The party’s over, for now, when it comes to raising private capital for carbon-reducing technologies with a long onramp to profitability — and it shows in the array of regional finalists announced this morning for the Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition that has helped Aurora Biofuels, Lucid Design Group Systems and more than [...]

The annual California Cleantech Open startup competition is always a fun event to attend, because you just might be present for the debut of the Google of green energy or the General Motors of electric cars.
Beyond that, the competition serves as a leading indicator of emerging green tech trends. And given that the Silicon Valley [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — On November 17, 2009 the Nob Hill Masonic Center will open its doors to thousands of cleantech industry professionals for the Third Annual Cleantech Open Grand Expo & Awards Gala. The event will commence with an exposition floor filled with over 120 cleantech companies, followed by a series of demonstrations and business [...]

Six teams represent the best of California cleantech. Each team has won a prize worth $100K, and is entered into the national competition, Grand Prize winner to be announced November 17.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—October 21, 2009: The Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.com) has announced the winning teams in the California region of the world’s biggest cleantech business plan [...]