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by John Steuart on May 14th, 2012 
On Wednesday May 16 I will be presenting at the iMedicine & Mobile Life Sciences World Summit concerning smartphones as the next frontier in medical imaging, telemedicine and EMRs. I am presenting with Tobin Arthur of Cureus. Cureus is revolutionizing medical publishing and is founded by John Adler, a famous neurosurgeon at Stanford. Physicians today use their smartphones 5 times a day on average and these smartphones are another form of clinical decision support . . .
→ Read full post: Smartphones as the Next Frontier in Medical Imaging, EMRs and Telemedicine
by Nat Goldhaber on May 9th, 2012 
http://youtu.be/T2dwiz5h8nk
Our portfolio company Clean Power Finance is on a tear. Recently they partnered with Morgan Stanley subsidiary MS Solar Solutions Corp to help fund up to $300 million in residential solar leases. This illustrates that consumers are increasingly demanding low-risk, high-reward solar – and participating solar installers can easily provide their customers with a variety of lease options. . . .
→ Read full post: Our portfolio company Clean Power Finance is on a tear
Anders Will Specialize in Energy Technology – Hiring Confirms Commitment of Seed and Early Stage VC firm to Energy Market
OAKLAND, CA (May 8, 2012) — Underscoring its ongoing commitment to energy technology investing, Claremont Creek Ventures today announced the hiring of Hanns Anders as a new associate in the firm’s energy technology practice.
Hanns Anders
Anders, 30, will draw upon his experience in the alternative energy and environmental services industries to evaluate investment opportunities . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures hires Hanns Anders as new Associate
May 1st ecoATM announced they had raised an additional $17 million in a second round. Current investors Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, Inc. and TAO Ventures all increased their investments while new investors joined the syndicate. New investors include PI Holdings, Moore Venture Partners, AKS Capital and Singapore billionaire Koh Boon Hwee.
The announcement generated a lot of interest and was well covered in both the financial and hi-tech . . .
→ Read full post: ecoATM attracts $17 million in second round of investments
May 4, 2011 source: GreenTechMedia by Jeff St. John
The startup specializing in energy management microgrids for hospitals raises money to expand to other customers with critical power backup needs.
Blue Pillar, a startup that’s built up an interesting niche in enabling hospitals to manage power for efficiency and demand response needs, has raised a $7 million Series B round aimed at expanding its presence into the data center, military, education and manufacturing . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Blue Pillar Raises $7M for Hospital, Military, Data Center Demand Response
by Randy Hawks on May 1st, 2012 
Congratulations to our portfolio company ecoATM, the award-winning San Diego start-up known for its commitment to the environment and its innovative kiosks that automate the buy-back of used mobile phones and other used portable electronics directly from consumers.
It is closing its series B investment round today of approximately $17 million. Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, Inc. and TAO Ventures all increased their investments while new investors joined the syndicate.
ecoATM is expanding . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company ecoATM attracts $17 million in second round of investments
by Nat Goldhaber on April 26th, 2012 
April 25, 2012 source: Adura Technologies press release
ADURA GROWTH REPRESENTS A 273 percent jump in revenue in 2011 over 2010
Adura Technologies, one of our energy technology portfolio companies and a leading provider of wireless lighting controls and energy management systems, today announced that they added the 500,000 square foot Kaiser Center Garage, one of the largest privately-owned garages in Oakland, to the list of facilities . . .
→ Read full post: Adura announces a Series B of $8.5M and adds Kaiser Center garage—Oakland marquee building as a customer.
by Claremont Creek Alerts on April 25th, 2012 
http://youtu.be/xn8LdxmSfSk
On March 20, 2012, the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship proudly recognized biotech pioneer Moshe Alafi with its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at a special awards dinner. A Berkeley alumnus, Mr. Alafi is one of the founders of the biotechnology industry. He has funded and helped start over 60 companies through his venture capital firm Alafi Capital. Many of these firms have created entire new industries including such pioneers as Cetus, Biogen, Applied Biosystems, and Amgen. His life is an incredible inspiration to entrepreneurs as a successful investor and startup partner as well as one who has done an incredible amount to improve our health and scientific knowledge with biotechnology breakthroughs. . . .
→ Read full post: Moshe Alafi wins Lifetime Achievement Award — videos of event
by Brad Webb on April 2nd, 2012 
I’m excited that we have recently added a new portfolio company Genalyte to the Claremont Creek digital healthcare family. I’ll be joining the Board, and I am looking forward to working with founder and CEO Cary Gunn and the Genalyte team. Genalyte is a developer and manufacturer of advanced biomarker detection technology strategically located right in the center of the San Diego life science community. Claremont Creek Ventures participated in a $11.8 . . .
→ Read full post: My newest investment: Genalyte — Augmenting Claremont Creek Ventures’ Digital Healthcare Tools Portfolio
by Ted Driscoll on March 30th, 2012 
March 30, 2012 source: Start-Up Emerging Medical Ventures – March 2012
Fueled by cost containment pressures and surgeon and patient demand, start-ups are working to develop next-generation incision closure devices that address the shortfalls of gold standard sutures and staples.
Surgical Incision Closure: Start-Ups Address A Megatrend In Health Care
For many years, and in millions of surgical procedures each year worldwide, non-absorbable and absorbable sutures and staples have been the primary methods of . . .
→ Read full post: ZipLine Medical Inc. A suture-like outcome at the speed of staples
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