2004 Venture Session at NESEA
Investors' Circle hosted a morning venture session on March 11th, 2004 at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's "Building Energy" Conference. This session showcased six regionally-based, early stage companies seeking venture financing whose products or services work to solve social and/or environmental problems.
PRESENTING COMPANIES:
Access One
Plainfield, NJ
Access
One addresses the "digital divide" by implementing innovative,
sustainable, telecommunications solutions that promote economic
development and ensure that affordable housing is equipped for the 21st
century.
Mercer Island, WA
AquaEnergy is a technology company for production of low-cost, renewable electricity from the ocean wave energy. AquaBuoy is
a modular, offshore device that generates clean electricity from the
sustainable energy of the ocean waves at competitive prices.
Recycline
Somerville, MA
Recycline
is a consumer products manufacturing company that develops, produces
and markets high-performance, environment-friendly products. Recycline
has established a successful toothbrush brand, the Preserve, in the
natural/organic segment of the supermarket channel where we have been
selling our products for 6 years.
Seahorse Power Company
Jamaica Plain, MA
Seahorse Power is a renewable energy technology company that has developed SolarCan, a cordless outdoor solar-powered waste compactor. SolarCan
saves money and reduces pollution by replacing non-compacting dumpsters
with devices that compact trash or recyclables on site, reducing
collection frequency by 300-400%.
Solar Roofing Systems
Philadelphia, PA
Solar
Roofing Systems (SRS) provides new roofs that generate energy using
photovoltaic technology. SRS has developed patented package for PV so
energy is generated from product that costs, looks, lasts, and installs
like a typical premium roof.
TerraBuilt
Middleburg, VA
TerraBuilt
produces a soil-based building technology that provides a solution to
the global housing shortfall. TerraBuilt's patented technology and
associated construction system enables construction of high quality,
low cost housing made of long lasting materials that save lifecycle
energy costs.