ENERGIZING NORTH CAROLINA’S FUTURE: 2010 Economic Outlook Luncheon & Policy Forum Monday, May 17, 2010, 11:30 – 2 pm McKimmon Training & Conference Center, Raleigh, NC Click here to view the full agenda and register. Walk up registration will be permitted although space is limited so not guaranteed. The event, which is hosted by the NC... [Read More]
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NC’s 2010 Economic Outlook Luncheon, May 17
May 12th, 2010CleanLinks RTP Event, May 11
May 9th, 2010SJF Ventures and the Council for Entreprenuerial Development (CED) invite you to attend their next CleanLinks happy hour event on Tuesday, May 11 at Tosca in Durham. Come out and enjoy an evening of social networking with other North Carolina business professionals in the fields of cleantech, renewable energy and other clean indutry sectors. When: Tuesday,... [Read More]
Support for angel investing, a clean energy bill, and the CDFI Fund – SJF letter to Congress
April 14th, 2010April 14, 2010 Senator Kay Hagan 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Hagan, I am writing to share SJF Ventures perspective on 1) Risks to angel investing and entrepreneurship from provisions in Senator Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill; 2) The need for a strong energy and climate bill and 3) support for... [Read More]
NC State Hosts Renewable Energy Discusssion, April 26
March 31st, 2010Monday, April 26, 4-6 PM NC State’s Stewart Theater 1202 Cates Ave Raleigh, NC 27695 Author Wendy Williams will lead a discussion entitled Renewable Energy: Engineering, Public Policy and Social Issues. The discussion will center on renewable energy in North Carolina, and the policies and processes involved in its generation and distribution. See this... [Read More]
Carbon Footprinting Training, March 23-24 in NYC
March 22nd, 2010The traninig session will cover the basics of life cycle product carbon accounting using Footprint Expert™, an Excel-based tool developed by the Carbon Trust to help companies quickly and easily generate robust carbon footprints for their products and services. The Footprint Expert™ toolkit enables globally comparable and credible carbon footprints to be calculated by providing... [Read More]
ACG Breakfast in RTP, 3/25 – Emerging Opportunities in Alternative Energy
March 18th, 2010Emerging Opportunities in Green Energy and Energy Efficiency, March 25, 7:30 – 9:00 am, Sheraton Imperial, $50 The Green Energy space has many sectors – solar, wind, biofuel, waste to energy, transport, energy efficiency and smart grid technologies – all of which offer opportunity for public and private investment alike. Listen to a panel of NC companies discuss the... [Read More]
Two Cleantech VC Strategies: ‘Today Markets’ & ‘Tomorrow Markets’
March 18th, 2010I am speaking at the Wall Street Green Trading Forum next week and tried to work up a fresh perspective. I came up with a presentation contrasting two styles of cleantech VC, the first focused on ‘today markets’ typified by funds like SJF Ventures, Expansion Capital, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and Element Partners and the... [Read More]
Credit Suisse to manage $230MM North Carolina Innovation Fund
March 16th, 2010North Carolina Treasurer, Janet Cowell, announced Monday that the North Carolina Retirement System has hired Credit Suisse to manage a $230 million equity fund targeting innovative in-state businesses. According to the press release from the Office of the Treasurer, “Investments will be aimed at building upon the strengths of the North Carolina economy and may target high... [Read More]
Steve Glenn, Founder & CEO of LivingHomes, speaking Wed., March 10 at Cherokee in Raleigh
March 5th, 2010Steve Glenn, the Founder and CEO, of LivingHomes (www.livinghome.net) a premier developer of modern and sustainable prefabricated homes, will be speaking at the offices of Cherokee Fund on Wednesday, March 10 at 6 pm. Don’t miss this great opportunity to hear from a seasoned and successful green entrepreneur. Please register online or email Irene Sherman at isherman@cherokeefund.com to... [Read More]
Dave Kirkpatrick to speak at Wall Street Green Trading Summit, March 23-24, The Times Center, NYC
March 2nd, 2010Register at www.wsgts.com Learn from acclaimed market experts who will “show and tell” how they do it with carbon trading and finance, renewable energy credits, energy efficiency markets, green hedge funds and cleantech venture capitalists. The teachers include SJF Ventures, Evolution Markets, Element Markets, The Green Exchange, New Energy Finance, Natsource, Barclays Capital, Fortis Bank,... [Read More]
