April, 2011

Are you an early-stage cleantech entrepreneur? Or are you a seasoned professional who is interested in giving back and helping cleantech entrepreneurs grow their businesses? Applications are now being accepted for entrepreneur Fellows and Mentors for the  SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program. We’re expanding the SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program to the Southeast and Appalachia as well as the Northern Mid-Atlantic and NYC Metro regions, to provide innovators with valuable resources and connections to grow their businesses and increase their positive impacts.

Applicants for both the Mentors and Entrepreneurs will be accepted on a rolling admission basis this year. To read more about the Northern Mid-Atlantic/NYC Metro Region program click here.  To read more about the Southeast/Appalachia program click here. To read more about Mentoring an Entrepreneur through the SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program click here.

Feedback from 2010 Entrepreneur Fellows:

“The program was very valuable. The opportunity to share experiences and solutions with other early stage CEOs and to learn from the mentors was incredibly valuable to our company as we started to grow.” Benjamin S. Parvey II, Blue Sky Power

“The network the program offered, both with the mentors and the other entrepreneurs was the most helpful aspect of the program. I believe that now that relationships have been established, there are opportunities to work together and stay in touch to share advice.” Kelly Sickles, Noveda Technologies

Progress of 2010 Cleantech Mentorship Program Entrepreneur Fellows:

• Noveda won a PSE&G award for solar monitoring and was recognized as New Jersey’s enviro-energy company of the year
• BlackGold Biofuels began producing biodiesel at its San Francisco waste water treatment plant, and was named a finalist in ImagineH2O’s Water Energy Competition, and won second place in Global Water Intelligence’s investment competition
• Pace Controls announced a large scale rollout for a major retail chain serving over 3.5 mm square feet of store space
• ThinkEco announced an agreement with Con Edison to develop and deploy energy-management technology for window air conditioners
• Ener-G-Rotors won 1st place at New Energy Technologies’ Clean Tech Business Plan Competition during the TechConnectWorld’s 2010 Conference

Thank you to our 2011 Sponsors of the SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program NYC Metro Region!

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors