enertech capital newsletter - may 2015
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VOL 4 • May, 2015 EnerTech Capital “Thought Leadership in Energy Technology”
Wally Hunter
Managing Director
EnerTech Capital
We are pleased to bring you the fourth edition of EnerTech
Quarterly. We have remained very active over the past
quarter both with our existing portfolio and new deals in
EnerTech IV. The major investment highlights since our last
report include:
The closing of two new investments in the fund:
Terralux is an LED lighting company focused on retrofit
opportunities. EnerTech led the round and existing
investors Generation Investment Management, Crawley
Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures and GC&H
Investments participated in the round.
Leading provider of facility Internet of Things (IoT) and
energy management solutions focused on facilities with
complex and critical power needs (healthcare, government
and higher education). EnerTech led a $14 million round
that also included investors Maryland Venture Fund, Allos
Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Claremont Creek
Ventures.
To date we have invested into 10 Companies in ECP IV with
total drawn capital of $51.8 million and $28.8 million is set
aside for reserves. We continue to see strong deal flow
from Canada and the US with over 200 deals reviewed in
2015.
Successful Exit in EnerTech IV:
We are very pleased to announce that ECP IV portfolio
company Distech Controls has agreed to be sold to Acuity
Brands for CAD $318 million. This will be our first exit in
ECP IV, providing a significant IRR and exit multiple.
Distech’s CEO Etienne Veilleux is a great entrepreneur who
founded and grew Distech to what it is today. The close of
this sale should be concluded in late May to early June 2015.
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EnerTech Update
ECP IV Investment Amount - $5.0 million
ECP IV Investment Amount - $4.5 million
ECP IV
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Our investment focus remains in the Energy Technology
space, where we continue to seek innovative technologies
from “The Well Head to the Wall Socket”. Some of the
current specific focus areas include:
Behind the Meter technologies including device control
and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Building Automation, Lighting and Energy Efficiency
technology
Digital Oilfield and Oil & Gas technologies focused on
reducing the cost of oil production
completed an $11 million
financing led by GE Ventures
and Edison Energy. These
strategic investors will be key
business partners for Enbala as it grows its revenue base in
the Distributed Energy Resource Management System
(DERMS) space.
announced a strategic partnership
with Cummins. The partnership will
bundle clean diesel and natural gas
generators with DERMS, helping
commercial and industrial customers
manage energy consumption on the grid while reducing
their costs. The partnership of Cummins, a global power
leader that manufactures, distributes and services diesel and
natural gas engines and related technologies, and Tangent, a
leading provider of Distributed Energy Resources (DER),
will make it easier for customers to dispatch generators
during times of peak demand when costs on the energy grid
are higher.
We added two new members to our Advisory Board:
As CEO of SGIP, Sharon leads the consortium that
focuses and accelerates advances in grid modernization.
SGIP is focused on critical power industry issues most
relevant to its stakeholders, which include utilities,
regulators, equipment vendors and integrators.
Sharon has great insight and connections into many key
areas in new technologies that are being implemented
into the grid network.
Basil leads a team that commercializes new technologies
in the energy and environment sectors by exploring and
driving opportunities for licensing, joint ventures and
partnerships.
He has 20 years of experience in Oil and Gas, process
and water treatment, and advanced equipment
technologies. Prior to joining Newalta, he was Director
of Oil and Gas at DuPont Canada and he has held
various senior roles in technical sales and business
development at Champion Technologies, GE Water &
Process Technologies, and Nalco.
We are pleased to have Giovanni Ravina, Investment
Manager with ENGIE New Ventures (formerly GDF SUEZ
New Ventures) join the EnerTech Toronto location as
Intern for a one year period. Giovanni acquired a MEng in
Industrial Production at Politecnico di Torino followed by a
Masters in Business at ESCP Europe. ENGIE is a strategic
investor in both ECP III and ECP IV.
Sharon Allan
President & CEO, Smart Grid
Interoperability Panel (SGIP)
Basil El-Borno
Vice President, Innovation & Process
Development, Newalta Corporation
ECP III
Additions to the EnerTech Team
Advisory Board Updates Giovanni Ravina
Investment Manager, ENGIE New
Ventures (formerly GDF SUEZ New
Ventures)
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by
Bill Kingsley
Managing Director
EnerTech Capital
Even with recent advances in energy efficient light bulb
technologies over the past two decades, lighting continues
to consume nearly 11% of electricity in North America.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that
lighting consumed about 412 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of
electricity in 2014 with roughly 262 billion kWh used by the
commercial sector and 150 billion kWh used by the
residential sector.
Driven by advances in semiconductor and light emitting
diode (LED) technologies, and riding cost curves that
precipitously declined with advances in consumer
electronics, lighting is now meeting the digital and internet
world that has upended many industries in recent years.
Haitz’s Law, an analogous phenomenon to Moore’s Law, has
accurately predicted the pace improvement of the
technology. It states that every decade, the cost per unit of
useful light emitted (lumen) falls by a factor of 10, and the
amount of light generated per LED package increases by a
factor of 20. The lighting industry and the electric industry
are at an inflection point which, simply stated, is the end of
traditional lighting.
Beyond technological advancement, governments around
the world have accelerated initiatives that ban inefficient
lighting technologies. At the local level, building codes have
been amended to stipulate energy efficient lighting
requirements. Various policy initiatives aimed at elimination
of hazardous content from fluorescent bulbs and reduced
carbon footprints are forcing customers to adapt.
Meanwhile, forward thinking real estate owners have seen
advanced lighting technologies reduce operating expenses of
their common areas, increasing the value of their buildings.
As 2015 begins, LED lighting makes up slightly more than 1%
of the installed lighting base in the U.S. Over the next 10
years, many industry players expect that number to climb to
nearly 65%. LED lighting technology converts roughly 20%
of electrical energy to visible light, which is already 4x more
efficient than other lighting technologies, and LED is
improving as only a semiconductor can. Incumbent lighting
players are attempting to realign their product and
manufacturing capabilities to meet a shifting marketplace.
Traditional market structures that worked well in an analog
(light bulb) world are transforming in a new digital (LED)
world.
Lighting – A Revolution Before our Eyes
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The major lighting players accelerating a transition to LED
for commercial customers primarily target either new
construction or buildings undergoing substantial renovation.
But for every building that is either new or under
renovation, there are approximately 55 existing buildings
that are unaddressed. All of these existing buildings can
benefit from LED lighting retrofits in the next decade.
Digital Lighting meets the Internet
As if all of this wasn’t enough for an industry in transition,
the shift from analog to digital platforms has squarely
intersected with the Internet. Lighting is ubiquitous within
buildings, nodal, and lends itself well to an internet of things
(IoT) architecture. Complimentary technologies include low
-cost highly efficient wireless and power-line technologies
for connectivity, advances in sensors such as occupancy,
dimming, motion, temperature, environmental (carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, smoke detection, trace
chemicals), and dynamic color tuning. Further, some
platforms have recognized the importance of embedding
microprocessor controls within nodes, and these will be
increasingly important as new capabilities are introduced.
The electric industry has much at stake here as a result of
these changes. With over 50% of electricity consumption in
its commercial segment attributed to lighting in a ten year
transition, and even more change occurring with the
integration of advanced control technologies, the electric
industry will need to watch its demand curves closely.
Deployment of more advanced capabilities such as
Automated Demand Response, Lighting-As-A-Service, and
tailored industry applications may further alter traditional
utility planning horizons.
EnerTech Portfolio Company Activity
EnerTech Capital has evaluated investment opportunities in
the lighting space with caution over many years. Until
recently, costs curves and quality did not match customer
expectations in most cases, and channel conflict proved
detrimental to new companies.
Our first foray into a company that played adjacent to the
space was Distech Controls. Distech is a provider of
building automation, control and energy management
solutions integrating Lighting, HVAC, Access Control and
CCTV. The Company was very successful as an EnerTech
Capital portfolio company and was recently acquired by
Acuity Brands in a successful exit for Fund IV.
Based upon improvements in technology, cost and quality,
EnerTech Capital continued to review investment
opportunities in the lighting space. In March 2015, we
announced an investment in Terralux, a Longmont, CO-
based provider of LED lighting products focused on retro-
fitting existing commercial lighting installations. Terralux has
a unique plug and play solution, eliminating the need to rip
and replace existing lighting infrastructure and architectural
fixtures. The economics are optimized when replacing lights
with long run-times, and customers are seeing very short
payback periods and excellent IRR’s in many markets.
Terralux is run by a very experienced semiconductor
industry team, using strict engineering and reliability
standards as well as world-class subcontract manufacturing
capabilities. Terralux employs a unique selling proposition
and is finding a market that is receptive to the products it
has introduced in 2014/2015 thus far. The Company has
begun testing its LEDSense intelligent lighting platform with
customers to early acclaim. Terralux is also featured on the
next page.
LEDSENSE® - Terralux’s voltage driver architecture creates an opportunity for
technology and applications integration. Lights are ubiquitous and hold an
advantaged position in a building as an information gathering point.
A complete system can be controlled via a smart device.
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About the Company: Terralux designs and manufactures
Light Emitting Diode (LED) products for general illumination
in commercial and industrial applications. The company
holds patents across many of the most critical aspects of
LED technology including active and passive thermal
management, driver architecture and design, optical design
and infrastructure compatibility, and mechanical packaging.
Their LED lighting solutions are easy to install, highly
reliable, and economical.
Value Proposition: Traditionally, LED lighting companies
have focused exclusively on new building construction and
rehabs of existing buildings. Terralux provides building
owners the opportunity for significant energy savings
through adoption of LED technology without having to
replace existing lighting fixtures and infrastructure. While in
some cases energy savings of 50-80% are available,
customers find the installation cost savings, reduction in
ceiling tile damage/replacement, and ability to add Wide
Area Network intelligence to be significant forces in
business cases. Some customers are easily beating IRR
return targets of 20-25% with the Terralux approach, while
other customers have seen lighting project paybacks of less
than one year.
Market: There is a massive LED retrofit market
opportunity. For every new construction building with a
potential lighting project, there are 55 buildings waiting to
be retrofitted. The US market for pin-CFL replacement in
commercial/indoor common areas alone is greater than $10
billion.
EnerTech Investment: EnerTech led an $11 million
growth investment in March, 2015. Joining EnerTech in this
round were Generation Investment Management, Crawley
Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures, GC&H
Investments, and Founder & CTO, Dr. Anthony Catalano.
EnerTech Capital Managing Director, Bill Kingsley joined the
company board.
“Our investment in Terralux fits directly in our investment
strategy around emerging opportunities in the energy
efficiency space particularly for innovative retrofit solutions.
Given our significant domain knowledge in the energy
efficiency sector and behind the meter energy solutions, we
believe that as a firm we can add significant value as
Terralux executes on its business plan. This investment
represents our 9th deal in our latest fund (EnerTech IV) and
we believe there are significant synergies between Terralux
and a number of the other companies in the existing
portfolio” said Wally Hunter, Managing Director at
EnerTech Capital.
“Terralux has built elegant solutions that allow building
owners to begin retrofitting the enormous base of existing
buildings with energy efficient LED technology,” said Bill
Kingsley, Managing Director at EnerTech Capital. “The pace,
quality and the market acceptance of their new product
releases caught our attention. We believe in this strategy
and look forward to working with the existing investors and
management team to drive the rapid growth of Terralux.”
Profile of new ECP IV Investments - Terralux
Investment Date: February, 2015
ECP IV amount: $5.0 million
CEO: Steve Hane
EnerTech Board Member: Bill Kingsley
Website: http://terralux.com/
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About the Company: Blue Pillar is a leading provider of
facility Internet of Things (IoT) and energy management
solutions for complex single site and centralized multisite
facilities. The company’s Aurora®, Avise InsiteTM and Avise
ForesiteTM platforms connect, control, and manage data to
help organizations improve energy resiliency, efficiency and
overall facility operations. Many of the most critical,
complex and geographically dispersed facilities – across
healthcare, government, higher education, and other
industries – use Blue Pillar to manage their energy and
power systems.
Value Proposition: Blue Pillar takes highly complex
facilities where there are on average 30 equipment vendors
per facility with average backup generation capacity of 1
MW per facility with aging workforce issues and provides
ubiquitous equipment control and data visualization/energy
automation, along with access to facility data and asset
information. The company’s technology unifies legacy,
stranded and uncontrolled elements of any vendor.
Market: There are over 300,000 critical and complex
facilities worldwide with roughly 24 million stranded or
uncontrolled pieces of equipment. The market opportunity
for equipment, connectivity, and control is estimated to be
greater than $2 billion, and separately, the market for local
site facility management is estimated to be approximately
$900 million.
EnerTech Investment: EnerTech Capital led a $14
million financing in March, 2015. This round of financing also
included the Maryland Venture Fund and existing investors
Allos Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Claremont
Creek Ventures. EnerTech Managing Director Bill Kingsley
joined the Blue Pillar board in conjunction with the
investment.
“Our investment in what is now known as the Internet of
Things (“IoT”) space has always been a key part of the
EnerTech investment strategy. Blue Pillar aligns with our
themes of investing in innovative technologies that promote
behind the meter networking, enabling monitoring, control
and energy management capabilities while facilitating the
interface between building metering, electrical equipment,
mechanical equipment, on-site generation and renewables.
Our investment in Blue Pillar represents our 10th
investment in EnerTech IV. The Company has great
synergies with several of our existing portfolio companies”
said Wally Hunter, Managing Director of EnerTech Capital.
“Blue Pillar has built its business connecting distributed
energy assets for demanding and complex customers”, said
Bill Kingsley, Managing Director of EnerTech Capital. “The
speed of deployment enabled by its software approaches
always impressed us, but the recent customer adoption
showed that Blue Pillar’s strategies and products are valued
by customers looking for energy management solutions with
strong return on investment. We believe in the Company’s
strategy and look forward to working with the existing
investors and management team to drive the rapid growth
of Blue Pillar.”
Profile of new ECP IV Investments - Blue Pillar
Investment Date: February, 2015
ECP IV amount: $4.5 million
CEO: Tom Willie
EnerTech Board Member: Bill Kingsley
Website: http://www.bluepillar.com/
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Acquired by
March 9, 2015 - Acuity Brands Inc. has agreed to acquire
Quebec-based Distech Controls Inc. for roughly $318
million CAD dollars ($252 million USD), expanding the
lighting company's capabilities in building automation and
energy management technology. For more on the story,
please visit our website’s news section or click here.
ECP IV Portfolio Company News If you are viewing a digital version, please click on the news item for more information.
January 26, 2015 BUILDINGS: Why BEMS Systems May
Soon Be Extinct
March 19, 2015 What’s Hot for Energy Efficiency
Investors Today? Bill Kingsley, managing
director of EnerTech Capital, explains
what energy efficiency investors look for
in companies today.
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GeoDigital is unleashing the power of ‘big spatial data’ and
insight to maximize the reliability of power grids, drive
toward autonomous vehicles, and provide spatial insight to
solve complex industrial challenges like no other. Click on
the link below to see more of what GeoDigital is doing.
January 27, 2015 EnergySavvy Picks Up Efficiency
Projects at Salt River Project, New
Mexico Utilities
January 29, 2015 Tech Moves: EnergySavvy Gets New
February 3, 2015 Silver Spring Networks Welcomes
EnergySavvy to Partner Program
February 9, 2015 EnergySavvy Offers a Case Study in
Utility Partnerships
February 22, 2015 Measured Results are Coming to
Energy Efficiency Programs. Are You
Ready?
March 13, 2015 APS Works to Deliver Cheaper, Faster
Home Energy Efficiency
January 28, 2015 N-Dimension Alerts Utilities to Cyber
Attacks Before Hackers Cause Havoc
March 17, 2015 N-Dimension Used by NMPP Energy to
Protect Joint Action Agency Against
Cyber Security Threats
April 1, 2015 Finding the Hidden Cyber Threats in the
Power Grid - How N-Dimension helped a
Midwest utility distill 3.8 million cyber
alerts into real-world security actions
January 26, 2015 REGEN Energy and Ayla Networks
Create Strategic Partnership
January 28, 2015 REGEN featured in Greentech Media
Article
January 29, 2015 REGEN featured in Energy Manager
Today
January 7, 2015 Space-Time Insight Extends Leadership
In Real-Time Visual Analytics
February 11, 2015 E.ON And NEC Lead Strategic
Investment In Space-Time Insight
March 4, 2015 Space-Time Insight’s Asset Intelligence
Solution Certified As Powered By SAP
HANA®
January, 2015 Architectural SSL Magazine Honors
Terralux with Product Innovation
Awards
January 31, 2015 TERRALUX featured in Forbes
Magazine
February, 2015 TERRALUX featured in Lodging
Magazine
February, 2015 TERRALUX featured in Bloomberg
Business
February 15, 2015 TERRALUX featured in TED Magazine
March 02, 2015 TERRALUX featured on FOX31
News
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Tangent’s Distributed Energy Resource Management System
(DERMS), named Tangent AMP™, monitors grid, facility and on-
site generation assets, and alerts customers ahead of high-value
economic opportunities. Demand Design™ and Demand Design
PLUS™ build on Tangent AMP™ to actively manage customer
demand and integrate generation assets in response to these
opportunities.
ECP III
Company Snapshots from Previous EnerTech Funds
ECP II
ENBALA’s GOFlex platform is a technology that manages a network of
commercial and industrial electricity consumers and their energy-consuming
assets to deliver grid balancing flexibility to electricity system operators and
utilities.
NanoSteel impeller produced
through laser powder bed fusion
January 5, 2015 Calstar 2015 Outlook
February 9, 2015 CalStar Shifts Production from Pilot
Plant to New Full-Scale Columbus,
Mississippi Operation
March 30, 2015 GE Ventures and Edison International
Join Forces to Invest in Enbala Power
Networks
March 10, 2015 FilterBoxx featured in Energy Pipeline
Magazine – Covering the Oil & Gas
Industry in Colorado
January 27, 2015 Dirty ground starts to sprout clean
energy projects
February 27, 2015 Cummins and Tangent Energy Partner
to Launch eDGegen™ Series Power
Platform
March 25, 2015 Tangent Energy Forges the Customer-
to-Grid Distributed Energy Connection
March 4, 2015 N a n o S t e e l E x p a n d s M a t e r i a l
Capabilities for Additive Manufacturing
March 31, 2015 Nano Scale Powders Upgrade Additive
Manufacturing Parts
March 16, 2015 FilterBoxx Supplies New Potable Water
& Waste Water Treatment System to
Camp Operator
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In the US, VC funding in 2014 hit its highest total since 2001. $47.3 billion was invested across 3,617 deals.
Venture Capital Update - Overview of US and Canadian Activity in 2014
Canadian VCs invested $2.4 billion into 522 different rounds of financing in 2014, a slight increase from the $2.0 billion
dollar amount reported and the 452 deals done in 2013. Overall, Reuters estimated 2014 to the best year for VC funding
in Canada since 2002.
Source: Thomson Reuters, CVCA
Note: Q1 2015 data above is based on preliminary data.
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Venture Capitalists in the US invested $13.4 billion in 1,020 deals in the first quarter of 2015, according to the
MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA),
based on data provided by Thomson Reuters.
Select US VC Investments from Q1 2015 (EnerTech investments are highlighted in yellow)
Venture Capital Update - Q1 2015 - Investments in the US
Company Name Description Major Investors Investment
Amount (USD)
Provider of simplified Software Defined
Data Center in a Box solutions.
Waypoint Capital, Accel
Partners, Charles River
Ventures, KPCB, DFJ
$175 million
Provider of data visualization service to
find insights in large and complex da-
tasets.
KPCB, Institutional Venture
Partners, Khosla Ventures $55 million
Provider of solutions for fleet manag-
ers to improve driver safety and im-
prove vehicle efficiency.
Oak Investment Part-
ners , NEA, WABCO $50 million
Manufactures horizontal trackers for
the solar PV market.
SJF Ventures, Sigma Part-
ners, DBL Inves-
tors, Tennenbaum Capital
$25 million
Developer of a repairing technology
that rejuvenates power cables to ex-
tend their useful life.
SJF Ventures $20 million
Developer of enterprise-class tools for
the oil and gas industry.
Carrick Capital Partners $20 million
Developer of security solutions for
critical infrastructure.
Ignition Partners, IDG Ven-
tures $15 million
Provider of facility IoT and energy
management solutions.
EnerTech Capital, Allos
Ventures, Maryland Ven-
ture, Arsenal Ven-
ture, Claremont Creek
$14 million
LED lighting company focused on
retrofit opportunities.
EnerTech Capital, Genera-
tion Investment Manage-
ment, Crawley Ventures,
Emerald , and GC&H In-
vestments
$11 million
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Canadian companies raised $362 million in VC funding in 121 rounds of financing. Ontario led with $237 million
invested in 55 deals, followed by Quebec, where $51 million was invested in 34 deals.
Select Canadian VC Investments from Q1 2015 (EnerTech investments are highlighted in yellow)
Venture Capital Update - Q1 2015 - Investments in Canada
Company Name Description Major Investors Investment
Amount (Cdn)
Provider of traffic data collection tools
and analysis.
MacKinnon, Bennett &
Co., Investeco Capital,
Renewal Funds, Plaza
Ventures and Comerica
$30 million
Developer of smart grid platform to in-
crease grid reliability and efficiency.
EnerTech Capital, GE
Ventures, Edison Ener-
gy, EDC, Sorfina Capi-
tal, Chrysalix
$11 million
Developer of connected car technolo-
gies.
Telekom Capital, Relay
Ventures, BDC $8 million
Developer of solutions to help manufac-
turing companies improve their asset
availability, asset utilization and utilities
consumption.
McRock Capital $3 million
Developer of a lightweight connected
commuter bike. Real Ventures $1.6 million
Developer of a process to convert cellu-
losic biomass into high quality cost-
competitive cellulosic glucose.
Sofinnova Partners Undisclosed
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The EnerTech Team
A Seasoned, Diversified, and Experienced Group
Wally Hunter
Managing Director
Lyndsy MacArthur
Executive Assistant Angelica Mengana
Analyst
Scott Ungerer
Managing Director
Bill Kingsley
Managing Director
Dean Sciorillo
Director
Colleen Pale
Director of Finance
and Administration
Donna Smith
Executive Assistant
Gian Vergnetti
Analyst
Eric Schmadtke
VP Investments
Jarett Carson
Managing Director Dr. Dominic Geraghty
Executive in Residence
Hoon Chung,
Executive in Residence
Philadelphia
Calgary
Toronto
Menlo Park Boston
Robert M. Chiste
Executive in Residence
Orange County Houston
Giovanni Ravina
Intern, ENGIE New Ventures (formerly
GDF SUEZ New Ventures) Montreal
Anne-Marie Bourgeois
VP Investments
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The EnerTech Strategic Advisory Board
Our Network is an Extended Family of Deal Sourcing, Due Diligence and Exits
The EnerTech Strategic Advisory Board is made up of a diverse and experienced group of visionaries, industry
leaders and experts in various disciplines. They bring unparalleled expertise and a wide network in the areas of
energy services and policy, information technology, Oil & Gas, and clean energy innovation. We are proud and
grateful to have them as members of our Advisory Board.
Sharon Allan
President & CEO, SGIP
Mike Babcock
Current coach of the Detroit Red
Wings and former Head Coach of
the Canadian Men’s Hockey Team
Independent Board Members
Michael Harris
Former Premier of Ontario
Governor George Pataki
Former Governor of New York
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Basil El-Borno
VP Innovation & Process
Development, Newalta
Corporation
Dr. Bill Madia
Chairman of the Board of
Overseers and VP for the SLAC
National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
J. Scott Magrane
Managing Director, Coady Diemar
Partners
Alex Beliaev
Investment Manager, EDC
Dr. Jim de Wilde
President, JdW Strategic Ventures
Vicky Sharpe
Founding President of SDTC
Rob Soni
Independent Board Member
LP and Strategic Partner Board Members
David Milenthal
CEO, The Milenthal Group
Gordon Pridham
Principal, Edgewater Capital and
Newalta Board Member
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Rebecca Kauffman
President and COO, Southern Ute
Alternative Energy
Eric Legault
Managing Partner, Teralys Capital
John Morris
Sr. Vice President of Field
Operations Waste Management
Nils Voermann - Global
Managing Director -
Technologies, Hatch
Marty Toomajian
President of Energy, Health &
Environment, Battelle
Victor Scutaru
Director, Fund Investments, BDC
Venture Capital
Guillemette Picard
Investment Director, ENGIE New
Ventures (formerly GDF SUEZ
New Ventures)
Rebecca Giffen
Director of Investments, Alberta
Enterprise Corporation
In Memorium
Michael Davies
We are saddened to have lost our long term Advisory
Board member and friend, Michael Davies. As many of
you know, Michael and Wally went back some 15 years
to his days with RBC. He joined the EnerTech Advisory
Board back in 2007 and was previously on the Advisory
Board at RBC Capital Partners. Michael was truly a
great mentor and friend. He will be sadly missed by all.
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May 19-21, 2015 – Vancouver, BC
Canadian Venture Capital Association Conference
May 21 - 22, 2015 - Vancouver, BC
EnerTech Advisory Board meeting
May 28, 2015 – Calgary, AB
Canada Oil & Gas Assembly
June 23 – 25, 2015 - San Diego, CA
Grid Edge Live – Greentech Media
September 22 – 23, 2015 – Berkeley, CA
Water Innovation Summit
September 24 – 25, 2015 – Banff, AB
Banff Venture Forum
September 26 – 30, 2015 – Chicago, IL
Weftec – the Water Quality Event
November 2 - 4, 2015 - San Diego, CA
Greentechmedia US Solar Market Insight
December 8 - 9, 2015 - San Francisco, CA
Greentechmedia US Energy Storage Summit
December 1 - 3, 2015 - Key Biscayne, FL
EnerTech Capital Forum and LP Meeting
December 8 – 10, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
Power-Gen International Conference
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