Air, Water & Waste Category
Driptech
GoGoVerde
Highlands Soil & Water
InnoSepra
Micromidas
NanoBrane
OndaVia
Solar Alchemy, Inc.
Solum, inc

Energy Efficiency Category, Sponsored by Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison
Alphabet Energy, Inc.
Core4 Systems
HydroCoal Technologies, LLC
Lightwave
Lunescent
Powerzoa
SunCool
Synergy Conscious

Green Building Category Sponsored by Cleantech Circle and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
ALL SOLAR
ARCTRIO
Ecolithic Homes
GreenPyro
HOMErgent
New Avenue
Parco Homes
RoofRay
tru2lif

Renewables Category Sponsored by Autodesk and Google
Armageddon Energy
PlasmaSi
Renewable Fuel Technologies LLC
SilFlex
Siverde
SolarNexus, Inc.
soltac
SunPods
ZERE

Smart Power Category
dot UI
EcoFactor
EnerVault
Fenix
Lenopsys
LimeAmps
Velkess

Transportation Category
Evans Engines
EVIN
FuelSaver
GigEVolt Technologies, Inc.
itMoves
OpticLanes
PowerSTAR

The next steps for these great startups is the Summer Program:
• Policy Briefings – workshops covering specific topics of manufacturing, industry policy, sustainability, and more
• Clean Tech Accelerator – an intensive training session where the teams learn everything there is to know about writing a business plan and making a pitch
• Business Clinics – one-on-one consulting sessions with highly experienced professionals in the areas of legal, finance, investing, PR, marketing, sustainability and more
• Mock Judging – practice judging sessions with live feedback
• Final Judging – teams give a presentation to real judges and investors, competing to determine the California Finalist teams!

For more information, to sponsor or to get involved go to: www.CleanTechOpen.com

Energy Efficiency Finalists
Viridis Earth – 2008 Winner
NexChem – 2008 Runner up
Atomic Precision Systems Inc.
Enovative Group
Transoptic
WicKool, dba Cooling Corp

Green Building Finalists
BottleStone – 2008 Winner
GroundSource Geo – 2008 Runner up
Solar Red – 2008 Runner up
Green Design Systems
GreenHomeAnswers.com
Inflatable WORLD
ISTN
Parco Homes
S3

Renewables Finalists
Focal Point Energy – 2008 Winner
Renewable Fuel Technologies – 2008 Runner up
Covalent Solar
IEM Applications
Solar Ice
Solindis

Smart Power Finalists
Power Assure – 2008 Winner
Energy Empowered – 2008 Runner up
1ARC Energy
Chemergy
Cooler
Enverity Corporation
Tangerine Network Devices

Transportation Finalists
ElectraDrive – 2008 Winner
Goose Networks – 2008 Runner up
AAA Fleets aka AAraya
E-Chargers
Electric Vehicle Research Company
ElectronVault, Inc.
Enhanced Vehicle Acoustics
Fuel Motion, Inc.
Philo Fuel

Finalists compete in one of six categories, vying for the winning prize of “$100,000 Start-Up in a Box” prize package that includes all of the business essentials necessary to help take clean technology ideas from a concept to a successful business.

Finalist profiles are available at www.CleanTechOpen.com. The finalists are:

Air, Water & Waste category – Prize Co-Sponsor Grundfos:
• Clean Coal Inc.: Removes contaminants from coal
• Over the Moon Diapers: High performance reusable diapers and service network
• Porifera: Carbon nanotube membrane for reverse osmosis desalination
• PURE-T: Salt free water softener using nanobeads
• Purite: Zero-energy chemical-free whole house water filtration
• SequesCO: Microbial CO2 capture and conversion to biofuel
• Waste Water Works (WWW): Microbial wastewater treatment also generates electricity

Energy Efficiency category – Prize Sponsors PG&E, SCE and SDG&E:
• Atomic Precision Systems Inc.: New semiconductor process for ultra-cheap LED lighting
• Enovative Group: Smart pump for hot water circulation
• NexChem: Energy-saving process improvement for zinc galvanizing
• Transoptic: Solar energy assistance for conventional water heaters
• Viridis Earth: Domestic HVAC retrofit to improve efficiency
• WicKool: Energy efficient water recovery for existing rooftop air conditioning

Green Building category:
• BottleStone: Ceramic stone countertops include 80% recycled glass
• en-vis-age: Green, modular and customizable buildings
• Green Design Systems: Straw wall building panels
• GreenHomeAnswers.com: Home improvement website for green products and services
• GroundSource: Residential geothermal system with installation services
• ISTN: Eco-friendly building insulation
• Parco Homes: Manufactured green (zero net energy) home kits
• Solar Red: Low cost rooftop PV installation system and components
• Team Wawa: Water-conserving shower system

Renewables category – Prize Sponsors Google, PG&E, and SCE:
• Covalent Solar: Organic thin film solar concentrators
• Focal Point Energy: Solar thermal water heater for industrial processes
• IEM Applications: Landfill methane accelerated recovery
• Renewable Fuel Technologies: Agricultural waste biomass converted to Green Coal
• Solar Ice: Solar powered ice maker
• Solindis: Optical solar concentrator for thin film PV

Smart Power category – Prize Sponsors AMD and Siemens TTB:
• 1ARC Energy: Higher capacity lithium-ion batteries
• Cooler: Carbon calculator to allow B2B targeted advertising in LOHAS
• Energy Empowered: Home display and control to reduce standby power usage
• Enverity Corporation: Greenhouse gas tracking and compliance
• Power Assure: Data center energy management software service
• Renewable Voltage: Treats organic waste to provide hydrogen and energy storage
• Tangerine Network Devices: Home energy display and control

Transportation category – Prize Sponsor Lexus:
• AAA Fleets: Turnkey electric vehicles and solar charging systems for fleets
• E-Chargers: Plug-in hybrid charging station
• ElectraDrive: Gas to electric drivetrain auto conversion
• Electric Drive Research: Plug-in/gas hybrid 2 person, 3 wheel sports car
• ElectronVault, Inc.: More efficient traction battery for hybrids
• Enhanced Vehicle Acoustics: Flexible engine sound generator for quiet cars
• FuelMotion: Series hybrid conversions for the developing world
• Goose Networks: Hosted dynamic scheduler for carpools/vanpools
• Philo Fuel: GPS-based audiovisual cues to help drivers optimize fuel efficiency

All 44 finalists may take part in a series of comprehensive entrepreneur summer workshops sponsored by the Cleantech Circle and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and additionally receive mentoring services from a group of volunteers including successful technology entrepreneurs and other business experts.

Following formal pitches by the finalists to the judging panels, CTO will select six winners and present them with their prizes at the grand final event on November 6, 2008.
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. For more information on the current finalists and alumni companies, visit www.CleanTechOpen.com