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   the San Francisco-based startup accelerator devoted to the cleantech business ?C and much more importantly, to creating it ??sexy?? sufficient http://balenciaga0005.aikotoba.jp/ to attract investors ?C announced its second cadre of of businesses this week. This time around, the organization is tightening its concentrate to concentrate solely on the intersection of I.T. and cleantech, specifically in locations of intelligent grid, the constructed environment, &#12496;&#12524;&#12531;&#12471;&#12450;&#12460; &#20844;&#24335; consumer solutions and transportation.

It??s also becoming extremely selective when it comes to the startups accepted into the program. From the 152 applicants, only 5 businesses got in.

??We??re attempting to make cleantech a little sexier in the &#12496;&#12524;&#12531;&#12471;&#12450;&#12460; investment neighborhood,?? explains Greenstart co-founder Mitch Lowe who runs the program alongside entrepreneurs and greentech/cleantech believers. ??Cleantech has gotten type of a poor rap lately, &#12496;&#12483;&#12464;&#12496;&#12524;&#12531;&#12471;&#12450;&#12460; &#12513;&#12531;&#12474; and we want to show that this intersection of cleantech and I.T. has a lot of great investment?possibilities,?? he says.

To help keep the quality from the startups high, http://balenciaga0006.kaginawa.jp/ only chosen the couple of startups it felt would truly appeal to investors. But the strategy is to ramp up the numbers so that, by subsequent year, &#36001;&#24067; balenciaga the accelerator will have about 12 to 15 companies per plan, which means it will function with a minimum of 30 per year.

Regardless of the little size, round two is really one startup larger than Greenstart??s initial group, which only included four companies out of 129 applications. &#12496;&#12524;&#12531;&#12471;&#12450;&#12460; &#12463;&#12521;&#12483;&#12481; The high bar, however, has led to some achievement when it comes to its objective of investor appeal. From the initial 4, one is approaching the close of a Series A round, balenciaga &#36001;&#24067; two are doing mid-six figure angel rounds closing this month, and 1 is not however in require of funding.

With the launch of the second cadre, Greenstart is also launching an in-house design practice which will be led by its new COO, , the former Executive Creative Director of frog style. http://balenciaga0007.amigasa.jp/ The organization realized the need for design talent in this space throughout its first run, says Lowe.

??There tends to be a high aptitude for improvement and a higher understanding of style significance, but so far that cleantech/I.T. balenciaga &#12496;&#12483;&#12464; connection hasn??t inspired designers to be a part of that founding team however,?? Lowe says. ??In general right now, entrepreneurs are still driven to create the next Facebook &#12513;&#12531;&#12474;&#36001;&#24067;&#12502;&#12521;&#12531;&#12489; rather figuring out the following ,?? he explains. ??The responsibility is on us and other people to show that it??s just as exciting ?C if not much more exciting ?C to do some thing within this category.??

Ultimately, the goal is to build out a team of designers, however the program will launch with Merkoski and five junior designers and interns.

With the subsequent cadre underway, participating startups receive all of the typical advantages ?C , discounts, workplace space, etc., as well as $25,000 in seed funding. &#12496;&#12524;&#12531;&#12471;&#12450;&#12460; &#12471;&#12486;&#12451; The businesses (below) will demo to investors when the three month plan completes. Here??s a sneak peek as to what they??re as much as:


Founders: Ryan Wartena, Cris Wagner
Growing Power Labs enables sophisticated communications in between energy storage, generation and loads via their ??micro-utility in a box??.
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Founders: Colin Davis, Greg Davis, Shobin Uralil
kWhOURS develops a mobile data collection and management software program platform for developing energy auditors, reducing the time and price of performing power audits.
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Founders: Nathalie Criou & Mark Melville
Ridepal makes it affordable and simple for any size company to offer employee shuttles.
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Founder: Michael Keating
Scoot is a stealth startup transforming local transportation.
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Founder: Henrik Westergaard
Smart Grid Billing intelligently shifts small business and residential energy consumption off peak, selling the shifted watts as a ??power producer?? to ISOs.
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