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by Randy Hawks on February 1st, 2012 
My hearty congratulations goes to our portfolio company ecoATM, who won The Crunchies Award for Best Clean Tech Startup in 2011 last night. The San Diego-based startup, which makes an intelligent self-serve kiosk to evaluate and purchase used electronics from consumers, bested a field of five finalists that also included Array Power, Alta Energy, EcoMotors and Hara.
The Crunchies, of course, is a big deal. Hosted by GigaOm, Venturebeat and . . .
→ Read full post: ecoATM Wins 2011 Crunchies for Best Clean Tech Startup
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 Randy Hawks on January 16th, 2012 
January 16th, 2012 source: GigaOm
We are excited by the promise of EcoATM as I mentioned in a prior post. Although a lot of these kiosks won’t be in place for a couple of years, they are gaining traction. As reported by Katie Ferenbacher in the GigaOm article, the company’s secret sauce is the kiosks’ ability to automatically estimate — using electronic and visual techniques — a . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company EcoATM featured in article: The Internet of Things meets cell phone recycling
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 Randy Hawks on December 19th, 2011
This week ecoATM (www.ecoatm.com) began deploying its revolutionary recycling kiosks in Northern California. Up until now, I’ve been telling folks how intriguing this company and its recycling kiosks are, but they had to travel to Southern Cal to see them installed in retail malls. Now local folks can go to a mall, get realtime pricing on their used cellphones from the worldwide recycle/refurbish markets and trade in for cash….on the spot! It is a very . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company ecoATM moves to Northern California: Turn in those cellphones for CASH!
by Claremont Creek Alerts on December 15th, 2011 
September 9, 2011 source: originally published in the San Francisco Business Times
Photo: Spencer Brown The winner “is the company that’s going to help families,” says GSN CEO Rabinowitz.
Gene Security Network’s race to develop safer, more accurate prenatal test is all business for Matt Rabinowitz — and it’s personal.
A relative of Rabinowitz, Gene Security Network’s CEO, took a blood test for the likelihood of Down’s syndrome in her unborn baby and . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company Gene Security Network in race for prenatal test
by Paul Straub on December 6th, 2011 
December 5, 2011 source: Greentech Media
Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Sentilla, launched a software suite today that promises to help customers plan their data center needs . We are excited with the traction Sentilla is getting in the market and this greentech article captures the essence of this announcement well.
Sentilla Targets Business Beyond Data Center Efficiency
Sentilla wants to move from data center efficiency to data center planning.
Sentilla, . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company Sentilla announces version 4.0 with analytics and planning capabilities
by Nat Goldhaber on December 4th, 2011 December 4, 2011 source: marketwire
I am excited that EcoFactor has appointed a new CEO –Roy Johnson–who can help drive the company to bring residential energy to the mass market. Roy has deep experience in the energy conservation business. John Steinberg, the former CEO will remain with the company in his role as Founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development. In this position, Steinberg will guide EcoFactor’s general business development and strategy, as well . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company: Roy Johnson joins EcoFactor team as CEO
by Paul Straub on October 19th, 2011
It’s nearly impossible to succeed as an energy startup without a little help from some friends and partners. It’s always challenging to perfect a new technology, launch a product and secure early customers in any market. In energy sectors, these challenges are amplified given the enormous investment in existing assets and infrastructure, well-established incumbents, regulation, and processes that place a premium on high reliability and minimizing risk. One step founders can take . . .
→ Read full post: Robert C. McFarlane, former United States National Security Advisor, joins Alphabet Energy’s Advisory Board
by Claremont Creek Alerts on October 13th, 2011 
October 13, 2011 source: Engadget
EcoATM offers instant money for your old phone, we go hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 (video)
Old-fashioned ATM meets modern-day phone recycling program. That’s the idea behind EcoATM, a startup aimed to help reduce electronic waste and beef up your wallet at the same time. Of course, it’s not a new concept: phone recycling programs have been around for a while now, helping you stay . . .
→ Read full post: Engadget reviews Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company EcoATM
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