On December 15th, the
CleanIsrael Network will host its first
Cleantech Startup Showcase, featuring presentations by 5 Israeli startups from the energy, water, and green technology sectors.
The presenting companies are
Agam Energy,
Emefcy,
High Check Control,
Phoebus Energy, and SOVNA.
The event is sponsored by
Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. and organized in conjunction with
IDC Herzliya's new Institute for Renewable Energy Policy and Applied Research (IDC IREP), founded by
Dr. Isaac Berzin.
This the first event of its kind for the
CleanIsrael Network. Founded last March by the author of this blog and
Gene Dolgin, an analyst at Israel Cleantech Ventures, the group grown into a network of 650+ cleantech-related entrepreneurs, investors, academic researchers, service providers, and government officials. CleanIsrael's regular networking events host speakers from industry-leading organizations such as
Better Place,
Cleantech Group,
Israel Cleantech Ventures, and
Sindicatum Carbon Capital.
More than 150 people have already registered to attend the event in Israel. For more information, and to register, click
here.
There will also be a live web cast of the event to several North American groups, including the
Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance,
California Israel Chamber of Commerce,
Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, and the law offices of
Gowlings in Toronto and Ottawa. Click
here to register for the event in Boston.
Several of the participating companies should be familiar to readers of this blog and observers of Israel's cleantech industry.
Emefcy, co-founded by serial entrepreneurs
Eytan Levy and
Ronen Shechter, who previously founded wastewater treatment company
AqWise, has already received venture funding from
Israel Cleantech Ventures. Emefcy, which is developing products that produce electricity from wastewater treatment by leveraging Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology, was featured in
Jerusalem Post.
Greentech Media detailed Levy's efforts to raise $3.5-5.0m in a Series A funding round during the
CICC Cleantech Tour of Silicon Valley last month.
Phoebus Energy, which received a first round of venture funding from
Terra Venture Partners in 2007, is developing a hybrid heating unit to more efficiently produce energy for institutions such as hotels, hospitals, and factories. Phoebus, and its CEO,
Yoav Ben-Yaacov, were featured in
Israel21c earlier this year.
SOVNA, a startup that installs vertical micro wind turbines atop high-rise buildings, was previously called ALT-E and was featured in
Ha'aretz earlier this year.
Erez Ella, a noted Israeli architect whose projects include the
Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of Sovna's co-founders and also participated in the
CICC Cleantech Tour of Silicon Valley last month.
"It's like Jurassic Park – it's what's for me, to see this in its natural habitat," Marsh said. "This is a singular event, the first contact with inner Earth."
