CleanStart December News: Connex Investor Night, Global Entrepreneurship Week Recap, and More!

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Dear <<First Name>>,

In this month's issue, we highlight our first Connex Investor Night. Our featured company for December is Sustainable Technologies. We invite you to join us on December 17 for Startup Grind's Holiday Party, January 14 for Green Drinks and January 20 for our next CleanStart Meetup which will focus on Clean Mobility. And lastly, we've rounded up the latest clean tech news in our region so you can stay up-to-date! All the details are below.

Featured Blog Post

CONNEX Investor Night in Sacramento Features Clean Tech Startup Pitches

Four outstanding companies delivered clear, compelling, and high-quality presentations on their companies to a packed crowd of investors and supporters at our first CONNEX event, in collaboration with New Energy Nexus (formerly CalCEF). The presenting companies were MaxOut Renewables, BoxPower, Empow Lighting and Hank. Learn more about the event and the companies who presented on our blog. There was so much enthusiasm for the first one, we're planning a second for March 2020.

Upcoming Events

Partner Event: Startup Holiday Party
Hosted by Startup Grind
Tuesday, December 17, 6:30 pm
The Urban Hive in Sacramento
Tickets are $10.
Register

Green Drinks: Come Talk Environmentalism
In Sacramento
Tuesday, January 14, 6:00 pm
Big Stump Brewery in Sacramento
Come mingle with environmental enthusiasts!
Free to attend.
R SVP

Cleantech Meetup: Clean Mobility
Thursday, January 30, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Location TBD
Free to attend (donations welcome).
Register

Featured Company:
Sustainable Technologies

Necessity Gives Rise to a New Company
In 2006, a solar developer had a problem. It wanted to win the bid to cover the roof of the Staples Center in Los Angeles with PV panels. But like many arenas, the roof wouldn’t bear much weight and more importantly, the owner wanted to be sure the installation wouldn’t cause any leaks. Looking at all the conventional ways to secure PV panels to the roofs of commercial buildings, the developer could not find anything suitable. With no other option, the developer turned to its own engineers to design a new lightweight installation system appropriate for the curved roof. And it worked. They won the bid and after a decade, still no leaks. In fact, the system worked so well, they decided to make a business around it. That was the origin of Sustainable Technologies in North Natomas and its flagship product, the patented Facet Roof Mount. Read more on our blog.

The Blog

Global Entrepreneurship Week Ignites Sac State Students

Packed Crowd Hears about Rising Stars of Solar

Another Advance in Fast Charging, But Only Half the Story

SMUD Supports Clean Tech in Small Business

Funding

$13.5 million in funding Available Through Cal Energy Electric Program Investment Charge
California Energy Commission

Economic Gardening 2.0 program to scale companies that have 5 to 99 employees and revenues between $1M-50M.
City of Sacramento, Deadline 12/23

Cowo Campus Accelerator with $20K in prize money up for grabs
Applications open; Begins in March 2020

News

California Mobility Center beginning to take shape
Sacramento Business Journal

Turning Trash Into Energy --FastOx gasification could be the solution to our recycling crisis
Comstock's Magazine

Advanced energy storage technologies must be the new normal
Sacramento Business Journal

Why the Capital Region is ground zero for the mobility revolution
Comstock's Magazine

Cowo Campus unveils growth accelerator competition
Sacramento Business Journal

Electrify America to buy $11 million in electric buses for new UC Davis-Sacramento bus route
Sacramento Business Journal

EPA’s Answer to California’s Question Over Clean Car Rollbacks May Affect Commutes
Comstock's Magazine

North America's top lamb producer switches on solar array at Dixon processing plant
Sacramento Business Journal

Marrone Bio CEO Pam Marrone to retire
Sacramento Business Journal

Cleaner Air Partnership Explores Utilities and Electrification
CAP Technical Advisory Committee meeting video

California Energy Regulatory Report
Buchalter

Events
12/20 Trusting Self-Driving Cars - ACM Speaker Series Talk in Sacramento

1/22-23 Renewable Gas 360 Conference in Sacramento

Welcome our newest partner, Business Climate Leaders! They help American businesses understand and take action in shaping federal climate policy.

CleanStart Sponsors

Weintraub \| Tobin		Stoel Rives	Hacker Lab
BlueTech Valley	Buchalter	Moss Adams	PowerSoft.biz

College of Engineering & Computer Science at Sacramento State

For more information about our sponsors, visit cleanstart.org

Thank You to Our Valuable Partners
AgStart, Area 52, AWWEE, BlueTechValley,
Business Climate Leaders, California State University, Sacramento
Capital Region SBDC, ChicoStart, Davis Roots, Entrepreneurs Showcase
The Grant Farm, Green Drinks Sacramento, StartupSac, Sierra Energy Research Park
Startup Grind Sacramento. Valley Vision, Tech Futures Group
UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UC Davis Engineering Student Startup Center, UC Davis Venture Catalyst

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