SJF Institute, in partnership with Appalachia Regional Commission, is proud to announce an exciting opportunity for Appalachian-based cleantech entrepreneurs to participate in the SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program. All early stage entrepreneurs located within the Appalachia region helping to grow businesses serving the fields of energy & efficiency, recycling & waste, sustainable agriculture, water management, green building, environmental services and other related cleantech fields are encouraged to apply.
Entrepreneurs will join a select network of cleantech leaders and accelerate the growth of their company by learning from experienced mentors and subject matter experts. Accepted 2011 Mentors are comprised of cleantech corporate leaders, venture capitalists, business development consultants and seasoned CEO’s which include: Manoj Bhatia, Director of Smart Grid Partner Alliances for GE; Matthew Nordan, VP of Venrock; Govi Rao, CEO of Noveda Technologies and Dan Hoversten, Managing Partner of Hoversten Capital Partners. Also see the complete list of mentors from the 2010 NYC Cleantech Mentorship program.
The program is designed to engage entrepreneurs and mentors in an online community that provides resources and support through virtual interactions, conferences calls and webinars. Entrepreneurs will receive specific business feedback, learn about capital raising and build connections from a community of mentors located throughout the East Coast. The deadline for application to the 2011 Cleantech Mentorship Program – Appalachia is September 12th.
For more information about the Cleantech Mentorship Program and the SJF Institute, please visit www.sjfinstitue.org or email mentorship@sjfinstitute.org.
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
