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SJF Speakers Circuit
Arrun Kapoor will be speaking at the Green Capital Empire's event on Financing, Scaling and Exiting in Green Tech on October 2, 2012 in NYC at the Rosenthal Pavilion in Washington Square Park and Green Breakfast Club on September 14 at the New York Public Library.
David Kirkpatrick will be speaking on impact investing at the TBLI Conference Europe in Zurich on November 8-9, 2012. Kirkpatrick will also be speaking on alternative investment opportunities at the SRI conference on October 2-4 in Connecticut. He will be attending the CED Tech Conference in Raleigh on September 11 and Solar Power International in Orlando on September 12-13.
Anne Claire Broughton will be speaking on best practices in employee engagement on a Green Plus webinar titled Employee Engagement for 21st Century Success on Wednesday, September 26 at 2 PM.
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"Cleantech": What's in a Word?
At SJF Ventures this summer, we have been debating the words we use for our investment strategy. After more than a dozen years, three funds and 35 portfolio companies, our strategy is more refined than ever. However, we are encountering confusion or negativity around the word "cleantech", particularly among U.S. institutional limited partners. To better articulate SJF's investment strategy and distinguish it from the capital-intensive, deep technology development and IPO-reliant 'cleantech' approach of large funds, SJF will be publishing a series of articles this fall. We welcome your feedback on our first installment which deals with the disenchantment with the 'cleantech' theme by some and how it echoes previous energytech and envirotech investment cycles.
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 Join us at the Investors' Circle Fall 2012 Venture Fair & Forum, Oct 24-25, NYC
Investors' Circle (IC), is a 20-year-old network of angel investors and funds focused in financing and scaling exceptional positive impact companies. IC merged with the SJF Institute in 2011. The organization will be presenting a conference on October 24 and 25 in NYC. Thought leaders including Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder of B Lab; Luther Ragin, CEO of GIIN; Jigar Shah, former CEO of the Carbon War Room and of SunEdison; Melissa Bradley, CEO of Tides; and others will be speaking. The venture fair received more than two hundred applications from companies seeking capital. The top 12 will pitch at the event, and a total of 40 companies will be featured in an entrepreneurial showcase. A limited number of "Early Bird" spots exist. Use code F12VFFEB and save $200 today. This event is expected to sell out and registration prices go up September 7.
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SJF Portfolio Companies in the News
 eRecyclingCorps continues to expand collections of mobile devices at carrier stores in the US and increasingly across Europe. A recent story by CNN highlights the company's innovative model for recovering and reusing handsets.
 Community Energy and groSolar have developed and are completing construction on the largest solar PV plant in Pennsylvania . The 6 MW (DC) solar plant in Lancaster County will include 20,000 solar modules that will generate about 7.5 million kilowatt hours per year of solar generated electricity.
 BB Hobbs expands into Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI). BB Hobbs has pioneered drip irrigation and liquid fertilizer systems for vegetable and fruit crops through the Southeast and internationally, increasing yields and decreasing input. Now the firm is using SDI to improve results for large scale row crops.
 FieldView Solutions became the first company to receive financing through the state of New Jersey's new Edison Innovation Green Growth Fund (EIGGF). FieldView Solutions received a $1 million growth capital loan allocation to advance its energy efficient products in New Jersey.
MediaMath was ranked #271 in Inc. Magazine's list of 5,000 fast growing private companies in the United States. In August, MediaMath also took another step towards extending its capabilities across multiple types of media by announcing a major partnership with Nielson.
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Impact Capitalism Charlotte, Sept. 25
This event will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 from 9 am to 1 pm at the Foundation For The Carolinas in Charlotte. SJF Ventures will be presenting at the event, and Investors' Circle is a sponsor. Attendees primarily will be decision-makers with investable assets interested in achieving superior financial, environmental and social returns from their capital. Janet Cowell, the current Treasurer of the State of North Carolina (and previously with SJF Ventures) will be the keynote speaker. For more information, please visit Impact Capitalism Charlotte.
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SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high-growth, positive impact companies. SJF has a twelve-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 $7 million. SJF Institute is an associated nonprofit that connects, inspires and accelerates impact 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. Investors' Circle, (an affiliate of SJF Institute), is a network of angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations and family offices that are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. IC has propelled $152 million plus $4 billion in follow-on investment into 255 enterprises and funds dedicated to improving the environment, education, health, and community.
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