrastructure, relearning our relationship with the living systems that supports the human economy." Examining the political, business and personal challenges to the "sustainable economy", Gil Friend asks thought-provoking questions - Will we put our money where our hearts are? What is the purpose of business? How to scale with open source technologies vs. protectable technologies?
SunTrac Solar
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Dec 01, 2009
Suntrac Solar, "High Temperature Tracking Concentrating Collector", is one of the 12 Cleantech Open 2009 Business Competition finalists.
New Sky Energy
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Dec 01, 2009
New Sky Energy, "Clean Chemical Carbon Sequestration", is one of the 12 Cleantech Open 2009 Business Competition finalists.
FuelSaver Technologies
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Dec 01, 2009
FuelSaver Technologies, "Saving You Money by Changing the Shape of Long Haul Transport", is one of the 12 Cleantech Open 2009 Business Competition finalists.
Clean living: Missoula company’s environmentally friendly invention has ‘potential to change world’
Missoulian | BETSY COHEN | Nov 30, 2009
Don Kiely planned to retire from his teaching post at the University of Montana when he turned 70, but when the chemistry professor hit that self-designated milestone, he had a change of heart. After more than a decade of experiments and tests at UM, Kiely and his team of scientists had finally unlocked the secrets to one of the most intriguing and confounding chemistry discoveries of the modern age.
Green entrepreneurs make products out of thin air
9NEWS | Brooke Thacker | Nov 23, 2009
You may have heard the fairy tale of the woman turning straw into gold. It may not be gold, but a Boulder company claims to be doing something quite similar. Advertisement 9NEWS has been following the Clean Tech Open since March of this year. The competition takes the best ideas from hundreds of contestants and helps them develop the ideas into products people can use by offering business training and finding funding for the projects.
Interview: Rivertop Renewables
Green Chemicals | Doris de Guzman | Nov 23, 2009
The Green blog's interview with Rivertop Renewables founder Donald Kiely, and director of marketing Jason Kiely (also Don's son) revealed the potential power of glucaric acid as a renewable-based alternative chemical.
EcoFactor and the Truly Smart Grid
triple pundit | Nov 21, 2009
Technology works best when it’s least intrusive and does the heavy lifting for you. Apple understands this. And so, it seems, does EcoFactor, the winner of the recent Clean Tech Open.
Best of the Best From This Year's Competitions
Green Diary | Nov 20, 2009
Among the 12 finalists for the prestigious Cleantech Open business plan competition, the National Prize went to EcoFactor for developing a personal residential energy management system for heating, air-conditioning and ventilation. We can also call the system as an intelligent HVAC system. The firm received prize package worth $250,000, including $100,000 in seed capital.
Live Near a Waterway? HydroVolts Can Power Your Home
triple pundit | Amie Vaccaro | Nov 20, 2009
At Tuesday’s Academy Awards of Cleantech (The Cleantech Open), attendees were all abuzz about Seattle-based HydroVolts, winner of the $20,000 Cleantech Open sustainability prize. HydroVolts has created a floating in-stream hydrokinetic turbine that generates distributed renewable energy anywhere around the world.
Serving Up Solar Tech Treats
Discovery Channel | Alyssa Danigelis | Nov 20, 2009
Think thin-film solar is still eons away from ubiquity? Think again. Seattle-based company LivinGreen has some sweet solar tech that could make manufacturing solar cells cheaper and easier. Dye sensitized solar cells work like photosynthesis in plants. A nanoparticle dye on a titanium electrode captures light, converting it to energy. The catch, says LivingGreen CEO Chris Tagge, is that the nanoparticles end up behaving like Rice Krispies doused in milk--the light passes through, reducing efficiency.
Notes from the Cleantech Open Awards Gala
triple pundit | Steve Pum | Nov 19, 2009
At the last minute, I decided to attend Tuesday night’s Cleantech Open Awards Gala, and was pleasantly surprised at just how many companies with game-changing technologies were participating in the event. From the finalists to the runners-up to last year’s winners, the promise of what was on display was truly astounding, and gives me quite a bit of hope that we have a strong chance of beating some of the enormous challenges that are facing our environment.
Cleantech Business Competition Announces Winners
Sustainable Business | Nov 19, 2009
A California company that designed a personalized residential energy management solution for heating, ventilation and air conditioning won the business plan competition this year in the Cleantech Open.
Cleantech Open 09 - LivinGreen Materials Makes Solar 50% More Efficient, 40% Cheaper
Tree Hugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Nov 19, 2009
LivinGreen Materials showed off their drop-in solution to creating more efficient, cheaper solar cells. And their claim is no small number. They say their solution - which would remove one layer from the solar cells currently manufactured and replace it with a layer created by their new technology - could improve efficiency by 50% all while making it cheaper to manufacture solar cells.
Cleantech Open 09 – Dot UI Makes Energy Consumption Data Available to Visually Impaired
Tree Hugger | Nov 19, 2009
Platforms that show us our energy usage are getting to be a dime a dozen. Not that it's a bad thing, of course. Knowing our data is a big part of reducing consumption. Dot UI is a start-up wanting to make energy consumption as personalized as possible so that people avoid information overload, and get the data where they're most likely to see it, whether that's their television, a digital photo frame, a mobile phone. Not too unique, since many user dashboards can be displayed on various devices - but they're all typically visual devices.
Introducing: Glucaric acid
Green Chemicals | Doris de Guzman | Nov 18, 2009
Here's another green chemistry company start-up to add to my list. I received an email about Missoula, Montana-based Rivertop Renewables who is developing glucaric acid, a sugar-based acid created by oxidizing glucose which can be used as a building block chemical.
Redwood City startup wins green contest
San Francisco Chronicle | David Baker | Nov 18, 2009
Startup companies with ways to save energy and make plastic from wastewater took top honors Tuesday evening in the 2009 Cleantech Open, an annual contest to find and nurture promising environmental entrepreneurs. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/17/BU1B1AM5FG.DTL&type=tech#ixzz0XHCELFX8
Cleantech Open winner offers stable environment
CNET | Candace Lombardi | Nov 18, 2009
EcoFactor has been awarded Cleantech Open's national award, which includes $100,000 in seed capital. The awards ceremony for one of the leading environmental start-up competitions took place at the Masonic Center in San Francisco following a day-long conference in which contestants and venture capitalists had a chance to mingle.
Cleantech Open names winners
San Francisco Business Times | Lindsay Riddell | Nov 18, 2009
EcoFactor was the big winner at Tuesday’s Cleantech Open awards ceremony, which gives $250,000 in cash, office space, consulting and mentoring to the overall winner.
CTO Ideas Competition Winner: Replenish Energy in Puerto Rico
YouTube | Nov 18, 2009
Puerto Rico's finalist for the Global Clean Tech Open Competition in San Francisco, Calif. is Jorge Gaskins Alcott. The global winner will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 17.
Cleantech Open Announces Winners for Hottest Green Tech Start-Ups
Tree Hugger | Nov 18, 2009
Cleantech Open is thee competition for Claifornia (and nationwide) start-ups looking to gain seed money for their ideas. The hottest new concepts for clean technology in six categories - from renewable energy to waste to energy efficiency to water use - show of their ideas, and at the end of the competition, it is announced which winners will receive a grand prize of $250,000. I spent a few hours roaming the rows of great ideas (more posts on some of the coolest to come later today) and at the end of the evening, the exciting news was announced. Check out who you'll be hearing a lot more about (and may have in your home) in the months to come...
GreenBeat speaker EcoFactor takes top honors Cleantech Open
VentureBeat | Nov 18, 2009
Making the rounds of Smart Grid events (and there are quite a few of them this season), smart thermostat company EcoFactor nabbed the $250,000 grand prize in yesterday’s Cleantech Open business plan competition. EcoFactor’s Scott Hublou will be speaking today at GreenBeat 2009.
EcoFactor grabs Cleantech Open's biggest prize
Sustainable Industries | Sara Stroud | Nov 18, 2009
A Bay Area startup that offers software which aims to slash home energy consumption by managing heating and cooling was crowned the first national winner of the Cleantech Open Business Competition. EcoFactor’s prize was announced at the Cleantech Open Awards Gala on Nov. 17.
Cleantech Open 09 - EcoFactor is NOT a Smart Thermostat - It's Better.
Tree Hugger | Nov 18, 2009
EcoFactor is easy to mistake for a smart thermostat, since that's what the user sees. But really, it's not a smart thermostat at all. As Scott Hublou, a co-founder of EcoFactor and its senior vice president for products, puts it, "It's an incredibly dumb thermostat that just listens really well, and talks really well."
Cleantech Open 09 - Lunescent Syncs Streetlights With Moon Cycles for Energy Savings
Tree Hugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Nov 18, 2009
Before streetlights, there was the moon. Well, at least for a week or two out of the month, if weather conditions were good, you could get enough moonlight to guide your way down a path. Now, streetlights line our walks - great for getting us from one place to the next relatively safely, but a big drain on electricity resources. Lunescent hopes to get us back to following the moon a little more, and save us up to 90% on streelight energy consumption. The start-up showed off its first product, the Lemma light, at Cleantech Open.
Chevron Partners with the Cleantech Open
San Francisco Business Times | Nov 17, 2009
Chevron USA next year will partner with the California Cleantech Open, a business plan competition for clean technology startups that announces 2009 winners today.
Cleantech Open: It's All About Chemicals
Greentech Media | Nov 17, 2009
Green chemistry seems to be one of the more interesting topics at today’s Cleantech Open in San Francisco. San Francisco -- The Cleantech Open – sort of an American Idol with soil scientists and solar companies – is taking place today in San Francisco, and green chemistry seems to be one of the more interesting topics at the event
Cleantech Open Winner Revealed! EcoFactor Takes the Grand Prize
Earth2Tech | Josie Garthwaite | Nov 17, 2009
For the entrepreneurs competing to win the $250,000 grand prize package in the Cleantech Open business plan competition — and join the ranks of past winners like Adura Technologies — the wait is over. Tonight in San Francisco, the organization announced finalists from each region (listed below the break). But the big kahuna goes to smart thermostat software developer EcoFactor.
Chevron Partners With Cleantech Open to Support Energy Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
CNN Money | Nov 17, 2009
The Cleantech Open, the world's largest business competition, created to find, fund and foster startup clean technology companies, announced a new partnership with Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX).
Cleantech Open gala goes global, honors winners
Cleantech Group | Lisa Sibley | Nov 17, 2009
The fourth annual business plan competition doles out funds for cleantech startups, with California's EcoFactor taking the grand prize.
GreenBeat speaker EcoFactor takes top honors Cleantech Open
Dintz | Nov 17, 2009
Making the rounds of Smart Grid events (and there are quite a few of them this season), smart thermostat company EcoFactor nabbed the $250,000 grand prize in yesterday’s Cleantech Open business plan competition. EcoFactor’s Scott Hublou will be speaking today at GreenBeat 2009.
Have a brilliant clean technology idea?
DNA Read the World | Nov 15, 2009
Money may be tight for aspiring cleantech entrepreneurs during a downturn, but they will get money and precious attention next Tuesday for their ideas in an event in California billed as the mother of all clean technology business competitions. American startups will be competing for the grand $2, 50, 000 prize in the "Cleantech Open Business Plan" competition, while entrepreneurs from the rest of the world will face-off in the "Global Cleantech Open Ideas" competition organised by the Kauffman Foundation. Both contests will wrap up at the clean technology awards gala at the elegant Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 17.
Green tech idea contest in SF next week will pay winners $100,000 each
SF Examiner | Shelby Bateson | Nov 14, 2009
Are you an green tech idea person lacking funding to get your idea off the ground? Next week, November 17th, Cleantech Open will be holding the final round of a competition for aspiring green tech entrepreneurs at the Masonic Center in San Francisco, California.
LADOT Launches Real Time Information System
City of Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2009
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has launched a real-time passenger information service for riders of LADOT’s DASH Downtown circulator bus. LADOT developed the system with Syncromatics, a provider of intelligent transportation solutions to the public transportation industry. Real-time information is a term that refers to providing schedule and route information using wireless technology, which enables riders to see if their public transit service will arrive as schedule or whether traffic, weather conditions or an accident will cause it to arrive late.
LADOT Launches Real Time Information System
Syncromatics was 2007 winner in Transportation.
 City of Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2009
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has launched a real-time passenger information service for riders of LADOT’s DASH Downtown circulator bus. LADOT developed the system with Syncromatics, a provider of intelligent transportation solutions to the public transportation industry. Real-time information is a term that refers to providing schedule and route information using wireless technology, which enables riders to see if their public transit service will arrive as schedule or whether traffic, weather conditions or an accident will cause it to arrive late.
Join me at the Academy Awards of Cleantech
triple pundit | Amie Vaccaro | Nov 12, 2009
This year’s Cleantech Open Awards Gala (Tues Nov 17th in San Francisco) is not to be missed. Along with Bill Roth, I’ll be covering the event for TriplePundit. Last year’s event was phenomenal and this year promises to be bigger and better.
Waiting for the cleantech tide to turn in shipping
KiteShip was 2006 winner in Transportation.
 Cleantech Group | Stephen Marcus | Nov 11, 2009
Despite that it accounts for 3 percent of global emissions, shipping has largely been exempt from emission reductions requirements to date. The lack of interest in reducing emissions from shipping has also been expressed in the venture capital community. Germany-based SkySails – a maker of towing kite propulsion systems for today’s modern maritime shipping industry – received $10.3 million of venture capital funding way back in 2006. California's KiteShip, pursuing a similar idea, won an award at the California Cleantech Open, also in 2006. Since then there's been little apparent commercial progress.
SunTrac Solar: Building a Better Solar Collector
Solar Feeds | Nov 11, 2009
If you build a better solar collector, will the world beat a path to your door? That’s what SunTrac Solar, of Golden, Colorado, is hoping. SunTrac has made a dramatic improvement to solar technology by developing a system that combines photovoltaic (PV) panels with the advantages of parabolic solar systems.
Boulder Start-up to Profit on Atmospheric CO2 in Manufacturing
Huffington Post | Anne Butterfield | Nov 09, 2009
Everyone loves chemistry; it's the difference between Pero and real coffee, Morton's and sea salt. It's the magic between Tracy and Hepburn. But on the larger scale, we take chemistry for granted and it's killing us.
Snoop Dogg, Entrepreneurship and Rajasthan
TechCrunch | Nov 07, 2009
The promise of these early ventures is always amazing and their enthusiasm infectious. Which brings me to Global Entrepreneurship Week. And Snoop Dogg.
Why Attend the Cleantech Open?
triple pundit | Bill Roth | Nov 06, 2009
Here are a few reasons I am attending The Cleantech Open on November 17, 2009 at San Francisco’s Nob Hill Masonic Center: * Bill Weihl, Google Green Energy Czar, is the event’s key note speaker. * There will be 120 of the latest clean technologies displayed in the exhibition hall. * You can imagine how many venture capitalists will be attending looking for their next “Google” opportunity. This is a great opportunity to meet money!
Clean tech takes a lot more capital
Puget Sound Business Journal | Byron McCann and John Pierce | Nov 06, 2009
There’s no doubt that the global meltdown has fundamentally altered the prospects for current and long-term economic growth in our region. Although the region was already somewhat of an outpost for large multinational corporations, the recession has further shrunk the ranks of corporate giants here in the Pacific Northwest. Those that remain face intense pressure just to maintain market share, much less increase it dramatically. Prospects for the meteoric growth we saw in the ’90s are gone.
Clean tech takes a lot more capital
Puget Sound Business Journal | Byron McCann and John Pierce | Nov 06, 2009
There’s no doubt that the global meltdown has fundamentally altered the prospects for current and long-term economic growth in our region.
Cleantech Open Gala
VentureBeat | Nov 04, 2009
The Clean Tech Open Gala on November 17, 2009 held at the elegant Masonic Center in the heart of San Francisco will be our most brilliant event to date. The Clean Tech Open Gala is the Grand Finale to Clean Tech Open’s year-long clean technology business competition and is designed to showcase the boldest clean technology ideas, the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the brightest, most engaged investors, venture capitalists and prospective technology customers.
Cleantech Open Gala
Gadget Reviews | Nov 04, 2009
November 17, 2009 held at the elegant Masonic Center in the heart of San Francisco will be our most brilliant event to date. The Clean Tech Open Gala is the Grand Finale to Clean Tech Open’s year-long clean technology business competition and is designed to showcase the boldest clean technology ideas, the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the brightest, most engaged investors, venture capitalists and prospective technology customers.
The Cleantech Open announces keynote speakers
PtichGenie | Nov 04, 2009
The Cleantech Open today released the line-up of keynote speakers and presenters for its November 17th Grand Expo & Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco. Dubbed the “Academy Awards of Clean Technology”, the event marks the grand finale of The Cleantech Open’s year-long business competition. The event is designed to showcase the boldest in clean technology, the most nation’s most ambitious entrepreneurs and the brightest, most engaged investors, venture capitalists and prospective technology customers.
Cleantech Open Announces Keynote Speakers for Upcoming Expo and Awards Gala, November 17
Earth Times | Nov 04, 2009
The Cleantech Open today released the line-up of keynote speakers and presenters for its Grand Expo & Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco, on November 17.
Clean Tech Open Announces Winners of 2009 Rocky Mountain Competition
Green VC | Nov 04, 2009
Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition that will provide more than $1 million in prizes for early-stage clean technology startups, has announced the winners of its 2009 Rocky Mountain competition.
Winners selected in Colorado environmentally-friendly tech competition
cooler planet | Nate Lew | Nov 03, 2009
Three winners from the Cleantech Open's Rocky Mountain region were announced in Denver on Tuesday. The Cleantech Open, billed as the world's largest cleantech competition, has worked to develop clean technology startups since its inception in 2006. At the Rocky Mountain regional awards ceremony, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper cited "innovative [cleantech] companies" for "protecting our quality of life and preserving America's natural wonders."
Mayor John Hickenlooper Announces Rocky Mountain Winners for Cleantech Open, the World's Biggest Cleantech Business Competition
AjaxWorld | Nov 03, 2009
The Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.com), today announced the winning teams in the Rocky Mountain region of the world's biggest cleantech business plan competition: New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar. In addition, Cool Energy, Inc. won the Sustainability Award for the Rocky Mountain region.
Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open winners announced
Wyoming Business Report | Nov 03, 2009
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has announced the winning teams in the Rocky Mountain Region of the world’s biggest cleantech business plan competition, the Cleantech Open.
Clean Tech Open Names 3 Winners in Rocky Mountain Region
Earth2Tech | Justin Moresco | Nov 03, 2009
The Clean Tech Open, a nonprofit business plan competition for early-stage startups focused on renewable energy, green building and other cleantech markets, announced today the three winners in the Rocky Mountain region.
New Sky, Cool Energy reach finals
Boulder County Business Report | Nov 03, 2009
BOULDER - Two Boulder based firms, New Sky Energy Inc. and Cool Energy Inc., were named among the top four clean-tech companies in the Rocky Mountain region during the Cleantech Open, a clean technology competition.
From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats
New York Times | Todd Woody | Nov 03, 2009
As utilities install more smart meters in homes, more companies are offering services that tap the devices’ ability to give consumers information about their electricity use.
Four startups named regional finalists of Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open
Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Nov 03, 2009
Four companies that have been chosen finalists of the 2009 Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open business-plan competition for early-stage startups. The winners were chosen from a pool of 64 applicants on the basis of their business plans. Finalists will receive $50,000 in cash plus in-kind services and compete with winners from California and the Pacific Northwest regional competitions.
Four startups named regional finalists of Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open
Institutional Partners | Nov 03, 2009
Four companies that have been chosen finalists of the 2009 Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open business-plan competition for early-stage startups.
Clean Tech Open Names 3 Winners in Rocky Mountain Region
TriGeia | Nov 03, 2009
The Clean Tech Open, a nonprofit business plan competition for early-stage startups focused on renewable energy, green building and other cleantech markets, announced today the three winners in the Rocky Mountain region.
The best of Clean Tech’s brightest
Colorado Biz Magazine | Susanna Speier | Nov 03, 2009
“What are you good at? What do you need help with?” Those were questions asked to match mentors with the finalists of the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open when they began the rigorous competition for one of three regional awards six months ago.
Winning Ideas for a Greener World
Essinova.com | BeiBei Song | Nov 02, 2009
Essinova Host BeiBei Song reports on the Cleantech Open’s Business and Ideas Competition awards ceremony and exposition, and interviews a number of contestants. Dubbed the “Academy Awards of Clean Technology”, the event was held at the Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 17th, 2009. It drew thousands of cleantech enthusiasts, and showcased the best national and international teams selected from the year-long competition.
Pioneering Venture Capitalist to Deliver Keynote at Cleantech Open National Awards Gala
PR-USA.net | Nov 02, 2009
The Cleantech Open announced Steve Westly, a cleantech venture capitalist, will present a keynote address during the "Academy Awards of Clean Technology" Gala at The Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 17, 2009.
Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open Announces Three Winners
buildaroo.com | Nov 02, 2009
The Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open (CTO), an innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, announced the three winners of the inaugural clean tech business plan competition: Green Lite Motors (100 MPG Commuter Vehicle), Hydrovolts (In-Stream Hydro Power), and LivinGreen Materials (Advanced Solar Technology). The winning teams each received $50,000 in cash and in-kind services and will now participate in the national competition for up to $250,000 in cash and services next month in San Francisco.
Finalists unveiled at Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open
TechFlash | Denis DuBois | Oct 30, 2009
Cleantechies Schmooze With the Gov, Compete for Cash as Three Regional Finalists Go National
Xconomy | Luke Timmerman | Oct 30, 2009
Money may be tight for aspiring cleantech entrepreneurs in a downturn, but they got a little cash and some precious attention for their ideas last night. Gov. Chris Gregoire showed up to mingle at the ACT Theatre in Seattle with about a dozen entrepreneurial semi-finalists who were gathered to compete at the first Clean Tech Open business plan competition in the Pacific Northwest.
Green Lite Motors wins business plan competition
Portland Business Journal | Oct 30, 2009
New Sky turning waste to revenue
Boulder County Business Report | Lyla D. Hamilton | Oct 30, 2009
BOULDER - Like the idea of spinning straw into gold, it sounds too good to be true, but Deane Little, chairman and chief executive officer, believes New Sky Energy Inc. can deliver.
Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open Announces Regional Finalists
Seattle PI | Oct 30, 2009
The finalists are Green Lite Motors, Hydrovolts Inc., and LivinGreen Materials. I saw their 20-minute pitches at an investor forum before the gala, and all three are richly deserving of their prizes.
Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open Announces Three Winners
Earth Times | Oct 30, 2009
The Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open (CTO), an innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, announced the three winners of the inaugural clean tech business plan competition: Green Lite Motors (100 MPG Commuter Vehicle), Hydrovolts (In-Stream Hydro Power), and LivinGreen Materials (Advanced Solar Technology).
Cleantech Open winners get it done quick and cheap
Grist | Todd Woody | Oct 28, 2009
The annual California Cleantech Open startup competition is always a fun event to attend, because you just might be present for the debut of the Google of green energy or the General Motors of electric cars. Beyond that, the competition serves as a leading indicator of emerging green tech trends. And given that the Silicon Valley establishment judges the event, it’s an opportunity to gauge which way they see the wind blowing.
Bioplastics from Sewage? Cradle-to-Cradle Roofs? Cleantech Open Competition Announces 6 Innovative Finalists
Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Oct 26, 2009
The California Cleantech Open - one of the most influential cleantech competitions in the nation - has announced the finalists for this year's award. The top entrants in six categories, from energy efficiency to transportation - will vie for a grand prize, with the winner announced in November. Choosing a winner will be a tough job, as each of the entrants are start-ups with great ideas - turning raw sewage into bioplastic, cradle-to-cradle roof tiles, fuel-efficient long-haul trucks...
Porifera Garners ARPA-E Grant
Porifera was 2008 runner up in Air, Water & Waste.
 Department of Energy | Oct 25, 2009
Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Energy-Efficient Carbon Sequestration Porifera, Inc., (Hayward, CA) Inc will lead a team including the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that will integrate carbon nanotubes with polymer membranes to increase the flux of CO2 capture membranes by up to 100x.
Cleantech Open Names 6 Cali Finalists: Low Cost Is King
Earth2Tech/GigaOm | Josie Garthwaite | Oct 20, 2009
Entrepreneurs at today’s Cleantech Open Regional Awards event emphasized cost-cutting technologies and low capital needs for their next phase. Here are the six finalists and what their founders let slip about their strategy, cost-cutting efforts and technologies.
Startups vie for clean-tech awards
San Jose Mercury News | Dana Hull | Oct 20, 2009
Welcome to the Cleantech Open, which calls itself the "Academy Awards" of clean technology. The annual business competition, which has rapidly grown each year since its founding in 2006, is designed to "find, fund, and foster" the next big energy and environmental business plans. Each competing team — many of them graduate students or eager young entrepreneurs — works with mentors who help hone their business plans; judges then winnow the long list of entrants down to semifinalists.
Cleantech Open Announces 2009 California Finalists
IEEE Spectrum | Tekla Perry | Oct 20, 2009
Today in Palo Alto, Calif., the 2009 Cleantech Open honored six teams of entrepreneurs as California Regional Finalists. The competition began in 2005 as the California Cleantech Open. This is the first year the competition extended outside the state; the California winners will go on to compete with finalists from other regions.
Global Cleantech Open Shines Light on Innovation
Mouli Cohen | Oct 16, 2009
As a staple of this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, organizers of the first ever Global Cleantech Open -a wider scale version of the Cleantech Open – will award a $100,000 prize to the innovator who presents the best idea. The competition will be a spotlight which will help to “foster and encourage clean tech big ideas from forward-thinking entrepreneurs from around the world as well as accelerate the development of clean tech solutions at a grassroots level,” according to the dailygreen.com.
San Francisco To Host ‘Academy Awards Of Clean Technology’
Lockernome | Oct 16, 2009
On November 17, 2009, the Nob Hill Masonic Center will open its doors to thousands of cleantech industry professionals for the Third Annual Cleantech Open Grand Expo & Awards Gala. The event will commence with an exposition floor filled with over 120 cleantech companies, followed by a series of demonstrations and business plan pitches from Cleantech Open finalists.
Meet The Clean Tech OpenSemi-Finalists from Colorado
Colorado Energy news | David Hill | Oct 14, 2009
Later this month regional winners for the 2009 Clean Tech Open competition will be announced. Semi-finalists from the Rocky Mountains are competing for three regional prizes of cash and services worth $50,000. Similar competitions have been taking place in California and the Pacific Northwest, with the twelve regional winners facing off in a national competition in which they’ll be vying for the Grand Prize of $250,000 in cash and services.
Green entrepreneurs competing to turn ideas into profits
9NEWS | Jessica Zartler | Oct 04, 2009
For the third year in the country and first year in the Rocky Mountain region, the Clean Tech Open is choosing green business entrepreneurs to train with the top minds in the business.
Cote’s Colorado: Here comes the sun
Colorado Biz Magazine | Mike Cote | Oct 01, 2009
You can hear the enthusiasm in Bill Lowstuter’s voice and see it sparkle in his eyes as he describes how much power his Golden company’s solar panels produce and how much carbon dioxide they offset.
America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs
Humdinger Wind Energy, LLC was a 2007 finalist in Renewables.
 Inc. | Oct 01, 2009
Shawn Frayne, from 2007 Alumni Company Humdinger, is named one of the 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs Under 30
Armageddon Energy: Taking the Pain Out of Home Solar Systems
Triple Pundit | Deborah Fleischer | Sep 25, 2009
When you think of installing a solar system on your home, what is the first thought that comes to mind? It will cost too much? It will be complicated to install? Or perhaps, you like the idea, but think solar panels are ugly?
Sunflower at the Clean Tech Open
ColoradoBiz | Sep 25, 2009
Watch Sunflower discuss their Sundolier product!
A Global Ideas Competition Fosters Clean Tech Startups
TheDailyGreen | Sep 15, 2009
With three successful annual business competitions that have created 125 companies and 500 jobs under its belt, and the 2009 program well underway, the Cleantech Open is setting its sights on the global stage with the launch of the Global Cleantech Open.
Dick Franklin of the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open
ColoradoBiz | Sep 10, 2009
Watch a video of Co-Chair Dick Franklin as he explains the competition.
Rex O'Neal of the Cleantech Open
ColoradoBiz | Sep 10, 2009
ColoradoBiz Editor Mike Cote talks with attorney Rex O’Neal about why his firm is involved in the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open and the bright future for clean tech in Colorado.
Bill Lowstuter of Energistic Systems talks solar
ColoradoBiz | Sep 10, 2009
Bill Lowstuter of Energistic Systems is competing in the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open, a program that pits upstart companies in a race for venture capital funding and puts them in front of investors.
Stephen Miller of the Cleantech Open
ColoradoBiz | Sep 08, 2009
Stephen Miller, president/CEO of CleanLaunch, a startup incubator, talks with ColoradoBiz Editor Mike Cote about the Clean Tech Open and the search for the next generation of clean sustainable energy sources.
Competition guides new clean-tech companies to investors
MarketWatch | Sep 04, 2009
For clean technology startups to be successful, it takes more than a great green idea. It takes money, too. A business-plan competition, called the Cleantech Open, aims to help startups cover both bases, priming, prepping and packaging green technology startups into investor-ready businesses -- including a crucial game plan for turning a profit.
Clean tech thought leaders discuss the state of clean energy
San Francisco Examiner | Sep 03, 2009
Clean tech leaders gathered Tuesday in San Jose to participate in a discussion which was part of the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s Thought Leader series titled “Right Here, Right Now.”
Studies Show Adura Technologies Solutions Save 70 Percent on Lighting and Deliver Wirelessly on Demand Response
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Green.TMCnet.com | Aug 27, 2009
Two new studies show that Adura Technologies, which provides turnkey wireless lighting systems for existing buildings, can reduce energy use for lighting by 70 percent and meet utility company requirements for demand response.
Adura’s Wireless Lighting Can Save Energy Use By 70 Percent
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Earth2Tech | Aug 27, 2009
When I met with Adura Technologies, a 4-year-old wireless lighting management startup in San Francisco, in May, I wondered if it would be able to meet its ambitious plan of installing 100 million square feet of its wireless management systems by 2014. Well, if the company continues to churn out studies like the one it released this morning it could: Adura says that according to two studies its technology has been proven to reduce energy consumption from lighting by a whopping 70 percent.
Microvi Biotech gets first round of funding
Microvi Biotech Inc. was 2007 winner in Air, Water & Waste.
 San Jose Business Journal | Aug 27, 2009
Microvi Biotech Inc., which focuses on clean and waste-free water treatment technologies, said Wednesday it closed its first round of equity financing.
Why Clean Tech Start-Ups Should Bother Going Green
Ecopreneurist | Deborah Fleischer | Aug 25, 2009
I had the opportunity to be a sustainability coach to some of the Clean Tech Open semifinalists last week. The Annual Business Competition provides green mentoring and sustainability workshops to help clean tech entrepreneurs integrate sustainability into their business plans. And I found myself stressing the business case for why integrating green made business sense.
Business for Breakfast Interview
1060 AM Radio | Aug 25, 2009
Hear Dick Franklin on morning radio.
Awash in advice, clean-tech firms seek the prize
San Francisco Business Times | Cathy Proctor | Aug 24, 2009
Eleven clean-tech startup companies are spending the summer soaking up legal, financial and presentation advice as they aim for a grand prize of $100,000 in cash, $150,000 in in-kind services — and access to Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
Clean Tech Open: The Top Three Green Challenges for Start-Ups
Triple Pundit | Deborah Fleischer, Green Impact | Aug 21, 2009
A view of the Clean Tech Open from a Sustainability Coach's perspective.
Awash in advice, clean-tech firms seek the prize
Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Aug 21, 2009
Eleven clean-tech startup companies are spending the summer soaking up legal, financial and presentation advice as they aim for a grand prize of $100,000 in cash, $150,000 in in-kind services — and access to Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
Shorepower Interviewed on KUOW/NPR
KUOW/NPR | Aug 11, 2009
Listen to the interview with Shorepower 49:08 into the show.
Five Boulder-area firms semifinalists in Clean Tech Open
Boulder Daily Camera | Aug 10, 2009
Five area companies are semifinalists in a competition geared toward funding, educating and spurring job growth in the “cleantech” industry.
Boulder clean-tech firms advance in contest
Boulder County Business Report | Aug 06, 2009
Four clean-tech companies based in Boulder have advanced in the 2009 Clean Tech Open, a business-plan competition that includes more than $1 million in prizes.
Solar Startup LivinGreen Looks to Power Even Rainy Cities
Xconomy.com | Eric Hal Schwartz | Aug 05, 2009
Story covers the development of LivinGreen Materials, and the company inclusion in the Clean Tech Open, including the benefits of participating in the competition.
Autodesk debuts clean tech partner program
The Nation | Jul 26, 2009
At Clean Tech Open (CTO) Renewable Energy Symposium, Autodesk introduced the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program. The program awards "seed" grants consisting of free bundles of Autodesk software to early-stage, clean technology companies working to solve some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges.
Power Assure Raises Series A Funding and Announces New Management Team
Power Assure was 2008 winner in Smart Power.
 San Jose Mercury News | Jul 02, 2009
Power Assure™, Inc, a developer of power management solutions for data centers, today announced it has completed its Series A round of funding, raising $2.5 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and individual investors.
Two Richland firms are semifinalists in clean-tech contest
Tri-City Herald | Pratik Joshi | Jul 01, 2009
Two Richland companies are among 12 semifinalists in an ongoing business competition sponsored by investors and entrepreneurs to promote clean technologies, under the guidance of a California-based nonprofit. InnovaTek and NHThree will compete for three regional prizes of up to $50,000 in cash and in-kind services, and potentially for a similar national prize of up to $250,000.
Two local businesses named semi-finalists in regional Clean Tech Open
Pacific Northwest National Lab - Tri-Cities Tech Business Update | Jul 01, 2009
InnovaTek and NHThree, both based in Richland, Wash., have been selected as semi-finalists in the inaugural Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open competition. The competition seeks out early stage clean technology companies, and provides unique resources to empower these start-ups to become viable businesses.
June Colorado Cleantech Initiative Highlights Clean Tech Open
Rocky Radar | Jul 01, 2009
Where the Clean Tech Open differentiates itself from other business competitions is through “working more proactively with contestants.” This proactive approach includes a 3-day accelerator program (“business school in a weekend”), several business symposiums and pairing with mentors. CTO alumnae have a track record of success with the 125 competitors from the previous three years raising $140M in capital.
Cool Energy Selected As Semi-Finalist for Clean Tech Open
Solid State Technology | Jul 01, 2009
Cool Energy, Inc., developers of clean energy heat and power generating systems today announced it has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Clean Tech Open for the Rocky Mountain region. Cool Energy, along with other green companies, will now go on to compete for cash prizes and a national title.
Companies advance in Clean Tech Open
Portland Business Journal | Jun 26, 2009
Three Portland companies have reached the semi-final stage of the first ever Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open competition.
PNW Clean Tech Open Semifinalists Selected
SeattlePI.com | Dennis DuBois | Jun 26, 2009
The 12 semifinalists in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open were announced yesterday. The companies were chosen from a field of 56, with the next round of winners picked in September. Then these 12 will compete for three $50,000 regional prizes. By the end of this year they will have the chance to secure a $250,000 (cash and services) national prize.
Northwest companies make the cut in clean tech competition
KING 5 News / Northwest Cable News | ERIK SANDOVAL | Jun 26, 2009
Puget Sound Energy's Clean Tech Open is now whittled down to twelve semi-finalists.
Clean Tech Open Picks 12 Semifinalists
Xconomy.com | Gregory T. Huang | Jun 26, 2009
The Pacific Northwest chapter of the Clean Tech Open, a nonprofit organization, announced 12 semifinalists in its business plan competition at an event at Puget Sound Energy in Bellevue, WA, last week. The companies will compete for regional prizes of up to $50,000, and a national prize of up to $250,000. The semifinalists are Clarian Technologies, Extreme Caps, GoNano, Green Lite Motors, Hydrovolts, InnovaTek, LivinGreen Materials, NHThree, Pangreen, Shorepower Technologies, Soluxra, and Veranda Solar.
Clean Tech Open rewards 12 startups from the Northwest
TechFlash | John Cook | Jun 26, 2009
More than 150 people turned out last night in downtown Bellevue to watch as 12 companies were chosen to participate in the final rounds of the Pacific Northwest's Clean Tech Open. This is the first time that the national business plan competition -- which started in California and has assisted more than 100 companies get off the ground -- has held an event here.
Clean Tech Open Announces Finalists in Rocky Mountain Region
Altenergymag.com | Jun 26, 2009
Some of the Rocky Mountain region’s best and brightest clean tech concepts took a major step forward, as the Clean Tech Open (CTO) today announced the 12 regional semi-finalists in its clean tech business plan competition.
Autodesk Grants $15 Million to New Clean Tech Companies
SocialEarth | Jun 23, 2009
At the Clean Tech Open symposium on renewable energy on July 21st, Autodesk announced its Clean Tech Partner Program. A new initiative that awards up to 100 companies each nearly $150,000 dollars worth of Autodesk design support and software.
Governor Ritter challenges western states to a 'green' duel
KUSA 9News | Randy Barber | Jun 22, 2009
Governor Bill Ritter is hoping a competition for entrepreneurs will give Colorado the edge in what he's calling the "New Energy Economy."
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Issues Governor's Challenge
Denver Post Online | Jun 22, 2009
The Clean Tech Open is a partner in Governor Ritter’s 21st Century strategy to lead Colorado forward and establish the state as a national and international leader in the New Energy Economy, attracting thousands of new jobs and hundreds of new companies as Colorado leads the country toward a new energy future.
Ritter Champions Clean Tech at Capital
Colorado Energy News | Jun 22, 2009
Leaders of the Clean Tech Open joined Governor Bill Ritter at the Capitol this morning as he called for governors from the Rocky Mountain region and across the country to embrace the New Energy Economy and support entrepreneurs participating in the $1 million Clean Tech Open business competition.
Fifty Best Tech Startups
NiLA Inc. was 2006 runner up in Energy Efficiency, 2007 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 BusinessWeek | Aaron Ricadela | Jun 19, 2009
Clean Tech Open alumni company NiLA is featured in BusinessWeek and YouNoodle's list of 50 tech startups.
The 5 Best Cities for Cleantech Companies
Fast Company | Ariel Schwartz | Jun 12, 2009
Fast Company magazine reports on an article from PhysOrg: a list of the top five cities that offer opportunities for clean tech companies hunting for a home page. Guess what? Three of the five are cities where the Clean Tech Open already has a happy home.
2009 Clean Tech Open Announces Rocky Mountain Sponsors
PR-Canada | Jun 01, 2009
The Rocky Mountain chapter of the Clean Tech Open (www.cleantechopen.com), the nation's leading clean tech business competition, announced that it has received strong support from the region's business community, but is seeking additional sponsors for the competition.
Competition to promote clean technology
Tri-City Herald | Pratik Joshi | May 30, 2009
Overview of CTO with a specific look at various competitors from the Tri Cities, WA area.
2009 Clean Tech Open Announces Rocky Mountain Sponsors
DenverGrapevine.com | May 27, 2009
The law firm of Faegre & Benson is the Rocky Mountain region's lead Gold sponsor. They are joined by EKS&H, Hein & Associates, Van Gilder Insurance, KPMG and others to support the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open competition.
Clean Tech Open Executive Summary Seminar, Portland
Sustainable Industries | May 20, 2009
The Clean Tech Open will host its Executive Summary Seminar for local clean tech companies entering or interested in entering the upcoming business plan competition.
Energy Efficiency Symposium: Sexy and Thriving in These Times
San Francisco Tribe | May 19, 2009
With changing political and economic times, energy efficiency is grabbing more and more of the spotlight as a cost-effective solution to reducing energy and mitigating climate change.
Contest seeks clean tech inventors
Casper Star-Tribune | May 19, 2009
Inventors and entrepreneurs with clean technology ideas are invited to compete for cash and services in this year's Clean Tech Open.
Clean Tech Open Executive Summary Seminar, Seattle
Sustainable Industries | May 19, 2009
The Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition, will host its Executive Summary Seminar for clean tech companies interested in entering the competition. Local experts from venture capital, business, and law communities will be speaking at the seminar, providing hands-on mentoring and advice for contestants’ Executive Summary.
Cleantech Startup Offices Available in Redwood City, CA
Green VC | May 18, 2009
The Clean Tech Open (CTO) recently announced that it will be moving into new offices in Redwood City, California on June 1st. In addition, CTO announced that it will have five private offices available to their alumni and network on a first-come first-served basis.
Inventors & Entrepreneurs: Clean Tech Open Competition Comes to the Northwest
KNDO Kennewick | May 18, 2009
A clean energy competition is coming to the Northwest. It's called The Clean Tech Open Competition. Monday afternoon, leaders met with people interested at the Tri-Cities Business and Visitor Center. The group learned about the competition.
2009 Clean Tech Open Deadline is May 30
Green VC | May 18, 2009
May 30th is the deadline for the 2009 Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition that will provide more than $1 million in prizes for early-stage clean technology startups. Over the past three years, the Clean Tech Open has helped more than one hundred start-ups raise more than $125 million in funding.
Kennewick seminar on Monday targets business plan
Tri City Herald | May 16, 2009
Local innovators and businesses involved in clean technology are invited to attend a seminar Monday about entering a business plan competition. Clean Tech Open is presenting its Executive Summary Seminar at the Tri-Cities Business & Visitor Center from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bechtel Board Room, 7130 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick.
2009 CLEAN TECH OPEN MAKES FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
Earth Times | May 16, 2009
The Clean Tech Open (www.cleantechopen.com), the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, announced the deadline for entering this year’s competition is Saturday, May 30.
Unique Applications of Building-Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
Matter Network | May 15, 2009
Thanks to outdated design, buildings consume close to 70 percent of all U.S. energy, so it's not surprising that President Barack Obama's stimulus package includes $65 billion in funding and tax credits for green energy and energy efficiency
Students at Intel's Science Fair Show Off Incredible Eco-Focused Projects
treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | May 14, 2009
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, is underway this week, and a few of the 1,500 kids participating have come up with some great environmentally savvy science project. Where will these bright kids end up? "It's inspiring to see such clever, innovative and hard working young people get excited about the possibilities of clean technology. We need all the brain power we can get! Next we'll see them in the Clean Tech Open, creating a brilliant start-up, and then on to ruling the world."
In solar biz, simple and cheap are keys to success
GreenVolts was 2006 winner in Renewables.
 grist | Todd Woody | May 14, 2009
There is, it seems, always something new under the sun in Silicon Valley. Which is why I’m standing behind a chain-link fence at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus depot, wedged between the sprawl of tech giant Cisco Systems’ mile-long corporate campus and, incongruously enough, a mobile home park.
Adura Technologies Names Jack Bolick as CEO
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 TMCnet.com | May 14, 2009
Adura Technologies, a provider of turnkey wireless lighting systems for existing buildings, announced it named former Honeywell International, Inc. (HON) executive Jack Bolick as its new CEO.
Getting Solar Energy Cheap and Easy
Redwood Renewables was a 2007 finalist in Green Building.
Solar Red was 2008 runner up in Green Building.
Transoptic was a 2008 finalist in Energy Efficiency.
 Greentech Medi | May 14, 2009
Three startups looking for funds and talents pitched at a Clean Tech Open matchmaking event in Silicon Valley and promised to make solar energy more affordable.
Startups Race for Solar on the Cheap:
Redwood Renewables was a 2007 finalist in Green Building.
Solar Red was 2008 runner up in Green Building.
Transoptic was a 2008 finalist in Energy Efficiency.
 Earth2Tech | Josie Garthwaite | May 14, 2009
Startups Redwood Renewables, Solar Red and Transoptic pitched investors and potential customers at a Clean Tech Open matchmaking event this week, all promising to make solar power more affordable by cutting labor and material costs.
Entrepreneurism will pave recovery's path
Memphis Commercial Appeal | Steve Bares | May 13, 2009
Clean Tech Open's goal of creating 100K jobs is cited as an example of how entrepreneurs can ignite the country's economy: "The most promising path out of this current economic challenge is the path of the idea generators and those who support them."
Bay Area firms plug in utility-scale solar power
CoolEarth Solar was 2006 runner up in Renewables.
GreenVolts was 2006 winner in Renewables.
 San Francisco Business Times | Lindsay Riddell | May 10, 2009
Two Clean Tech Open alums are mentioned: Cool Earth Solar and GreenVolts. "The Bay Area is a hub for companies developing the technology for some of the world's largest projects that will harness the sun… …GreenVolts, whose modular, mirror-laden systems concentrate the sun onto highly efficient solar cells… For Livermore’s Cool Earth Solar, which has pioneered balloons that magnify the sun’s rays onto cells in the bottom of the balloons, the cheap cost of materials is a main advantage, said CEO Rob Lamkin. “We obviously think Cool Earth Solar is going to be (one of the leaders in utility scale solar) because of our materials utilization — we use a lot less material than anyone else — and we have a huge advantage in terms of our costs,” Lamkin said.
San Francisco-Based Adura Technologies Names Jack Bolick as CEO
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Silicon Valley Wire | May 07, 2009
Adura Technologies, a San Francisco-based developer of wireless lighting systems for existing buildings, on Thursday named Jack Bolick as its new CEO.
Cleantech Open Calls for Business Plan Entries by Northwest Contestants
Seattle PI | Denis DuBois | Apr 24, 2009
The Cleantech Open is expanding from its original California territory to the Pacific Northwest. The "PNW CTO" is a business plan competition for early-stage companies with clean technologies.
How early stage businesses and volunteers can get involved with the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open
Denver Sustainable City Examiner | Susanna Speier | Apr 23, 2009
The Clean Tech Open Rocky Mountain, a competition for early stage clean technology businesses, is hosting a Volunteer Rally on Friday, April 24th from 5-7p.m.
10 Reasons to Celebrate/Grouse About Greentech on Earth Day
New York Times | Katie Fehrenbacher | Apr 22, 2009
"business competitions like the California Cleantech Open are growing leaps and bounds"
Clean Tech Open cited in USA Today
USA Today | Jon Swartz | Apr 20, 2009
Clean Tech Open, a 3-year-old organization that provides entrepreneurs with training, mentoring and access to funding to start clean tech businesses in the U.S., has been responsible for creating more than 500 "green-collar" jobs at dozens of companies.
Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open Kick Off
Sustainable Industries | Apr 15, 2009
The Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open is a competition that provides entrepreneurs with the crucial business training, services and insights they need to go to market successfully.
Clean Tech Open Kicks Off Southern California Search for Next Generation of Clean Tech Startups
Alternative Energy Newswire | Apr 07, 2009
On Wednesday, April 8th, the Clean Tech Open will kick off a series of Southern California events with its first ever Breakfast Briefing in Orange County, bringing together clean tech entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and industry thought leaders for discussions on the future of the clean tech market.
Clean Tech Open Kicks Off Southern California Search for Next Generation of Clean Tech Startups, Offering $1M in Prizes
Ajax World Magazine | Apr 06, 2009
On Wednesday, April 8th, the Clean Tech Open will kick off a series of Southern California events with its first ever Breakfast Briefing in Orange County, bringing together clean tech entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and industry thought leaders for discussions on the future of the clean tech market.
Clean Tech Open Launching 2009 Pacific Northwest Business Competition
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network | Sarena Regazzoni | Apr 01, 2009
The Clean Tech Open Pacific Northwest Competition is off and running! The official launch event will take place on April 15th in Seattle. Teams with innovative clean tech ideas can enter the business competition now through May 30, 2009.
Contest on for new clean technology businesses
Oregon Live | Abby Haight | Apr 01, 2009
Northwest clean technology entrepreneurs with a good idea but strapped for cash are invited to enter the Clean Tech Open, where the right business plan could win tools, training and $50,000 in cash.
Biz plan competitions go green
John Cook's Venture Blog | John Cook | Apr 01, 2009
There's been a lot of chatter recently about how Washington state is missing the clean tech revolution. Now, Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs who specialize in smart grid, geothermal or other clean tech sectors will have a chance to strut their stuff.
Clean Tech Open to Create 100,000 Jobs
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Greenopolis | Mar 26, 2009
"Clean Tech Open" aims to create 100K green collar jobs
9NEWS | Jack Maher | Mar 25, 2009
As seen on 9NEWS 7 a.m.
More Money, More Jobs: Clean Tech Open Launches 2009 Competition
CoolEarth Solar was 2006 runner up in Renewables.
ElectronVault, Inc. was a 2008 finalist in Transportation.
Power Assure was 2008 winner in Smart Power.
RideSpring was a 2006 finalist in Transportation, a 2007 finalist in Transportation.
 EarthZine | Natasha Chen | Mar 25, 2009
Clean Tech Open, a business competition for green technology entrepreneurs, launched its 2009 contest on March 19, 2009 at San Jose city hall.
Venture capitalists evaluate ideas for startups
Parco Homes was a 2008 finalist in Green Building.
 San Francisco Chronicle | Deborah Gage | Mar 24, 2009
Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the valley, we asked Chronicle readers to send us their best ideas for startups, chose a dozen from more than 250 submissions, and ran them by some venture capitalists.
2009 Clean Tech Open: Green Business Idea Competition
Greener Ideal | Mar 23, 2009
A great opportunity for clean tech start-ups is returning this year, and it's giving green entrepreneurs the chance to win more than $1 million in prizes.
100K Jobs Challenge
IAmSacked | Jerry | Mar 21, 2009
Many times "Small is Big" if you put your heart to it. Here you go: heard of Clean Tech Open?
Clean tech entrepreneurs vie for funds, fame
GreenVolts was 2006 winner in Renewables.
 San Francisco Chronicle | Deborah Gage | Mar 20, 2009
An unusual contest for clean tech startups - the California Clean Tech Open - began its fourth annual challenge on Thursday, with more than $1 million in prizes and a challenge to create 100,000 new green jobs over the next five years.
Competition for business plan kicks off
The Denver Post | Mar 20, 2009
Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition, launched its fourth annual challenge for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, government agencies, universities and nongovernment organizations Thursday to create 100,000 clean-technology jobs in five years.
Clean Tech Open Expands to Northwest
Seattle Tech Report | Gregory Huang | Mar 20, 2009
The Clean Tech Open, a nonprofit based in Palo Alto, CA, announced today it is expanding its 2009 business competition to include cleantech entrepreneurs in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
4th Clean Tech Open Competition Officially Open - Bigger Money For Entrepreneurs This Year - Sign Up Soon
Lara Abrams Communications | Lara Abrams | Mar 20, 2009
For clean tech start-ups, especially given current market conditions, this Competition's a must-consider. And this year, the prize money just got bigger. Entrepreneurs will compete for more than $1 million in prizes.
The Other (Cheaper) Green Jobs Catalyst: Entrepreneurs & $1M Bait
Earth2Tech | Josie Garthwaite | Mar 19, 2009
Cal. Cleantech Open Goal: 100,000 Jobs Created by 2015
Greentech Media | Michael Kanellos | Mar 19, 2009
It's not just about prize money, people, the California Clean Tech Open said on Thursday as it unfurled the 2009 contest.
Clean Tech Open Calls for Entrepreneurs to Create 100,000 Green-Collar Jobs
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 MSNBC | MarketWire | Mar 19, 2009
The Clean Tech Open, the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, today challenged entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, government agencies, universities, and non-government organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Clean Tech Open's 100K Jobs Challenge -- to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.
$1 Million for Cleantech Ideas
SiliconBeat | Matt Nauman | Mar 19, 2009
Another year, another Clean Tech Open. Except the prizes keep getting larger, and isn't there a saying about money motivating creativity?
Clean Tech Open Calls for Entrepreneurs to Create 100,000 Green-Collar Jobs
Adura Technologies, Inc. was 2006 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 EarthTimes | MarketWire | Mar 19, 2009
he Clean Tech Open, the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, today challenged entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, government agencies, universities, and non-government organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Clean Tech Open's 100K Jobs Challenge -- to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.
Clean Tech Open stretches its reach, adds more prize money
ElectronVault, Inc. was a 2008 finalist in Transportation.
Focal Point Energy was 2008 winner in Renewables.
GreenVolts was 2006 winner in Renewables.
GroundSource Geo was 2008 runner up in Green Building.
 Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal | Lisa Sibley | Mar 19, 2009
Clean Tech Open Executive Director Rex Northen on Thursday unveiled the nonprofit's newest challenge - and it goes far beyond its initial endeavor of connecting entrepreneurs with a network of vendors and funding.
CLEAN TECH COMPETITION KICKS OFF IN SAN JOSE
KLIV CNN 1590 | Mar 19, 2009
An annual competition to promote clean technology has gotten off to a great start in San Jose. A number of startup companies will be participating in the California Clean Tech Open to get $100,000 worth of San Jose office space and other services to help them get off on the right foot.
San Jose partners with Clean Tech Open to provide free space at business center
San Francisco Examiner | Reenita Malhotra | Mar 17, 2009
The City of San Jose is getting even more serious about supporting Clean Tech businesses.

On Thursday March 19th, San jose Mayor Chuck Reed will announce the city's continued partnership with the California Clean Tech Open, an annual competition for clean tech entrepreneurs. The partnership will place top-ranked California competitors in San Jose's Environmental Business Cluster, the country's top incubator for environmentally oriented startups.
Clean Tech Innovators in Silicon Valley
The Examiner | John Oram | Mar 17, 2009
The Clean Tech Open is going into its fourth year of helping innovators launch their green ideas. Now, they are branching out from a California based organisation to the Midwest. Last year, there were six winners out of 125 entrants who took home $50,000 towards launching their projects.
The Hub of Green Inventions: Clean Tech Open
GroundSource Geo was 2008 runner up in Green Building.
NiLA Inc. was 2006 runner up in Energy Efficiency, 2007 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 EarthZine | Natasha Chen | Mar 17, 2009
GreenVolts inks $500K Department of Energy deal
GreenVolts was 2006 winner in Renewables.
 San Francisco Business Times | Mar 16, 2009
Solar power business GreenVolts Inc. will work with a government laboratory under a Department of Energy contract worth $500,000.
Mission Motors' "Mission One EV Sport Bike" Goes 150 mph... Looks Good During The Process.
Mission Motor Company was 2007 runner up in Transportation.
 NerdWithSwag.com | Feb 25, 2009
Clean Tech Competition Expanded Nationwide
SustainableBusiness.com | Feb 12, 2009
Clean Tech Open Goes National
Red Herring | Feb 10, 2009
Clean Tech Open launches 4th season
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal | Feb 10, 2009

2008

California Clean Tech Open winners hope for some green
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal | Dec 12, 2008
The Transformers - NovaTorque
Time | Dec 01, 2008
Environmental Business Cluster Companies Win California Clean Tech Open Top Awards
Environmental Business Cluster via PRWeb | Nov 14, 2008
Keeping Facebook From Frying
greentechmedia : blogs | Nov 14, 2008
5 Environmentally Friendly Entrepeneurs Get Awards - Invest now
Energy Tough Love Blog - Censys.org | Nov 12, 2008
Clean Tech Open 2008 Tees Up Six Winning Startups
GreenerBuildings | Nov 11, 2008
California Clean Tech Open Winners
Eco Geek | Nov 11, 2008
Solar Rig Brings Green Ice to Margaritaville
Wired Science | Nov 10, 2008
The Next Clean Tech Star?
Red Herring | Nov 10, 2008
California Clean Tech Open Winners Announced
Good Clean Tech | Nov 10, 2008
Big names, good times at bankers meetings in S.F.
San Francisco Chronicle | Nov 10, 2008
2008 California Clean Tech Open Awards Gala
Gunther Portfolio | Nov 09, 2008
A Fondue for Steel - Greentech on the Factory Floor
greentechmedia : blogs | Nov 07, 2008
6 green tech firms of the future
CNN Money Blogs - Green Wombat | Nov 07, 2008
Winners clean up at Clean Tech Open
San Francisco Business Times | Nov 07, 2008
Six Startups Win Cleantech Contest
greentechmedia | Nov 07, 2008
Clean tech hopes Obama will bring jobs
ABC News | Nov 06, 2008
Gala honors clean-tech start-ups
c|net news | Nov 06, 2008
Start-Up Cuts Water Purification Costs With Carbon Nanotubes
greentechmedia : blogs | Nov 06, 2008
There's money to be had for green tech aps
The San Francisco Chronicle | Oct 15, 2008
Making Energy-Saving Buildings
Forbes | Aug 06, 2008
13 Startups Working on Solar-Concentrating PV
Earth 2 Tech | Jul 31, 2008
California Cleantech Open, Pt. 2
greentechmedia : blogs | Jul 28, 2008
Future of Renewables Symposium @ Google
Hispanic-Net | Jul 26, 2008
Brainstorm Tech tackles Al Gore's energy challenge
CNN Money Blogs - Green Wombat | Jul 23, 2008
California Cleantech Open Event at Google, Pt. 1
greentechmedia : blogs | Jul 22, 2008
Finalists Picked For California Clean Tech Open
The San Francisco Chronicle : The Tech Chronicles | Jul 22, 2008
Clean Tech Open Announces Finalists
MatteR Network | Jul 22, 2008
The Cleantech Open
About.com : Socially Responsible Investing | Jul 22, 2008
Green Money
MetroActive | Jul 09, 2008
Green eyes to future
The San Diego Union Tribune | Jul 08, 2008
James Bond Gets a Greentech Co-Star
NiLA Inc. was 2006 runner up in Energy Efficiency, 2007 winner in Energy Efficiency.
 Greentech Media | Michael Kanellos | Jul 07, 2008
CEO Jim Sanfilippo gives us a demo of NiLA's new LED spotlight.
Countdown to the California Clean Tech Open
Ecopreneurist | Jun 11, 2008
Aurora BioFuels raises $20M
East Bay Business Times | Jun 10, 2008
Cleantech in the Developing World
Green Valhalla | May 14, 2008
10 Fixes For the Planet
Newsweek | Apr 14, 2008
S.J. mayor's solar challenge
The Mercury News | Apr 11, 2008
Filling Greentech's 'Early Stage Gap'
greentechmedia | Apr 10, 2008
Clean Tech Open Launches USA's Richest Clean Tech Business Competition
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal | Apr 10, 2008
Cleantech entrepreneur competition relocates to San Jose
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal | Apr 04, 2008
Launch of the 3rd Annual CA Clean Tech Open
EcoLiving Solutions | Mar 20, 2008
1-Solar Converts Inverters to Dollars
earth2tech | Feb 22, 2008