from California Coast Venture Forum

  Over $110 million in capital investments from private equity, venture capital and angel investors has been raised over the previous 10 years for emerging growth and later stage companies participating in the California Coast Venture Forum events.

"Where Socially Responsible Investors, and Service Providers

Meet Socially Responsible Entrepreneurs."

     

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

P. Lynn Scarlett

Author and former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. 

CLEAN BUSINESSS INVESTMENT SUMMIT PANEL MEMBERS

Lewis Perkins - Mohawk Industries Sustainable Partnership

Jim Winsayer - CEO Continental Wind Power

Dave Baskett - American Ethanol

Jim Fiske - CEO of Power Ring, LLC

Dr. Patrick Berbon, California Clean Technology Ventures

William M. Macfadyen, Publisher & CEO, Noozhawk

  Gillian Christie, Founder & CEO, ChristieCommunications

Who should Attend?

Are you:

• A "Clean Business" interested in funding?
• An Investor interested in "Clean Business" opportunities?
• An Entrepreneur interested in meeting Investors?
• A "Clean Business" Service Provider?
• Interested in being a Sponsor?

 With increased interest from investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses in emerging markets such as clean tech, ethical, green, socially responsible, and sustainable enterprises, the Clean Business Investment Summit aligns the power of capital and clean business principles to build viable, attractive, clean tech, green, socially responsible, sustainable enterprises.

Register to attend now!

 All companies selected to present or exhibit will attend a special one-day "CBIS Entrepreneur Boot Camp". This will give the entrepreneurs an opportunity to learn "How to work with investors one-on-one". Companies selected to present will be given a special one-on-one coaching session designed to assist with the refinement of their business plan presentations.

$395.00 

 Date: March 26, 2009

Time: 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Location: Corwin Pavilion, UCSB

 To submit your business plan "Entrepreneurs" go here

If you are selected to present your plan, you will be required to submit an additional $1000. As a presenter, you will be required to attend the coaching sessions in which members of our Mentoring Team will rehearse you and help you refine your Power Point presentation. You will then be prepared to pitch conference attendees, have access to investors and sponsors, have your executive summary included in the program guide, and have an exhibit table in the "Marketplace". The mentoring sessions are worth thousands of dollars in professional advice from our area's best investment bankers, lawyers and business people. They will help you in your fund raising efforts for many years to come.

If you are selected to exhibit at the forum marketplace, you will be required to submit an additional $500. As an exhibiting company, your executive summary will be included in the program guide, you will have access to investors and sponsors, and you will have an exhibit table in the "Marketplace".

Contact Jerry Knotts by email at:  jeknotts@ccvf.org

In 2009, we will mark our 12th year and we are transitioning to a focus on “CLEAN BUSINESS^TM”.  Clean Businesses are those that improve conditions for all stakeholders in the value chain based on a common Code of Ethics . Their common goals are: