The Clean Tech Open, a Silicon Valley-based non-profit that connects cleantech startups with venture funding, is opening its annual business plan competition to entrepreneurs and inventors outside California this yearfor the first time .
Regional competitions will be held in California and the Rocky Mountains, and entrants are invited to compete in six categories: Air/Water/Waste, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Smart Power, and Transportation.
New to this year’s national competition will be a Grand Prize for one clean tech start-up that will receive the largest prize award to date, the organization said. More information will be available on March 19th, when the competition officially launches. All entries must be received by May 30, 2009.
In the last three years, the Clean Tech Open has helped more than one hundred start-ups raise more than $125 million in funding. These companies include Adura Technologies, Aurora Biofuels, Cool Earth Solar, GreenVolts, and Syncromatics.
"When we created the Clean Tech Open, we were focused on creating an ecosystem in which the next generation of innovation and talent could connect with the funding, experience and can-do attitude of Silicon Valley," said Marc Gottschalk, co-founder, Clean Tech Open. "Having achieved tremendous results, we’re now eager to see what’s next as the competition expands its reach to other parts of the U.S. This is just the beginning."
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The Clean Tech Open is an exciting organization, and they had great speakers at their recent gala event – like Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital. Announcements of upcoming CleanTech events like this can be found on the CleanTechies calendar: http://events.cleantechies.com/