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Do you know a Cleantech Entrepreneur or Want to Help One?
The Green Jobs Award program identifies, celebrates, and promotes entrepreneurial innovators from across the country that are leaders in quality green job creation. The deadline for nominations is May 31, and the deadline for applications is June 15. Nominate your own or another company today!
The SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program provides a unique opportunity for cleantech entrepreneurs across the Northern and Southern Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Appalachia region to accelerate the growth of their business with access to resources and a nationwide network of experienced entrepreneurial and industry leaders. Apply today to be an Entrepreneur or Mentor!
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Portfolio Company Updates
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Cleantech Portfolio Company Updates
Energy
Community Energy, Inc. announced the sale of a 7.8 MW solar project in Vineland, NJ, to Constellation Energy. The 40-acre project was brought together quickly by Community Energy's experienced team, acting in partnership with the City of Vineland and Constellation Energy. Community Energy also announced a 15-year agreement to sell to Exelon Generation power and renewable energy credits from a 6 MW solar project in Lancaster County, PA, the largest in the state.
FieldView's Chief Strategy Officer, David Schirmacher, provides an in-depth analysis of energy and environmental considerations for data center management. The complete DataCenterPost article is available here.
GroSolar is constructing several large solar arrays, including a 1.5 megawatt array for Clean Harbors to help clean groundwater at a landfill site in New Jersey and a 1.5 megawatt solar field at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. GroSolar sold its residential division to SolarCity in February and is focusing on large-scale commercial installations and distribution.
Materials Reuse and Recycling
CleanScapes has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide recycling and solid waste removal services for the City of Des Moines, WA. The contract continues the ongoing expansion for CleanScapes, which Inc. Magazine in 2010 named the fastest growing environmental services company in the United States.
eRecyclingCorps is proud to be the enabling partner of the Sprint Buyback Program which CNET recently identified as the "Best Option" to trade-in your phone "beat(ing) its rivals in ways to put an old phone out to pasture." eRecyclingCorps also proudly supports the Lifeline Cell Phone Program which provides almost 15M families the option of having a free cell phone and service based on financial need.
Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Rustic Crust announced that CEO Brad Sterl is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 New England finalist. The company produces and sells its own line of organic, all natural and gluten free pizza crusts as well as the American Flatbread pizza brand. For a recent overview of Rustic Crust provided by Brad Sterl, please see this video.
BB Hobbs recently began its second large fertigation project in Angola, Africa, helping residents there grow food products with higher water efficiency. The company is a leader in drip irrigation and liquid fertilizer systems for vegetable and fruit crops.
Technology-Enhanced Services Portfolio Company Updates
Digital Media
MediaMath announced that it has received a second straight OnMedia 100 award. The OnMedia 100 is AlwaysOn's annual list of the top 100 private digital media companies in the United States. As part of this award, MediaMath was recognized for creating the demand-side platform industry.
ServiceChannel was named 2011 national Vendor of the Year by the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association for exemplifiying excellence in retail facilities management. ServiceChannel provides a platform that retail facilities managers can use to identify, register, manage and pay service contractors.
Business Services
Telkore was nominated for Technology Company of the Year in Central Pennsylvania. TECHQuest writes of the communication tower services company, "Telkore's real success is in its quality employees on the ground and in the air."
ED MAP, a leader in providing educational institutions with curriculum technology and services, recently signed on National University as a new client and converted multiple clients from print to digital curricula.
ED MAP will be sponsoring a Beach Boys concert at the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities 2011 Convention on June 7th in Grapevine,
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SJF Ventures Releases 2011 Positive Impacts Report
SJF has released its annual Positive Impacts Report, which summarizes and profiles positive social and environmental impacts made by SJF Ventures' portfolio companies. In 2010, SJF portfolio companies employed over 7,000 individuals; helped prevent over 1.5 million metric tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere; recycled over 96,000 tons of materials; and provided numerous other consumer, environmental, community and employee benefits. Please click here for the full report. |
 Upcoming CleanLinks events in Raleigh-Durham and NYCSJF will be hosting its next CleanLinks RTP event tomorrow, May 24, in Raleigh, NC. The event features a great panel of speakers who will cover topics around Raising Your Smart Grid IQ: Companies Discuss Opportunities and Challenges for Growth. Panelists include: Manoj Bhatia, Director SmartGrid Strategic Alliances, GE Digital Energy; Pete Curtice, Senior Director of Client Solutions, OPower; John Espey, COO, Nexgrid; Luke Fishback, CEO, Plotwatt; Jim Ingraham, Vice President of Strategic Research, Chattanooga Electric Power Board. Register here for the RTP CleanLinks event.
SJF will also be organizing a CleanLinks NYC event on June 1 hosted at SNR Denton's offices in Midtown. This event will bring in experts from the field to discuss Understanding Corporate Cleantech: Strategic Partnerships, Investments, and Exit. Panelists include: Mike Majors, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture Capital, Michael Molnar, Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors; Bruce Usher, Former CEO, EcoSecurities and EIR, Columbia Business School. Register now for the NYC CleanLinks event as seating will be limited. |
Upcoming Industry Events
 Impact Investing Summit
Dave Kirkpatrick will be speaking at this Summit being led by the U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. State Department, the Kellogg School of Management and other leading institutions.
TechConnect's Clean Technology Conference & Expo
June 13-16, 2011, Boston
In partnership with Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), this three day event matches innovative solutions to real world challenges in the sectors of clean technology, bioscience and nanotechnology. |
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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 an eleven-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 tech-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 Institute is an affiliated nonprofit that connects, inspires and accelerates sustainable entrepreneurs and the fields that support them. 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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