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Portfolio Companies
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Konarka
Technologies
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| Konarka is an advanced technology
development company commercializing a new
thin film, roll-to-roll, inexpensive solar
photovoltaic manufacturing technology. Due
its innovative manufacturing technique, the
technology has the potential to reduce PV
costs to below the $1/watt mark, bringing
electricity production into direct competition
with grid power. The Fund joined a Series
C financing round led by New Enterprise Associates,
and included Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Zero
Stage Capital, Vanguard Ventures, Partech
International, Prime New Energy, SDL Ventures,
Good Energies, and Presidio Venture Partners.
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| Protonex
Technology Corporation
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Protonex is a developer of
PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell
stacks and systems, with unique, proprietary
designs and manufacturing methods. The
company's technology increases the useable
stack volume, dramatically reduces the stack
size and cost, and virtually eliminates the
problem of leakage faced by other
manufacturers. The company is
targeting a variety of low-power portable
and remote applications, and has won several
government R&D grants. The Fund
joined a Series B financing that included
Conduit Ventures, SAS Investors, Solstice
Capital, Commons Capital, Parker Hannifan
Corporation, and Contango Capital
Management.
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Lilliputian
Systems
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Systems, Inc. is developing miniature, high
energy density solid oxide fuel cell systems
for wireless electronic devices based on
MEMS technology out of MIT and Lawrence
Livermore National Labs (LLNL). The
proprietary technology offers substantially
higher gravimetric and volumetric energy
densities over current lithium ion battery
technologies. The Fund joined in a Series C
financing that included TD Capital, DAG
Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Atlas Ventures,
Chrysalix Energy Management, and Rockport
Capital.
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| CTP
Hydrogen
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Hydrogen, Inc. is developing a fuel reformer
that generates pure hydrogen from a wide
variety of conventional liquid fuels,
including ethanol, gasoline, diesel, and
JP8. This technology enables
high-efficiency, low-emission, silent fuel
cell products without requiring national
investment in a gaseous hydrogen
distribution infrastructure. The
Massachusetts Green Energy Fund led the
company's Series A1 financing. Other
investors in the company include Sumitomo
Corporation, Yasuda Investments, SAM Equity
Investments, Aretê Corporation, and Commons
Capital.
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Seahorse Power
Corporation
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Seahorse
Power Company applies proprietary energy
management technology to develop, manufacture
and sell innovative, energy-efficient
products. The company's initial product, the
BigBelly Cordless Compaction System™,
delivers distributed trash compaction to the
points of collection, thereby reducing the
frequency of collections required and the
costs (and associated carbon dioxide and
pollution emissions from truck traffic)
related to solid waste removal efforts.
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PoroGen Corporation
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PoroGen Corporation commercializes chemical-
and temperature- resistant porous polymeric
membranes for a wide range of nanofiltration,
microfiltration, gas separation, and gas
transferapplications, including methane
recovery and biofuels processing. The
Massachusetts Green Energy Fund led the
company's Series A financing.
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