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San Francisco, CA 94103
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Clean Tech Open Alumni Program
The Clean Tech Open (CTO) brings together a unique and powerful combination of entrepreneurs, researchers, environmentalists, investors, business professionals and others to drive economic growth and ensure environmental sustainability.
Through its rigorous process and instructional programs and by gifting to winners early-stage capital and expertise, the CTO speeds clean technologies from lab to market. Their goal is to foster innovative new businesses focused on energy efficiency, smart power, renewable energy, transportation, green building materials, pollution control and resource management.
The Clean Tech Open is an organization of leading entrepreneurs, academics, investors and companies, working together to accelerate the development of clean technology startups. CTO provides resources, education and support for clean tech entrepreneurs. Its activities include the annual business plan competition, mentoring, sustainability workshops, a series of public symposia and a resource directory.
The business plan competition thrives on California's strong business and governmental support for innovation, technology and environmental protection to create rich soil for the growth of clean technology enterprises that foster a healthy natural environment. In just two years, the Clean Tech Open has awarded over $1.2 million worth of prizes. Past CTO finalists have gone on to raise more than $70 million of VC funding in two years, not including the revenue gained from substantial customer contracts. Plus, of the 95 alumni companies, more than 84 percent are still viable businesses.
CalCEF sponsors the Clean Tech Open Alumni Program maintains relationships between all past CTO Finalists, with the goal of creating a community that fosters connection, innovation and business acceleration. Specific activities include:
- Alumni directory;
- Continuing education workshops;
- Investor networking events; and an
- Online community for alumni and other clean tech entrepreneurs.
