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by John Steuart on August 29th, 2011 
Successful venture capital investing in molecular diagnostics requires proper commercialization of innovation. But how does this innovation get brought to market? The panel will explore the challenges of commercialization in a still-difficult business environment.
These challenges include the cost-efficient development of technology that is truly disruptive yet cost-competitive. Panelists will discuss how to best determine the size of a market and how to assess a competitive landscape.
Startups that surmount these challenges then have . . .
→ Read full post: Sam Colella of Versant Ventures, Risa Stack of Kleiner Perkins and Alex de Winter of Mohr Davidow join me for the Molecular Diagnostics World Congress Event on September 29 at 5:15pm
by John Steuart on July 22nd, 2011 
I will be moderating a panel, Venture Capitalists’ Best Practices on Commercializing Innovation at the Molecular Diagnostics World Congress on September 29, 2011 at the South San Francisco Conference Center.
Here’s the panel topic summary, hope to see you there.
Successful venture capital investing in molecular diagnostics requires proper commercialization of innovation. But how does this innovation get brought to market? The panel will explore the challenges of commercialization in a still-difficult business environment. These . . .
→ Read full post: Molecular Diagnostics World Congress, Venture Capitalists’ Best Practices on Commercializing Innovation
John Steuart was a panelist at The Deal’s webcast audio seminar:
Technology Transfer in the 21st Century, on May 12, 2011
(also participating as a panelist – Jeff Jensen, CEO, Fluxion Biosciences Inc. a Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company)
A recording of the seminar is now available to play online or download through 8/12/2011.
Click here to access the recording. The slides from the webcast are . . .
→ Read full post: Recording of “Technology Transfer in the 21st Century” webcast available
Claremont Creek Ventures annual Cinco de Mayo party
What an open house it was! On Wednesday night May 4 Claremont Creek Ventures held our sixth annual Cinco De Mayo party at our offices in Oakland which we generally hold close to but not necessarily on May 5.
The specialty of the house were the strawberry margaritas, but many of the almost 300 people who attended also enjoyed the wine tasting managed by Anais Glavin as . . .
→ Read full post: Cinco de Mayo
by Paul Straub on April 28th, 2011 Last week we held our third Turbo Talks event for CEOs of the companies that we have funded. Claremont Creek hosts a couple of these events each year for our portfolio company CEOs to network with and learn from each other.
Typically we focus each event around a theme and we gathered for dinner at the Epic Roasthouse in San Francisco to discuss “Hiring and Building Great Startup Teams”. To kick off a conversation . . .
→ Read full post: Turbo Talks: Hiring and Building Great Startup Teams
by Claremont Creek Alerts on April 8th, 2011 Claremont Creek Ventures Managing Director Randy Hawks will be on the Avoiding The Road To Perdition: Creating Long Term Portfolio Company Growth Strategies panel at the International Business Forum’s 22nd Annual Venture Capital Investing Conference, June 8, 4 pm.
About the conference
June 7-9, 2011
Sofitel San Francisco Bay, Redwood City, CA 223 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City, CA 94065
The IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference is . . .
→ Read full post: Randy Hawks will participate in the 22nd Annual Venture Capital Investing Conference
by Claremont Creek Alerts on March 1st, 2011 February 28, 2011 source: DEMO Beat
Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company EcoATM is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif.
EcoATM makes electronics recycling as easy as buying a soda. An extremely high-tech soda.
Today at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs, Calif., the company . . .
→ Read full post: EcoATM makes recycling cell phones for cash easy and instant – launches at DEMO conference
by Claremont Creek Alerts on February 22nd, 2011 8th Annual Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtables Event takes place Feb 24, 2011 – source: BayBio Events
BayBio, Northern California’s Life Science Association’s The Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtables is a unique event designed to facilitate introductions, dialogue and connections between life science entrepreneurs and investors. This event provides early stage companies with an accessible first step into capital markets while providing investors a first look at intriguing innovations. The . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek to participate in BayBio Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtables
by Claremont Creek Alerts on February 16th, 2011 February 16, 2011 source: VatorNews
Win a meeting with the US Secretary of Energy…plus a meeting with Kleiner Perkins, Claremont Creek Ventures, and other top VCs
Are you a cleantech startup? Would you want, or know a cleantech startup that might want, an opportunity to meet the United States Secretary of Energy?
If so, read on.
The Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech Launchpad business and ideas competition is now live and accepting competitors . . .
→ Read full post: Win a meeting with the US Secretary of Energy
by Claremont Creek Alerts on November 4th, 2010 November 4, 2010 source: getsolar.com
The concept of a smart grid looks pretty good on its face – and upgrading the grid would definitely pay dividends for utilities and energy consumers alike. However, there are some potential pitfalls – as illustrated by a discussion at the VentureBeat GreenBeat 2010 conference this week.
A smart grid could boost distributed, localized solar power generation by rewarding homeowners who install solar panels on their homes . . .
→ Read full post: The Flip Side of Smart Grids
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