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PORTFOLIO - 2008
Amyris Biotechnologies is a technology company that is combining its scientific breakthroughs with a supply chain-focused business model to commercialize a slate of advanced hydrocarbon-based alternative fuels for the transportation industry. |
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CleanWell sells a one-of-a-kind anti-bacterial, all-natural hand sanitizer, competing primarily with Purell. They also have hand soap and surface cleaner products. You can find CleanWell in Target stores nationwide. |
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Eka Systems utilizes a wireless grid technology for energy management through a "smart grid." Where today, many utility companies still send drivers out to check meters by hand, Eka provides a reliable, scalable, cost-efficient alterntive. Eka has been recognized as one of the top 100 technology providers in the 2008 M2M Sourcebook, an industrial-focused trade rag. |
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EdenIQ, Inc. has developed and obtained rights to next-generation cellulosic ethanol technology. Usable on any feedstock, the technology will, in the short-term, provide cost savings to corn ethanol companies on every gallon produced. In the long-term, EdenIQ will license its technology to improve yields on multiple feedstocks in the rapidly growing biofuels market.
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RecycleBank works with waste haulers and municipalities to incentivize residents to recycle. Their website currently receives over 800,000 impressions per month from consumers who wish to turn their "ReycleBank Dollars" into gift certificates and meaningful coupons. |
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Revolution Foods provides healthy meals to schoolchildren throughout California. RevFoods is expanding its Bay Area facilities to Oakland and and has established its first Southern California presence in Los Angeles. |
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ShotSpotter is an industry leader in the development of innovative sniper-detection and gunshot location systems for the law enforcement and military markets. The company’s focus on ingenuity and technological vision drives its continuing mission to create invaluable solutions that reduce gunfire and gun violence while improving the safety of first responders on the street and soldiers on the front. |
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Tesla Motors has a created the world’s most exciting emission-free vehicle: the Tesla Roadster, a completely electric vehicle that goes from 0 to 60 mph in about four seconds.
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For more information on other investments of The Westly Group, please see the portfolio from our first year, 2007. |