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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.
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.
Iberdrola Renewables Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, now operates
more than 3,500 MW of wind power in the US. It is part of Iberdrola
Renovables, the largest provider of wind power in the world, with more than
10,000 MW in operation in 23 countries. Iberdrola Renewables employs more than 800 people in the U.S. and spent more than $2 billion on wind installations in 2009.
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.
Based in Portland, Ore., NW Natural serves more than 662,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The company fuels the local economy, ensuring the Pacific Northwest remains a desirable place to live, work and play.
It is the enduring mission of Portland State's School of Business to
change lives, build community, and serve the economic and social
vitality of our region. Our internationally recognized faculty, leading
edge business programs and significant community engagement initiatives are keys to successfully achieving this mission. The School's excellence in teaching and research is represented by the Portland State MBA+ program's consistent ranking as #1 in the Pacific Northwest's for its integration of environmental, social and economic issues (Beyond Grey
Pinstripes, 2005, 2007, 2009).
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 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.
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 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.
eROI is a web and email marketing company, focused on helping our clients establish and enhance their online presence. Through online strategy, marketing campaigns, websites, blogs, social media and email marketing, we find fresh ways for brands to connect and rule the web.
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.
The Software Association of Oregon is the only Oregon-based trade association dedicated solely to supporting the success of our state's technology industry. Over last 20 years, the SAO has worked to become the premier recourse technology connection and innovation in Oregon & SW Washington. SAO members can connect and collaborate with over 450 member companies that make up the SAO community through professional development programs, social networking events and peer-discussion Leadership Exchanges. Visit us online at www.sao.org.
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. Its mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking and education. TiE Oregon, the local Portland chapter, was formed in 2007.
