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At the Clean Tech Open in San Jose last week, The Real Story met and spoke with John Eichinger, the COO of Filtration Dynamics. John likened the value of water in the 21st Century to that of oil in the 20th Century, and gave us some insight into [...]
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Among the major breakthroughs that the clean technology movement can be credited with are several that take on the problem of water pollution. Visiting theClean Tech Open last week in San Jose, The Real Story talked to Sharad Hajela, Chief Science Officer, and Alison Wellsfry, Product Development, [...]
Startups involved in renewable energy, electric vehicles, water and waste management, energy efficiency, the smart grid and green building exhibited what they hope will be the next big thing in clean technology at the first national conference of Cleantech Open.
Businesses that were competing in, or had previously competed in, the nonprofit organization’s national business competition [...]
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The Real Story attended Clean Tech Open in San Jose last week, and talked to Danny Gilliland from Driptech, the manufacturer of low-cost drip irrigation systems for farmers in developing countries.
The idea behind the Driptech system, which runs creates water pressure from the gravity inside an oil drum, [...]
ViaCycle, a startup spun out of the Georgia Institute of Technology, aims to take the idea of bike-on-demand networks, strip out the pricey infrastructure, amp up the location-based services, and deliver a system that will let universities and municipalities implement bike sharing programs with more flexibility and lower cost.
The company, a semifinalist in this year’s [...]
The future of niche commuter-mobiles is now, and Oregon’s Green Lite Motors is innovating the way with a sleek three-wheeled hybrid vehicle that right-sizes the commuter car
An idle mind is the devil’s workshop, unless that mind belongs to double Stanford graduate Tim Miller. In his case, Oregon and urban commuters could soon benefit from his [...]
Clean-tech entrepreneurs in Wisconsin are eligible for funding through a business competition, the Cleantech Open, that has expanded into the Midwest.
The largest business competition for inventors and entrepreneurs clean technology has opened a competition in the North Central region, including Wisconsin and five other states. Past alumni from the program have raised $65 million in venture capital so [...]
The Cleantech Open, the world’s largest cleantech business competition, has helped launch successful startups like Cool Earth Solar, Adura Technologies, and BuildFast. Now Cleantech Open alums are getting more love than ever as the competition announces that two 2009 finalists–Micromidas and Ecofactor–have secured venture capital funding. Cleantech Open alums have also scored a record $65 [...]
Contest helps companies find investors, hone ideas
Venture funding is still hard to come by for clean technology startups in the Northwest. But new funding opportunities do exist if companies know where to find them, said John Martin, operations chair of Cleantech Open Northwest.
Cleantech Open Northwest is one organization that aims to help clean-tech [...]
Micromidas has just completed its first major round of funding, having raised $3.6 million. The funds will be used to deploy their technology at the pilot scale.
Micromidas, based in West Sacramento, develops and scales environmentally benign biological and chemical processes that produce valuable chemical and material commodities from waste biomass. The first Micromidas application for [...]
