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Pivotal Investments is focused on early-stage venture capital with the goal of delivering superior financial returns through investments in companies, primarily in the Northwest, that will be leaders in the emerging sustainable economy. The sustainable economy is characterized by a dramatic shift in the demand for clean energy, safe water, clean air, “green” materials and sustainable agriculture. The Northwest, with a relevant early-adopter market, strong policy support, enabling technologies, motivated entrepreneurs and access to large markets like California and China, provides a unique investment opportunity in scalable companies targeting the sustainable economy. Pivotal Investments is the first early-stage venture fund in the Northwest to target this opportunity.
With more than 700 attorneys in 15 offices across the US and in China, Perkins Coie counsels clean technology and renewable energy clients ranging in size from formation-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies. We advise clients on a variety of issues involving corporate formation, venture financing, federal grants and loans, intellectual property, project development and financing, and environment and energy regulation, among others.
Ernst & Young’s worldwide Strategic Growth Markets Network is dedicated to serving the changing needs of rapid-growth companies. A global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, E&Y has helped many of the world’s most dynamic and ambitious companies grow into market leaders.
Portland’s urban renewal and economic development agency, PDC is responsible for meeting the job creation and economic growth objectives for the city. PDC focuses its economic development efforts on improving the competitive environment for firms and entrepreneurs in four target clusters – activewear, clean tech, software and advanced manufacturing – and is pursuing an aggressive strategy to create the most sustainable economy in the world.
Portland General Electric, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is a fully integrated electric utility that serves approximately 821,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oregon.
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon’s flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of the 63 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
For decades the lawyers at Ater Wynne have worked with entrepreneurs in the energy and technology sectors whose innovations anticipated a world that is green. Today we work with these innovators to meet the burgeoning demand for production and distribution of renewable energy and the design and development of clean technology.
Davis Wright Tremaine‘s cleantech lawyers apply strong business acumen and legal expertise to support both entrepreneurial ventures seeking to break into new technologies, and established business enterprises seeking to learn about and implement sustainable practices. We bring our cross-spectrum practice to innovative new technologies and help them move from benchtop to marketplace–a fundamental strength of our firm. We work with companies pursuing and investing in technologies including, advanced materials, wind, solar and biomass, hydrokinetics, biofuels, batteries and energy storage, transportation and emissions, energy efficiency, smart grid, and green building materials.
Heidrick & Struggles, a leading global executive search and leadership consulting firm, offers clients an end-to-end capability across the full spectrum of the energy value chain. Our Energy & Sustainability Practice comprises experts in Alternative & Renewable Energy, Electric & Gas Utilities and Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure Services. Informed by principles of sustainability, we leverage our global reach and core value of collaboration across specialist practices and geography.
The Sustainable Business & Innovation (SB&I) Lab is a strategic investment program to incubate new sustainable business models for Nike. It develops scalable and profitable solutions to the sustainability challenges faced by Nike’s business model, by harnessing the growing global body of innovations around sustainability.
Skanska is one of the world’s leading construction groups. In the U.S., we are a provider of comprehensive construction services and a developer of public-private partnerships. We apply our expertise to everything from small renovations to billion-dollar projects, using a variety of delivery methods.
Stoel Rives LLP enjoys a 100-year tradition of excellence as a leading US law firm. With nearly 400 lawyers practicing across the full spectrum of corporate law and business litigation, and offices in seven states, we provide legal services to clients with local, regional, national and international operations.
UK Trade & Investment helps UK-based companies succeed in increasingly global markets. We also assist international business to invest in our own vibrant, diversified and robust economy.
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. It has offices or operations in 10 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber, the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products, and real estate construction and development.
The Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center (Oregon BEST) brings together Oregon’s significant R&D strengths in the key emerging areas of renewable energy and green building products and services, with the goal of increasing research and accelerating public/private partnerships to transform that research into on-the-ground business opportunities and Oregon jobs. Partners include Oregon universities (OIT, OSU, PSU, and UO), as well as private businesses, government agencies and NGOs.
Founded in March of 2009, the Clean Economy Network Foundation (CENF) is a national civic development and public education organization made up of professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and workers of the cleantech and green business community. CENF and its members are social entrepreneurs who believe that economic growth, quality jobs, international competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and energy independence are all vital elements of a healthy, dynamic economy. CENF supports the development of public policies aimed at scaling the clean economy, creating new sustainable jobs, and addressing climate change.
The mission of Climate Solutions is to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming. Working in the northwest since 1999, we’ve built long-term relationships across the partisan divide. Climate Solutions’ years of patient organizing and bridge-building have earned vibrant partnerships with an extraordinarily wide array of business, farm, government and civic interests.
Northwest Environmental Business Council is the regional trade association representing leading service and technology firms in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska working to protect the natural and built environment. NEBC member companies and organizations cover a wide range of disciplines, including Energy & Efficiency, Environmental Protection & Cleanup, Waste & Recycling, Water & Wastewater, Sustainable Development, and Cross-Sector Solutions.
Northwest Energy Angels, founded in 2006, is the first angel investment group in North America to focus exclusively on the cleantech industry. A non-profit organization, NW Energy Angels helps create successful cleantech companies by connecting promising entrepreneurs with experienced cleantech investors. NW Energy Angels members add value to the companies they invest in and act as a bridge to institutional investors. To date members have invested over $2 million in 16 companies.
OEN is the largest entrepreneur-assistance organization in Oregon. Its mission is to provide support activities and mentoring to the entrepreneurial community to foster business growth and employment opportunities in Oregon. OEN’s members contribute to the growth and development of a healthy, diversified Oregon economy with a new generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute is Oregon’s first signature research center. The ONAMI gap fund has assisted in the startup or early stage growth of over 15 Oregon companies, most of which are in or closely related to the clean tech sector. These ONAMI portfolio companies have so far leveraged $16 million in private or federal funding.
The Oregon Environmental Council advances innovative, collaborative solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations.
Oregon Institute of Technology is Oregon’s public, applied science university. OIT offers rigorous, practical education emphasizing the application of theory to real-world solutions. OIT has campuses in Klamath Falls and Portland, and is co-located with partners in Seattle, La Grande and other locations in the Pacific Northwest. OIT’s applied technology education model fosters high-touch learning so students are world-ready and work-ready when they graduate. OIT is home to the nation’s first bachelor’s degree program in Renewable Energy Engineering, the Oregon Renewable Energy Center and Geo-Heat Center. Visit www.oit.edu.
The Portland Sustainability Institute was founded in 2009 to systematically bring together business, higher education, nonprofit and municipal leaders to drive a set of next generation urban sustainability initiatives for the Portland metro region. The goal – big and game changing ideas that weave together community livability, ecological resiliency, and broad-based prosperity. We believe the results will fuel business and policy innovation, enhance our quality of life, and create cities and neighborhoods that are not just sustainable, but restorative.
Springboard Innovation is bridging the divide between business and mission, helping launch strategies and enterprises that make money and make a difference, providing social and ecological capital. Springboard Innovation’s focus is on early stage ventures, impact investing, and the ecosystem to grow the hybrid business model.
The Washington Clean Technology Alliance is a non-profit trade association of cleantech businesses and supporters in Washington State. Our mission is to grow the cleantech sector by helping to generate and grow companies, jobs, and products.