Welcome New Associates!
CleanStart would like to welcome Qidong Jia and Kate Newton as our newest Associates. They will be working on blogs, company profiles and CleanStart Events!
Kate is a recent graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and has a strong background in entrepreneurship and global politics. After helping launch an AgTech startup on the central coast, Kate is back in her hometown looking to take her experience into the world of Cleantech and help grow the Sacramento region.
Qidong recently graduated from UC San Diego and has a B.S. in Managerial Economics. His multicultural background helps companies approach problems from new perspective. He is also a fellow at Impact Venture Capital where his passion of understanding new technologies that could change the world helps both Impact and CleanStart make a difference. Check out his blog on Integrated Comfort.
We are excited that they both are working with us to make a difference in the region for CleanStart!
We would also like to thank Cameron Law, our last Associate, who has become the new Executive Director at Social Venture Partners in Sacramento. We look forward to continuing working with him as his career develops.
You can reach Qidong at <qidong@cleanstart.org> and Kate at <krnewton@cleanstart.org>.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas is the Executive Director of CleanStart. Thomas has a strong background in supporting small businesses, leadership, financial management and is proficient in working with nonprofits. He has a BS in Finance and a BA in Economics from California State University, Chico. Thomas has a passion for sustainability and a commitment to supporting non-profits in the region.
Sponsors
Weintraub | Tobin, Revrnt, Moss Adams, PowerSoft.biz, Greenberg Traurig
Crowdfunding Wrap Up
We were able to raise $2500 more than we did in in 2017 in half the time. We Raised $10,749 with offline donations included. We want to thank you for your support whether you donate or just shared our event. We look forward to bringing you future Workshops, Meetups, Mentor ships, and Collaboration with the region. 2018 is going to be a banner year for CleanStart so please follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
We would like to personally thank each of our donors!
Thank you to our:
Champion Donors:
Dan Koellen and Terzo Power Systems
They all will receive two tickets to our 2018 networking events and California Sunlight’s Solar Square!
Our Supporter Donors:
Jack Crawford, Terry Carlone, Virgil John White, Roger Akers, Aldyn Hoekstra, Bill Northrup, Mark Henwood, and Tom & Meg Stallard.
They all will receive a Solar Puff for their support.
Our Friends that donated:
Ken Pearson, Ezra Beeman, Jeff Bennett, Fattie Nguyen, J.D. Stack, James R Shetler, Al C. Rich, George Kahn, Steve Mills, Nicole Biggart, and Rob White
The rest of the community that showed their support:
Ashley Rich, Amber Harris, Jed Shapiro, Betty Chiang, Randy Cunningham, Rachel Callison, and Kathryn Hart
We would also like to thank the 11 anonymous online and offline donors who donated over $6000! They requested to remain anonymous, but we want them to know we appreciate it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas is the Executive Director of CleanStart. Thomas has a strong background in supporting small businesses, leadership, financial management and is proficient in working with nonprofits. He has a BS in Finance and a BA in Economics from California State University, Chico. Thomas has a passion for sustainability and a commitment to supporting non-profits in the region.
Sponsors
Weintraub | Tobin, Revrnt, Moss Adams, PowerSoft.biz, Greenberg Traurig
ARB and CEC opportunities for a Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! CEC and CARB making over $750 million available for clean transportation projects
If you have some innovative clean transportation technologies that can be used in a project to reduce reduce GHG and air pollution emissions, take a look at a couple of funding announcements that came out at the end of the year. They provide a great “heads-up” on where opportunities will be in 2018.
The whopper is from the California Air Resources Board, which has allocated $663 million to fund clean car, truck, and bus projects in the coming year. See this link to read the details. The money is targeted mostly to provide subsidies to those who want to buy clean transportation equipment, with about $400 million focused on freight trucks and buses. There is also an objective to fund projects that benefit disadvantaged communities. If you can come up with an idea that fits these objectives and helps you commercialize or deploy your technology, give this funding notice a look.
The California Energy Commission is obligated to devote $100 million per year to alternative and renewable fuel technology for transportation and has released its plan for allocating that money. See this website. Some of the solicitations under this plan have already been issued, with deadlines for proposal at the end of January. The projects they have in mind deal with hydrogen refueling infrastructure, with making renewable hydrogen, with uses of natural gas in vehicles, and with electric vehicle recharging infrastructure in disadvantaged communities. This CEC money is a bit more on the R&D side, but also favors projects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary Simon is the Chair of CleanStarts Board. A seasoned energy executive and entrepreneur with 45 years of experience in business, government, and non-profits.
Jack and Gary Discuss CleanTech
Jack Crawford, General Partner at Impact Venture Capital, talks with Gary Simon about the future of CleanTech, Sacramento and Fundraising.