In addition to GoingGreen’s 6th annual top 200 clean tech companies, AlwaysOn, a conference series around investment in clean and green tech, announced their first annual Power Players in Greentech list, “honoring the champions of entrepreneurship who are helping the Global Silicon Valley dominate today’s green technology marketplace”.
Here is their official announcement:
The AlwaysOn Power Players in Greentech list honors the most influential people in the banking, venture capital, legal, talent, government, and accounting world who support the green technology entrepreneurs who are bringing massive technology breakthroughs to a world that’s hungry for clean, sustainable products. These individuals and their firms are the infrastructure workhorses behind the ideas that make the Global Silicon Valley an incubator for success, creating strong greentech companies that are building forward-thinking, indispensable, clean products and services.
The Power Players in Greentech honorees span a wide range of talents, from seed investors to accountants to research scientists agents to corporate executives to venture capitalists to legal counsel. This year’s Power Players in Greentech list tops more than 100 players in 11 categories and highlights a impressive range of talents available for startup entrepreneurs with the right ideas and mindsets to break away from the pack.
The Power of Positive Change
The greentech industry attracts a very different, focused group of power players, who are bringing positive change to almost every corner of the planet. From power generation to energy efficiency to transportation to waste management and building materials, the green technology industry spans a variety of marketplaces, needing the special expertise of these individuals. With their wide range of talents, the Power Players in Greentech are ensuring that every great green technology idea has a chance to become a successful, sustainable, profitable company.
Congratulations to this year’s Power Players in Greentech winners. As the top venture capital-backed green technology companies continue to bring new, innovative products and services to the world, they’re backed by the people from this list. These powerful individuals are bringing a new generation of innovation to the technology marketplace and the Global Silicon Valley, making our world a cleaner, safer, better place to live.
Many of the winners of this competition will be featured at:
GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2012
Where Green Entrepreneurs Meet Big Money and Big Partnerships
November 27th – 28th, 2012
The Golden Gate Club
San Francisco, CA
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The 2012 Power Players in Greentech
The Angel Investors
Dave Graham
Co-Founder and Partner
Greenstart
Ullas Naik
Angel Investor
Ullas Naik
Marc Porat
Chairman, Serious Materials
ZETA Communities and CalStar
The Attorneys
Jim Fulton
Partner
Cooley
Gordon Ho
Partner
Cooley
Louis Lehot
Partner and Leader of Capital Markets, Public M&A, and Corporate Governance Teams
Sheppard Mullin
The Commercial Bankers
Quentin Falconer
National Cleantech Coordinator
Silicon Valley Bank
The Consultants
Paul De Martini
Managing Director
Newport Consulting Group
Laura Shenkar
Founder and Principal
The Artemis Project
The Corporate Partners
Justin Adams
Vice President, Strategy and Ventures
BP Alternative Energy Ventures
Ricardo Angel
Senior Vice President, Venture Capital
GE Energy Financial Services
Rob Bernard
Chief Environmental Strategist
Microsoft
Kate Brass
Ecomagination Program Manager
GE Energy Financial Services
Drew Clark
Director
IBM Venture Capital Group
Stephen Eichenlaub
Managing Director
Intel Capital
Scott Elrod
Vice President, Director of Hardware Systems Laboratory and Cleantech Innovation Program
PARC
Dana Flanders
President
Chevron Technology Ventures
Gerd Goette
Managing Partner
Siemens Venture Capital
Peter Graf
Chief Sustainability Officer
SAP
Anup Jacob
Partner
Virgin Green Fund
Anand Kamannavar
Investment Director
Applied Ventures
Jon Lauckner
General Manager, Vice President, and President
General Motors Ventures
Yoichiro Miwa
Investment Director
Mitsui Ventures
Rick Needham
Director, Energy and Sustainability
Google
Daniela Proske
Principal
BASF Venture Capital
Ulrich Quay
Managing Director
BMW i Ventures
Joshua Raffaelli
Director
Intel Capital
Jim Sayre
Senior Managing Director
Cargill Ventures, Black River Asset Management
Kevin Skillern
Managing Director, Venture Capital
GE Energy Financial Services
Cory Steffek
Corporate Venture Capital
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
Jeremiah Stone
Vice President, Solution Management
SAP
Naoki “Nick” Sugimoto
Principal
Honda Strategic Venturing
Mark Vachon
Vice President, GE
ecomagination
Bill Weihl
Manager of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Facebook
The Government Advisors
Swee Yeok Chu
CEO
EDBI
Richard Kauffman
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
U.S. Dept. of Energy
The Investment Bankers
Stuart Bernstein
Global Head, Clean Technology and Renewables Group
Goldman Sachs
David Chen
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Joe Dews
Partner
AGC Partners
Kevin Genieser
Managing Director, Head of Clean Energy Investment Banking
Morgan Stanley
Jeff Hagan
Managing Director, Head of Tech and Cleantech Banking
Canaccord Genuity Asia
Eric Urbani
Founder & Managing Partner
Black Emerald Capital
The Non-Profit Partners
Jeff Byron
Vice Chairman
Cleantech Open National Board
Sheeraz Haji
CEO
Cleantech Group
Henrik Skov Laursen
Executive Director
Grundfos Water Technology Center
The Public Accountants
John Gimigliano
Partner, Energy and Sustainability
KPMG
David “Dave” Miller
Partner
KPMG
The University Players
Carrie Armel
Research Associate , Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency
Stanford University
Nicole Biggaert
Director
Energy Efficiency Center, UC Davis
Drew Endy
Co-Founder / Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Gen9 / Stanford University
Andrew Hargadon
Founding Director
Energy Efficiency Center
The Venture Capitalists
Alexei Andreev
Executive Vice President, Managing Director
Harris & Harris
Forest Baskett
General Partner
NEA
Jacques Benkoski
Venture Partner
US Venture Partners
Samer Bin Salty
Partner
Zouk Ventures
Kyle Budinscak
Senior Associate
Summit Partners
Navin Chaddha
Partner
Mayfield Fund
Todd Dauphinais
Partner
Aster Capital
Dain DeGroff
Founding Partner
Triangle Peak Partners
John Dennison
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Amol Deshpande
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Phil Deutch
Managing Partner
NGP Energy Tech
Stephan Dolezalek
Managing Director and Group Leader, Cleantech
Vantage Point Venture Partners
Michael Dorsey
Managing Partner
The Westly Group
Simon Drury
Partner
Climate-Change Capital
Ira Ehrenpreis
General Partner
Technology Partners
Jennifer Fonstad
Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Nat Goldhaber
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Claremont Creek Ventures
Al Gore
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Peter Grubstein
Managing Director
NGEN Partners
Maurice Gunderson
Partner
Earth Energy Partners
David Henderson
Managing Director
XPV Capital Corporation
Warren Hogarth
Managing Partner
Sequoia Capital
Todd Jaquez-Fissori
Senior Managing Director and Group Head, Cleantech
Hercules Technology Growth Capital
Bill Joy
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Steve Jurvetson
Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Vinod Khosla
Managing General Partner
Khosla Ventures
Todd Kimmel
Partner
Mayfield Fund
Ben Kortlang
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Nety Krishna
Partner
Bright Capital
Ray Lane
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Jim Long
Partner
Gabriel Venture Partners
Mark Mills
Founding Partner
Digital Power Capital
Michael Moe
Co-Founder
GSV Capital
Alexei O’Cinneide
Head of Investments
Masdar Ventures
Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Investors
Brook Porter
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Ray Rothrock
Partner
Venrock
Boris Ryabov
Managing Partner
Bright Capital
Jon Sakoda
Partner
NEA
Rachel Sheinbein
Patner, Energy and Materials
CMEA Capital
Jonathan Silver
Visiting Distinguished Senior Fellow
Third Way
Thomas Steyer
Co-Senior Managing Member
Farallon Capital Management
Hemant Taneja
Managing Director
General Catalyst Partners
Matthew Trevithick
Partner
Venrock
Tucker Twitmyer
Managing Director
Enertech Capital Partners
Marc van den Berg
General Partner
Technology Partners
Wal van Lierop
President and CEO
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
Trae Vassallo
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Steve Westly
Managing Partner
Westly Group
Marianne Wu
Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Joe Zhou
Founder, Managing Partner
Keytone Venture Partners
The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:
GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2012
Where Green Entrepreneurs Meet Big Money and Big Partnerships
November 27th – 28th, 2012
The Golden Gate Club
San Francisco, CA
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