What attendees say

Investors

Michael Goguen - Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital

Raj Atluru - Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

"I can honestly say that anybody who's investing or thinks of investing in this space has to participate in the Cleantech Forums."
Luc Charron - Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures

"An outstanding event that attracted a quality group of companies and investors. The conference highlighted several companies that are trying to solve one of the most important business problems of this era - the production and delivery of low cost energy in an environmentally friendly manner."
Michael DeRosa - Managing Director, Element Partners

"Congrats...great turn out, I was impressed. It was great to see folks in attendance that had capital to invest. See you in at the next event."
Judson Hill - Partner, Aqua International Partners

"Congratulations on an incredible conference."
Nancy Floyd - Managing Director, Nth Power

"I wanted to congratulate and thank you for a great conference. Attendees that I've spoken to all feel that your team put on a great quality conference! Great job."
Cathy Wong - Vice President, Ridgewood Capital

"Thanks so much for putting together the CleanTech conference. I was really encouraged to see so many heads coming together for clean technologies."
Nisa Leung - Venture Partner, PacRim Venture Partners

"Thanks for the Cleantech Forum. This was extremely well organized and I found the company presentations and subsequent deal discussions very useful. Overall I found this the most useful event I have attended in a long time. Well done!"
Wal van Lierop - President & CEO, Chrysalix Energy Management

"I want to congratulate you on a successful forum. I found it incredibly insightful and a valuable networking opportunity. It was well worth the entrance fee."
Bill Magill - Investment Manager, TeleSoft Partners

"There was a healthy and interesting collection of companies to meet and an excellent network of investors from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The community of interested investors continues to grow and Cleantech is playing a valuable role in bringing investors and entrepreneurs together."
Rodrigo Prudencio, Nth Power Technologies, San Francisco

"Anyone attending the Forum was struck by the quality, passion and knowledge of the attendees. There is clearly a new investment movement being born, even as many other venture sectors continue to weaken. Cleantech has now proven its capacity to uniquely serve the diverse players deploying capital in this fast growing sector."
Mark Donohue, formerly of Expansion Capital Partners, San Francisco

"Truly one of the best conferences I have attended."
Joyce Ferris, Blue Hill Partners, Philadelphia

"If you want to save time and see the majority of the money in the cleantech arena, then the west coast Cleantech Forum is the one event you can't miss."
Tony Lent, Executive Vice President, U.S. Renewables Group

"One of the very best conferences in this space, if not THE best."
Keith Gillard, BASF Venture Capital

"One of the best-organized and informative forums I have attended."
Kevin McGovern, McGovern Capital, New York

"I found the company presentations very insightful and the event was extremely well organized."
Don Morrison, Working Ventures, Toronto

"An emerging and important presence in the energy and environmental tech space both for VCs and promising companies. We could not be more pleased with the ... Forum."
Hap Ellis, Rockport Capital, Boston

"Outstanding quality of presenting companies, venture grade. One of the most comprehensive collections of environmental, energy, and advanced materials related companies and investors. A much needed and well presented integration of these closely & ultimately linked spaces."
Bob Psaradellis, formerly of Mitsubishi Corporation, Chicago

"A great and well-done job - many good contacts and appreciated very much to have the opportunity to present some European insights."
Philipp Hasler, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich

"Excellent and definitely worth the money and the time ... a great symposium on cleantech investing."
Jim Adams - Innisfree Investments LLC

Presenting Companies

"A great networking opportunity to meet VCs, investment bankers, etc."
Michael Ramotowski - LPP Combustion

"We've attended four Cleantech Forums and have found them to be very effective for networking with senior level investors. We recently closed our series A round financing and met almost half of our new investors at the Cleantech Forums."
J.D. Sitton - CEO, Infinia Corp.

"The Cleantech Forum II was an excellent opportunity to reach out to over people from the VC world. We met and began a dialogue with six new VCs, and also had discussions with ten more VCs that had looked at H2Gen previously. This event was well-organized and a very cost-effective method of gaining exposure for our next round of fund-raising. Thank you, Cleantech."
Sandy Thomas - President, H2Gen Innovations Inc.

"PriMotive had a flurry of interest as a consequence of the event, predominantly from strategic investors. I'd say overall the conference exceeded our expectations."
Ron Wiener - VP of Corporate Development, PriMotive Corporation

"I have attended and participated in many venture conferences and forums in the past. The Cleantech Forum was by far the most effective and worthwhile event in terms of gathering and matching high quality investors and ventures. The introductions and momentum that the forum provided has allowed us to be more productive in the venture raising process than we otherwise would have been. We are now in early discussions with several very good VC's on our next round of funding and hope to close later this year."
Dustin Shindo - CEO, Hoku Scientific

"I appreciate the opportunity to present at the event and feel it was definitely worthwhile. The conference was quite professionally done, which should keep investors and entrepreneurs coming back. Thanks for your efforts and your interest in Raycom's success. I'll keep you posted when we get our deal done."
David Pearce - President & CEO, Raycom Technologies

"The Cleantech Forum in San Francisco was a well-organized event, well focused in the industry. You, at Cleantech, demonstrated how a team of professionals can organize an exciting event, even during a recession in the venture capital industry. The quality and number of investors you were able to bring to this event was impressive indeed. We already have a number of interested investors following up with us, we couldn't expect any better exposure to potential investors, than the exposure we got during these two days of the meeting."
Eytan Levy - CEO, AqWise Water Technologies

"The Cleantech Forum was a watershed event for entrepreneurs and investors alike, with unprecedented attendance and networking opportunities. Winning the most promising presenter award was a great honor and made the exposure for our company, AgraQuest, even more fruitful. We have had and are in discussions with 7 venture companies and angels and there are still more to follow up with."
Pam Marrone - President & CEO, AgraQuest Inc.

"A very high proportion of the target investor and strategic groups we are trying to reach in the alternative energy sector were brought together all in one room at the Cleantech Forum event. In fact we were able to circle in new prospects with investors already persuaded by our business model. The best part is there has been a fairly steady flow of follow up since the event."
Dan Fletcher - VP of Development, PrecisionH2 Inc.

"At STM Power, we believe that this is the premier meeting for energy technology, clean and sustainable energy investors as well as non-energy investors who are looking to invest in this sector. A 'must attend' event for all private equity sponsors."
John McKenna - CFO, STM Power

Economic Development Agencies

"By participating in the Cleantech Forums in Brussels and Washington we have been able to match-make several innovative Swedish technologies with some excellent financial companies."
Åsa Bergström, Director of Investments, Stockholm Business Region Development