Energy Angels To Fuel Industry (Puget Sound Business Journal)
The Northwest Energy Angel Group was formed in late 2005 and has already financed its first clean tech company.
March 02, 2006
A new angel investor group has been launched by Seattle VC Martin Tobias and Washington state House energy chair Jeff Morris.
According to Deirdre Gregg's "Energy angels to fuel industry" article in the PSBJ, the Northwest Energy Angel Group meets six times a year to learn about energy technologies and policies, and to review presentations from startups. The group has already funded their first company.
"If you have any idea that you want to present to early stage investors, there is now a forum locally for presenting those ideas," said Tobias, plugging the group at an MIT Enterprise Forum event about entrepreneuring in renewable energy.
Tobias is also CEO of Seattle Biodiesel, and a very visible figure in the Northwest clean tech community. Morris is also Director of the Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative. Fifteen investors have joined their group, and they hope to reach 50 or more members.
Investors interested in joining the group should contact Nate Silverman at the Washington Technology Center, 206-616-7153. MATR ran an article by Silverman about becoming a member.
More information for investors and entrepreneurs is available on the NWETC site, including a PDF. Here's how NWETC describes the group:
The Northwest Energy Angel Group is a membership organization of successful entrepreneurs, retired executives, and other business leaders in the Pacific Northwest, who provide investment capital, strategic advice and mentoring to early-stage companies or companies embarking on major expansion efforts to help them achieve market leadership. Northwest Energy Angels is unique in that it focuses only on the energy industry, including alternative sources of energy, improved distribution, or efficient transmission.
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