Treat Water Like it Matters
Every day we take for granted that we have instant potable water at our fingertips. Maybe, we leave the water running for a shower a bit long or pour out a cup of water we couldn’t finish. We aren’t alone, many companies make small decisions that cause them to...
Engage the Community to Grow the Clean Tech Market
The theme of our September 26th meetup is the value of connecting with disadvantaged communities. We picked this theme because the clean tech community is bigger than most people realize. Typically people focus on communities that have significant excess capital that...
CleanStart Wraps up its first CEO Crash Course
Over the past month 10 companies have been participating in CleanStart’s CEO Crash Course. Learning the skills they need to accelerate their start up. Lead by Dan Wadhwani and Mehdi Khazael, the University of Pacific’s MBA program, attendees developed their...
Clean Tech Showcase this Fall
While you have been doing other things, a whole new group of cleantech startups have come on the scene in our region. Want to come see what they are doing? You’re in luck. On October 9, CleanStart and BlueTech Valley are having the Central Valley Cleantech Showcase...
Greyrock Energy Takes Two Important Steps
Momentum is building behind Greyrock Energy, our local gas-to-synthetic liquids pioneer. First, they closed on a follow-up equity investment in May from AP Ventures. Their first investment was from Anglo American Platinum, based in South Africa. AP Ventures is a...
Welcome Osato
CleanStart has a new face supporting the region’s Entrepreneurs. Osato Evbuomwan is a CSU Sacramento Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student who is the newest associate at CleanStart. Growing up in Nigeria with smog from backup diesel/ gasoline generators inspired...
CalSEED Awards 7 Central Valley Companies $150,000 each, 3 in Davis
Funded by the Energy Commission, the California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) Initiative handed out $3.75 million to 25 companies across the state to develop their concepts for new clean energy products. (See the Press Announcement.) Of...
CalSEED recipients announced, Repurpose and ZYD win!
