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 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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]