2004 Cleantech awards call for nominations announced

Cleantech Venture Network Opens Nominations for 2004 Cleantech Leader of the Year and Emerging Enterprise of the Year

• Howell, MI – January 27, 2005 - Cleantech Venture Network LLC, an organization that
• connects venture, corporate and institutional investors with “clean technology”
• entrepreneurs, announced today the call for nominations for the 2004 Cleantech Awards.
• The 2004 Cleantech Leader of the Year and Emerging Enterprise of the Year Awards will
• be presented later this year at Cleantech Venture Forum VI in San Francisco, March 22-
• 24.
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• “The Cleantech Venture Network is committed to supporting and cultivating the growth
• of a cleantech community, particularly at the entrepreneurial and venture level. The
• Cleantech Awards focus on companies and investors who are working everyday to effect
• real change, while raising the profile of this rapidly growing category through
• exceptional performance,” said Nicholas Parker, co-founder and chairman of Cleantech
• Venture Network. “The Cleantech Award series draws attention to the leaders that
• initiate and catalyze new and exciting ideas in the cleantech area.”
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• The Cleantech Leader of the Year Award is given to the professional investor who has
• shown exceptional leadership in adding credibility or resources to the cleantech venturing
• field in 2004. The Cleantech Emerging Enterprise of the Year Award is given to the
• company or CEO that has experienced rapid growth and/or provided a high realized
• return to investors by bringing a clean technology or business model to market.
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• Nominations for the 2004 Cleantech Leader of the Year Award and Cleantech Emerging
• Enterprise of the Year Award should be sent to nominations@cleantechventure.com by
• Monday, February 28, 2005. Submissions should include no more than 200 words on the
• reason for nomination as well as background information on the individual or
• organization being nominated, including their current contact information. The Cleantech
• Venture Network Advisory Board will make the final selections, which will be
• announced at Cleantech Venture Forum VI in San Francisco.
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• About the Cleantech Venture Network, LLC
• The Cleantech Venture Network LLC is an organization that connects venture, corporate
• and institutional investors with “clean technology” entrepreneurs through related
• information products, online services and the Cleantech Venture Forum series of events.
• We serve over 500 affiliate investor member firms worldwide. We have tracked more
• than $3 billion invested in cleantech ventures since 2002, of which nearly $275 million
• has been raised by Forum-presenting companies. Further information can be found at
• www.cleantechventure.com or by calling (+1) 517-223-9607.
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• Cleantech Venture Network invites companies and investors engaged in commercializing
• or investing in clean technologies to apply for membership as a Company or Investor.
• For details, contact Lauren Bigelow at lauren@cleantechventure.com.