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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 . . .
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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 Claremont Creek Alerts on April 25th, 2012 
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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 Claremont Creek Alerts on March 24th, 2012 
by Nat Goldhaber and John Steuart
Moshe Alafi, a former mentor to both of us and investor in our startups earlier in our career, won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Haas School’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley last week. There wasn’t any doubt that he fully deserved to win this highly prestigious award.
Moshe, after all, has been called one of the founders of biotechnology. We believe he is the most successful . . .
→ Read full post: Biotech Industry Guru Moshe Alafi Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From UC Berkeley
by Claremont Creek Alerts on March 14th, 2012 
http://vimeo.com/38536736
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship will proudly bestow its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship to Moshe Alafi, Founder and Principal of Alafi Capital Company LLC.
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley is proud to honor Moshe Alafi with its Lifetime Achievement Award. A Berkeley alumnus, Mr. Alafi is one of the founders of the biotechnology industry. He has funded and . . .
→ Read full post: Moshe Alafi – Lifetime Achievement Award Trailer video
by Claremont Creek Alerts on February 28th, 2012 
February 28, 2012 Source: Comcast
Comcast announced today it has entered into an agreement with EcoFactor,a provider of energy management solutions, to create a new service that optimizes the heating and cooling patterns of a home and integrates with the Xfinity Home platform. By collaborating with EcoFactor, Comcast is further enhancing its Xfinity Home service and developing a new solution that, when available, can help . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company EcoFactor and Comcast’s Xfinity Home announce agreement to deliver cloud-based energy management solution to residential customers
by Claremont Creek Alerts on January 18th, 2012 
January 18, 2012 source: MedCity News
Personalized medicine company AssureRx Health has released the next-generation version of its genetic screening test for psychiatric drugs.
The Cincinnati-area company’s GeneSightRx test, which helps doctors pick the right psychiatric drugs for patients based on their genes, was launched in 2009. The test uses a cheek swab, mathematical algorithms and bioinformatics to narrow drug choices to those that work with a patient’s genes.
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→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company AssureRX updates its psychiatric drugs screening test
by Claremont Creek Alerts on December 22nd, 2011 
December 21, 2011 source: this article by Eric Wesoff appeared in GreenTechEnterprise
GMZ Wins VC From KPCB for Thermovoltaics and Waste-Heat-to-Electricity The year of living thermoelectrically
Venture capital tends to move in waves, like sets of breakers on a beach or lemmings off a cliff.
In September, we witnessed two early-stage waste-heat-to-energy firms receive VC funding. They are both still in the pre-product phase.
MTPV raised $6.5 million in the initial closing of its . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company Alphabet Energy covered in GreenTechEnterprise article
by Claremont Creek Alerts on December 19th, 2011 
Guest Post by Frank Richards The Building of a Company As an avid fan and investor in real estate I identified a significant gap in the residential investment market around 2004. I noted that 15-20% of all homes sold in the US are for investment. But I also discovered that there were no national platforms or proprietary algorithms that could help people identify the best investment markets and the best properties. Essentially there was no Charles Schwab for the residential investment market. I realized there was a great opportunity for a private banking platform to help people research, plan, acquire and manage residential real estate investments nationwide. . . .
→ Read full post: Entrepreneur’s Perspective, part two: : Frank Richards, serial entrepreneur and former CEO of SmartZIP: The Building of a Company
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