Boots in the spur lessons from the School of Hard Knocks
Attendee responses: … relevant, clear, authentic… … very engaging… … extremely helpful… Bob Musselman, LACI Advisor and accomplished executive, led the latest C-Level Series, “Lessons Learned: Some Useful Advice in Industrial Marketing and Sales.” Our goal with this ongoing series is to offer LACI Portfolio Companies and Members vital real world knowledge they can use [...]
Region’s Leading Cleantech Initiatives Unite
Clean Tech Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator join forces to increase both efficiency and impact The region’s leading clean technology initiatives – Clean Tech Los Angeles (CTLA) and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) – are unifying to increase both efficiency and impact toward their complementary charter: champion and continue Los Angeles’ [...]
Hive’s plasma lights drive first all-battery-powered commercial for Chevy Volt
Imagine this… a TV commercial where the entire shoot is battery powered – the lights, cameras, and even the car. LACI’s Hive Lighting has pulled off this first ever electrifying milestone with a beautiful Chevy Volt commercial (see video below – make sure to watch past 30 seconds to see the behind the scenes info). [...]
Argonne and LACI’s CalBattery strike deal for breakthrough battery technology
The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and California Lithium Battery Inc. (CalBattery), a Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator portfolio company, announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement for an Argonne-developed, silicon-graphene composite anode material for high-energy lithium batteries. CalBattery plans to move forward rapidly in the commercial scale-up and production of this breakthrough [...]
LACI’s E-Waste Systems expands to China with $800k investment and $5M sales commitment
LACI Portfolio Company E-Waste Systems Inc (EWSI) has signed an $800,000 investment and license agreement with Tanke, Inc., which includes a $5,000,000 minimum sales commitment to expand into China. EWSI is an electronic waste management and reverse logistics company that covers every zip code in the Continental US, and now expands to China through their eWaste pure play brand [...]
Mayoral candidates discuss the future of LA’s green economy at first 2013 Leadership Council event
2013 Leadership Council kicks off with intimate discussion among all five candidates vying to become the next Mayor of Los Angeles. The first Leadership Council meeting of the year for CleanTech LA and LACI got off to a great start today as we hosted candid, intimate discussions with the five candidates running for Mayor [...]
Hive Five – Sundance, SXSW, Sales, Adoption & Recognition
Everybody at LACI loves Hive Lighting. Great team, disruptive technology, big plans, and serious traction… They’re the poster child of what a small, amazing team can achieve. It’s not easy to break into a big market, and they’re making a lot of noise bringing high-quality, super-efficient Plasma lights to film, TV, and digital media productions. [...]
96% efficiency = $20 million commitment for 360 Power Group
Ask anyone in the cleantech sector, and they’ll tell you that there are countless inventors that make bold claims. Few prove out. 360 Power Group is poised to prove they’re among the few. With virtual models, simulations and designs complete by a host of experts, their coveted prototype is being built now. It is a [...]
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