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SJF Portfolio Company News
MediaMath included in Yahoo Pilot. Yahoo is opening its advertising slots to demand side platforms and has chosen MediaMath to participate in the pilot. Read news story.
FieldView hires top industry exec. FieldView Solutions has hired David Schirmacher, former Goldman Sachs Global Head of Engineering and Critical Systems, to be the company's new Chief Strategy Officer.
Salvage Direct wins new Avis business. Avis Budget Group will use Salvage Direct's leading auction platform, to sell its vehicles to buyers worldwide. Read more...
groSolar and Zep Solar offer installer training week. During National Zep Week, April 19-23, groSolar and Zep will train solar installers in 12 cities on a new solar mounting system that dramatically reduces installation times and costs.
Ryla provides call center solutions for the U.S. 2010 Census. Read more...
ED MAP recently completed a major technology upgrade allowing for universities and their students to more seamlessly order digital and print curriculum nationwide.
BB Hobbs' CEO, Bryan Hobbs recently traveled overseas to Angola to design and upgrade a drip irrigation and liquid fertilizer solution for a large growing operation. The company's innovative 'fertigation systems' have a record of nearly doubling vegetable and fruit crop yields with less water and fertilizer inputs. | |
 SJF Ventures Launches New Website The new site includes all the latest SJF news and events, including the latest VC insights and regional cleantech resources posted on our new blogs. SJF Venture's allied non-profit, SJF Advisory Services, will be launching its new dedicated website in the coming months allowing both entities to better highlight their respective activities. |
Save the Date: SJF Summit on the New Green Economy, September 14 -15, 2010 Plan to join us in 2010 as we share inspiring successes and practical tools to build the green economy! Last year's SJF Summit was an extraordinary, high-energy gathering of over 350 attendees representing entrepreneurs, investors, communities, and policy makers. Read more.
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 Five Funds Forum, Europe Trip Highlights
Dave Kirkpatrick and Arrun Kapoor recently returned from an exciting trip to Europe where they travelled with four other funds to meet with investors interested in cleantech and sustainability. A Five Funds Forum is planned for the U.S. in early June. |
 Successful Kick-Off for Cleantech Mentorship Program and CleanLinks The 2010 SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program, supported by Citi Foundation, kicked off with a welcome event and reception on February 24. The next Cleantech Mentorship event was held on April 1 and included discussion on methods for creating a simple, actionable strategic plan. See the list of mentors and mentees participating in the 2010 program.
 Both NYC and RTP held successful happy hour networking events last month under the new name, CleanLinks with over 400 cleantech business professionals attending between the two venues. The next CleanLinks event in RTP will be on May 11 at Tosca in Durham. Please see the CleanLinks website for more details and to register. |
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In March, Dave Kirkpatrick spoke at the Wall Street Green Trading Summit in NYC and moderated an energy panel on Emerging Opportunities in Green Energy and Energy Efficiency for the ACG Raleigh-Durham Chapter. For a recap on themes involved in these discussions, please see the SJF blog post on CleantechInvesting.com. Kirkpatrick will also be speaking at the Global Innovations in Energy conference April 20-21 at UNC in Chapel Hill. David Griest spoke at the Hawaii Venture Capital Summit on March 11 and also attended the DistribuTECH conference in Tampa later that month. Griest will be attending the Philadelphia Angel Venture Fair on April 6 as well as the Crossroads Venture Fair in CT on May 5 & 6.
On March 20-21, Cody Nystrom participated as a judge in the 5th Annual Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition at the UNC Kenan-Flager Business School. Nystrom also spoke on Green Investing at the CDVCA Annual Conference in New Orleans as well as on a Panel for Women Entrepreneurship in Richmond, VA. Nystrom participated on the Energy and Environment Selection Committee for the Spring Investors' Circle Venture Fair and she will attending the IC conference in San Francisco on April 19-20. Anne Claire Broughton will be attending the 12th Annual Inner City 100 Awards Dinner on May 5 in Boston. Bonny Moellenbrock has been named to the Developed Markets Standards Advisory Council for development of Global Impact Investing Ratings System (GIIRS) of the Global Impact Investment Network.
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Register now for Investors' Circle Spring Conference
 SJF is a proud sponsor of Investors' Circle, a network comprised of angel investors, venture capitalists, foundations, family offices and others who are using private capital to accelerate business growth in a sustainable economy. Their next conference will be April 18-20 in San Francisco. Please visit their website for more details and to register. |
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About SJF |
SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high-growth, positive impact companies. SJF has a ten-year successful record of assisting visionary and talented management teams in building industry-leading firms. SJF provides strong expertise and networks in the cleantech, sustainability and technology enhanced services sectors. SJF Ventures aligns best with companies generating $1 to $20 million in revenue seeking expansion equity capital of $1 to $5 million. SJF Advisory Services is an affiliated nonprofit that provides entrepreneurial assistance, trainings and research. Over the last ten years, SJF has assisted 1,500 entrepreneurial companies through workshops and direct advisory services. SJF has offices in Durham, NC, New York, and San Francisco and invests throughout the U.S.
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