We're Raring to Go!

Did you hear the news? We're back! CleanStart has reopened as an independent nonprofit and is combining forces with Velocity Venture Capital’s Entrepreneurs Campus. All the familiar faces are back too. Gary Simon, who founded CleanStart in 2004, is at the helm as Chairman and Amber Harris is Program Director. Ken Bossung has also joined the team as a mentor. Check out our press release and this Sacramento Business Journal article by Mark Anderson for all the details.

Stay tuned for more details on our up-and-coming activities including the 2016 Entrepreneurs Showcase and the new Sacramento Region's Innovation Awards! Be sure to Bookmark our new website, and Like us on our Facebook Page!

"Our goals for the region over the next three years are to catalyze a dozen successful new companiy launches, to attract $25 million in new capital investment here, and generate 10,000 clean tech jobs. We want CleanStart to be an economic engine for the kind of growth we believe this sector can generate in California’s capital region."

--Gary Simon, Chairman

For Velocity Venture Capital's Entrepreneurs Showcase, the most promising technology startups from Northern CA are selected to engage in 10 weeks of intensive education and mentoring sessions in order to refine their business model, hone their pitches, and prepare to take the stage in front of investors on Demo Day. Application details will be announced soon -- stay tuned!

We launched the Innovator of the Year awards for CleanStart back in 2011 and we're thrilled that Stoel Rives LLP, along with the Sacramento Business Journal and Moss Adams LLP, is keeping the tradition alive! Nominations for six different categories, including Sustainability, are being accepted now through July 22. The sustainability category includes clean tech, energy, water, climate change adaptation, etc. You can review all the rules here and make your nominations online here.

Remember -- the deadline is July 22!
Nominate your favorite sustainability innovator now!