Young professionals will gather in San Francisco next month for a conference featuring cleantech entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers.
The goal of the Jewish Response to the Energy Challenge conference, scheduled for November 8th, is to "share ideas and experiences that will advance a generational movement for clean and secure energy."
The conference agenda features keynote speakers and breakout sessions on U.S.-Israel energy cooperation, transportation, clean economy, policy reform, and sustainability.
Confirmed speakers include:
Alan Salzman, CEO VantagePoint Venture Partners
Adam Werbach, CEO Saatchi and Saatchi
Jason Wolf, Head of Better Place California
Yosef Abramowitz, Co-Founder Arava Power Company
David Arfin, VP Strategy Solar City
JB Straubel, CTO Tesla Motors
Joel Makower, Executive Director, GreenBiz.com
Sanjay Wagle, Special Advisor, DOE Recovery Team
Anne Korin, Chair, Set America Free Coalition
I am pleased to be moderating the panel on U.S.-Israel energy cooperation, which will feature the following panelists:
Arthur Haubenstock, General Counsel, BrightSource Energy
Eitan Yudelevich, Executive Director, BIRD Foundation
Matan Friedman, Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners
Sagi Rubin, Associate, Virgin Green Fund
Martin Kace, Founder and President, Empax
Registration for the conference is required.
I hope to see you next month in San Francisco!
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
CleanIsrael Cleantech Startup Showcase
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.
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.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Launching the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance
I moved from Tel Aviv to Boston last month to begin working as an associate in the Business Law Department of Goodwin Procter LLP, a law firm with a substantial Clean Tech Practice.
Boston, like Israel, is emerging as a leading hub for cleantech research, development, and entrepreneurship. The Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance will be working to connect cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, academic researchers and government officials in both places, and the group is helping organize a number of upcoming events.
Israel Cleantech Investor Conference
On October 28, 16 Israeli cleantech venture capital funds and startups traveled to New York and Boston to meet with private equity, venture capital, and angel investors.
Participating startups included Aquapure Technologies Ltd., Aquatal Ltd., Cequesta Water Ltd., CheckLight Ltd., Coriolis Wind Ltd., CQM Technologies Ltd., En Gibton Ltd., Engineuity Ltd., EPC Wastewater Solution Ltd., Leviathan Energy Ltd., and RealiteQ Ltd.
The Israeli cleantech funds were: AquAgro Fund LP and its parent Gaon Agro Industries Ltd., BDB Technologies & Hi-Tech Investments Ltd., Israel Cleantech Ventures, MIYA, Precede Technologies Ltd., and Whitewater Technology Group.
In Boston, each participant made a 10-minute presentation in the morning and had an opportunity to meet one-on-one with investors like North Bridge Venture Partners and Atlas Venture in the afternoon. A formal reception in the evening included a presentation by Booky Oren, CEO of MIYA and Chairman of WATEC 2009, and a keynote address by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
You can read press coverage of the events in the Jerusalem Post and Globes and view photos online.
Environmental Symposia Featuring Experts from Ben Gurion University
On November 12, three professors from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will be in Boston to give presentations on their respective cleantech-related fields of expertise. Prof. David Faiman, who is also CTO of ZenithSolar, will speak about solar energy; Prof. Isaac Meir will discuss "green" architecture; and Prof. Zeev Wiesman speak about biofuels.
You can find more information about the lunchtime and evening symposiums and RSVP at the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance meetup page.
Biofuels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - A Presentation by Dr. Isaac Berzin
Dr. Isaac Berzin is the founder of Cambridge-based GreenFuel Technologies -- a venture-backed developer of algae-based biofuels -- and the founding director of the Institute for Alternative Energy Policy at the IDC in Herzliya, Israel. Earlier this year, Dr. Berzin was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in politics, business, and science.
Back in June, I had the honor of hosting Dr. Berzin at a CleanIsrael meetup event in Ramat Hasharon.
On November 20th, Dr. Berzin will speak to an audience of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and graduate students at Harvard Business School. The event is sponsored by Goodwin Procter LLP and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), in collaboration with the HBS Business & Environment Club, Harvard Kennedy School's Israel Caucus, MIT-Israel Program, and the New England Israel Business Council. You can find out more and RSVP at the event's meetup page.
Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place
Shai Agassi of Better Place is scheduled to visit Boston on December 3rd and 4th. Stay tuned for more details.
Boston, like Israel, is emerging as a leading hub for cleantech research, development, and entrepreneurship. The Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance will be working to connect cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, academic researchers and government officials in both places, and the group is helping organize a number of upcoming events.
Israel Cleantech Investor Conference
On October 28, 16 Israeli cleantech venture capital funds and startups traveled to New York and Boston to meet with private equity, venture capital, and angel investors.
Participating startups included Aquapure Technologies Ltd., Aquatal Ltd., Cequesta Water Ltd., CheckLight Ltd., Coriolis Wind Ltd., CQM Technologies Ltd., En Gibton Ltd., Engineuity Ltd., EPC Wastewater Solution Ltd., Leviathan Energy Ltd., and RealiteQ Ltd.
The Israeli cleantech funds were: AquAgro Fund LP and its parent Gaon Agro Industries Ltd., BDB Technologies & Hi-Tech Investments Ltd., Israel Cleantech Ventures, MIYA, Precede Technologies Ltd., and Whitewater Technology Group.
In Boston, each participant made a 10-minute presentation in the morning and had an opportunity to meet one-on-one with investors like North Bridge Venture Partners and Atlas Venture in the afternoon. A formal reception in the evening included a presentation by Booky Oren, CEO of MIYA and Chairman of WATEC 2009, and a keynote address by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
You can read press coverage of the events in the Jerusalem Post and Globes and view photos online.
Environmental Symposia Featuring Experts from Ben Gurion University
On November 12, three professors from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will be in Boston to give presentations on their respective cleantech-related fields of expertise. Prof. David Faiman, who is also CTO of ZenithSolar, will speak about solar energy; Prof. Isaac Meir will discuss "green" architecture; and Prof. Zeev Wiesman speak about biofuels.
You can find more information about the lunchtime and evening symposiums and RSVP at the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance meetup page.
Biofuels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - A Presentation by Dr. Isaac Berzin
Dr. Isaac Berzin is the founder of Cambridge-based GreenFuel Technologies -- a venture-backed developer of algae-based biofuels -- and the founding director of the Institute for Alternative Energy Policy at the IDC in Herzliya, Israel. Earlier this year, Dr. Berzin was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in politics, business, and science.
Back in June, I had the honor of hosting Dr. Berzin at a CleanIsrael meetup event in Ramat Hasharon.
On November 20th, Dr. Berzin will speak to an audience of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and graduate students at Harvard Business School. The event is sponsored by Goodwin Procter LLP and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), in collaboration with the HBS Business & Environment Club, Harvard Kennedy School's Israel Caucus, MIT-Israel Program, and the New England Israel Business Council. You can find out more and RSVP at the event's meetup page.
Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place
Shai Agassi of Better Place is scheduled to visit Boston on December 3rd and 4th. Stay tuned for more details.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Richard Youngman of Cleantech Group addresses Cleantech Israel meetup
Richard Youngman, Managing Director of Cleantech Group (Europe), addressed a crowd of 130+ cleantech professionals at the latest Cleantech Israel business network event in Ramat Hasharon.
This was the group's sixth event since March, and we have grown to almost 600 members -- cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, academic researchers, government officials and service providers.
For details on Youngman's presentation, check out the article in the Jerusalem Post and his interview with Globes (Hebrew).
This was the group's sixth event since March, and we have grown to almost 600 members -- cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, academic researchers, government officials and service providers.
For details on Youngman's presentation, check out the article in the Jerusalem Post and his interview with Globes (Hebrew).
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Cleantech attracts foreign investment
"From cutting-edge geothermal power deep underground to wind turbines and solar panels capturing energy from the sky above, foreign investors are pouring money into Israel's growing clean tech sector."
This is the opening paragraph in an article recently published by the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.
The article provides an overview of Israel's cleantech sector and focuses on the importance of the United States, both as an export market for clean technologies and a source of funds for cleantech VCs and startups.
It includes quotes from Michael Granoff, President of NY-based Maniv Energy Capital and an investor in Project Better Place; David Rosenblatt, Vice Chairman of the Arava Power Company; Glen Schwaber, Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures; Stacy Schusterman, CEO of the Samson Investment Co. and a major Jewish philanthropist; Assaf Barnea, CEO of the Kinrot Water Technology Incubator; and Jonathan Shapira, the author of this blog.
If you want to meet Assaf Barnea and learn more about water technologies in Israel, please sign up for the Cleantech Israel business network and attend our next event on July 29.
This is the opening paragraph in an article recently published by the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.
The article provides an overview of Israel's cleantech sector and focuses on the importance of the United States, both as an export market for clean technologies and a source of funds for cleantech VCs and startups.
It includes quotes from Michael Granoff, President of NY-based Maniv Energy Capital and an investor in Project Better Place; David Rosenblatt, Vice Chairman of the Arava Power Company; Glen Schwaber, Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures; Stacy Schusterman, CEO of the Samson Investment Co. and a major Jewish philanthropist; Assaf Barnea, CEO of the Kinrot Water Technology Incubator; and Jonathan Shapira, the author of this blog.
If you want to meet Assaf Barnea and learn more about water technologies in Israel, please sign up for the Cleantech Israel business network and attend our next event on July 29.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Isaac Berzin addresses 130 people at Cleantech Israel meetup
Israel's cleantech community was out in force this morning in Ramat HaSharon. Approximately 130 investors, entrepreneurs, service providers, and "high-tech refugees" attended the latest Cleantech Israel meetup, where they had an opportunity to network and hear a presentation by Dr. Isaac Berzin.
To get a participant's perspective on the event, check out Karin Kloosterman at TreeHugger and Tali Aben's blog post.
What started three months ago in a coffee shop in Herzliya seems to have grown into something much larger. It has been an honor and a pleasure to be involved in the group's founding and development, and I look forward to seeing what comes next.
As I announced at this morning's meeting, the group is now going "global" with the establishment of the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance. Please check out the web site and contact me if you want to get involved.
Related Posts:
Michael Granoff speaks at Cleantech Israel event
Cleantech Israel group meets in Herzliya
Highlights from first Cleantech Israel meetup event
To get a participant's perspective on the event, check out Karin Kloosterman at TreeHugger and Tali Aben's blog post.
What started three months ago in a coffee shop in Herzliya seems to have grown into something much larger. It has been an honor and a pleasure to be involved in the group's founding and development, and I look forward to seeing what comes next.As I announced at this morning's meeting, the group is now going "global" with the establishment of the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance. Please check out the web site and contact me if you want to get involved.
Related Posts:
Michael Granoff speaks at Cleantech Israel event
Cleantech Israel group meets in Herzliya
Highlights from first Cleantech Israel meetup event
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Isaac Berzin to establish Institute for Alternative Energy Policy
Dr. Isaac Berzin, founder of Greenfuel Technologies and a member of 2008 Time 100, is profiled by Karin Kloosterman in the latest edition of Israel21c.
In the interview, Dr. Berzin discusses his plans to establish an Institute for Alternative Energy Policy in Israel. The institute will be located at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, where Berzin is now a senior fellow, and will collaborate with the U.S.-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Dr. Berzin will be the featured speaker at the next Cleantech Israel event on June 17. If you are interested in meeting Dr. Berzin and learning more about his vision for Israel's cleantech future, I encourage you to join the group and RSVP.
See also: "Looking for a few green men" (Jerusalem Post)
Related posts:
Isaac Berzin, Israel's Green Giant
Global map of cleantech startups includes five Israel-related companies
In the interview, Dr. Berzin discusses his plans to establish an Institute for Alternative Energy Policy in Israel. The institute will be located at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, where Berzin is now a senior fellow, and will collaborate with the U.S.-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Dr. Berzin will be the featured speaker at the next Cleantech Israel event on June 17. If you are interested in meeting Dr. Berzin and learning more about his vision for Israel's cleantech future, I encourage you to join the group and RSVP.
See also: "Looking for a few green men" (Jerusalem Post)
Related posts:
Isaac Berzin, Israel's Green Giant
Global map of cleantech startups includes five Israel-related companies
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Michael Granoff speaks at Cleantech Israel event
The third Cleantech Israel "meetup" event took place on May 19 in Ramat HaSharon. Over 80 cleantech industry professionals, and a number of participants from North America and Europe, came to network and hear a presentation by Michael Granoff.
Granoff is President of Maniv Energy Capital and an investor in Project Better Place, and he shared with the group his thoughts on cleantech, Israel, and the future of transportation. If you were not able to attend the event, you can get a sense of his ideas on the subject by reading this blog post.
For "ex-VC" Tali Aben's reaction to the event, check out her blog.
Related posts:
Michael Granoff, leading cleantech investor, interviewed by Ynet
Cleantech Israel group meets in Herzliya
Highlights from the first Cleantech Israel meetup event
Granoff is President of Maniv Energy Capital and an investor in Project Better Place, and he shared with the group his thoughts on cleantech, Israel, and the future of transportation. If you were not able to attend the event, you can get a sense of his ideas on the subject by reading this blog post.
For "ex-VC" Tali Aben's reaction to the event, check out her blog.
Related posts: Michael Granoff, leading cleantech investor, interviewed by Ynet
Cleantech Israel group meets in Herzliya
Highlights from the first Cleantech Israel meetup event
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Cleantech Israel group meets in Herzliya
Cleantech Israel, a new group that enables entrepreneurs, investors, academics, government officials and others to meet and exchange ideas about Israel’s renewable energy, water, and environmental technology sectors, held its second event this week in Herzliya Pituach.
The event featured a presentation by Alon Tamari, Co-CEO of SolarPower Israel — the largest solar integration company in Israel — followed by time for networking by the ~70 people in attendance.
The group’s first event in March included presentations by Jack Levy, General Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures, and Eran Yarkoni, Founder and CEO of EnStorage, a company developing an innovative fuel cell technology.
Similar networking groups exist in other emerging clean technology clusters, like Boston and Silicon Valley, and I am excited about the prospects for a group in Israel.
With almost 500 cleantech-related companies, and venture capital firms with hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in the industry, there is certainly a lot to discuss.
For more information about Cleantech Israel, please visit the group’s web page or feel free to contact me directly.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Highlights from first Cleantech Israel meetup event
On March 27, Shai Agassi was in Copenhagen to announce a partnership between Project Better Place and DONG Energy to develop a network of electric-car recharging stations in Denmark.
Meanwhile, back in Israel, more than fifty people, including a mix of entrepreneurs, venture investors, government officials and other key stakeholders in the industry, participated in the launch of the new Cleantech Israel meetup group.
The event, held at Max Brenner on Hamenofim St. in Herzliya Pituach, included presentations by Jack Levy, General Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures, who provided an overview of recent developments in the sector; and Eran Yarkoni, founder and CEO of EnStorage, who gave a start-up's perspective on licensing "clean-tech" technology. EnStorage recently completed a financing round from Greylock Partners, Canaan Partners of the US, and Siemens Venture Capital, and its technology is licensed from Tel Aviv University.
Meanwhile, back in Israel, more than fifty people, including a mix of entrepreneurs, venture investors, government officials and other key stakeholders in the industry, participated in the launch of the new Cleantech Israel meetup group.
The event, held at Max Brenner on Hamenofim St. in Herzliya Pituach, included presentations by Jack Levy, General Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures, who provided an overview of recent developments in the sector; and Eran Yarkoni, founder and CEO of EnStorage, who gave a start-up's perspective on licensing "clean-tech" technology. EnStorage recently completed a financing round from Greylock Partners, Canaan Partners of the US, and Siemens Venture Capital, and its technology is licensed from Tel Aviv University.
I would like to thank everyone who participated, including individuals from cleantech companies Aqwise, CheckLight, Edig Solar, Emefcy, En Gibton, Phoebus Energy, and TechnoSpin Wind; and from investors such as Genesis Partners, Lab-One Innovations, Magnolia Capital, Moreno Meister, Naiot, and Terra Venture Partners. Also in attendance were Yael Cohen Paran, the Director of the new Israel Energy Forum, and Tsvi Bisk, the creator of the Jewish Energy Project.
A special thanks to Noam Ilan, the Director of Renewable Energy in Eilat-Eilot, and our guest from the California Public Utilities Commission, both of whom traveled a long way to join us.
I would also like to acknowledge my fellow bloggers -- Tali Aben, Lisa Damast, and Kfir Pravda - it was great to meet you in person!
The event was sponsored by Goodwin Procter LLP, a U.S. law firm with an extensive Cleantech Practice.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Announcing the Cleantech Israel networking group
The "Cleantech Israel" networking group enables entrepreneurs and investors to meet and exchange ideas about Israel's growing alternative energy, water, and environmental sectors.
The goal is to facilitate investment in companies deploying "clean technologies" and to generate discussion about how to promote the growth of the cleantech industry in Israel.
Details about our first event will be announced soon. In the meantime, you can join the group and its mailing list by visiting the Cleantech Israel page at Meetup.com.
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