Join us at the Institute of Energy and Sustainability to learn how Cleantech Open helps cleantech startups get going and growing!

April 2, 2012

1:00pm-2:00pm

Clark University

Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center

Are you a cleantech entrepreneur looking for ways to accelerate your startup, expand your cleantech network, and explore funding opportunities? Are you a clean tech or sustainability professional or experienced entrepreneur looking to support other entrepreneurs in growing their cleantech startups?

Join us for an intimate briefing to hear from the Northeast Region of the Cleantech Open business accelerator program and competition and learn more about how the program can help you grow your cleantech venture, or mentor entrepreneurs looking to solve our biggest environmental and energy challenges.

Come and ask questions of Cleantech Open staff and volunteers learn about the program and explore what the Cleantech Open can offer you, whether you are an entrepreneur, prospective mentor, or simply wish to learn more!

And stay afterwards for a Sustainability Meet and Greet and the unveiling of Worcester's first Electric Vehicle Charging Stations! Register here: http://electric-vehicle-event.eventbrite.com/

About the Cleantech Open

The Cleantech Open runs the world’s largest accelerator, providing entrepreneurs and technologists the resources needed to launch successful cleantech companies. Cleantech Open’s mission is to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. The program provides a number of key activities; extensive mentoring, training, business clinics, access to investors and capital, numerous opportunities to showcase to the media and the public, and the competition itself. Since its inception in 2006, the Cleantech Open has awarded over $5 million in cash and services to support cleantech growth companies. The 581 participating companies of the Cleantech Open’s accelerator programs have raised more than $660 million in external capital.

About the Event Host

Institute for Energy & Sustainability

The Institute for Energy & Sustainability (IES) is central New England’s green business zone. Our mission is to attract clean energy technology and renewable energy companies to the region. We are building on the region’s assets and reputation as an incubator of innovation. Our priority is to create an environment for those seeking economic opportunity and advantage in this sector and to support the growth of jobs establishing a zone of world class clean technology companies 

About the Event Sponsor

Seder & Chandler LLP

With offices in Worcester and Westborough, the law firm of Seder & Chandler, LLP, advises business and individual clients in central Massachusetts and the Metro West Boston communities of Greater Boston. The business law professionals at Seder & Chandler can meet a wide variety of legal needs, from initial incorporation to sale to complex real estate matters to business succession, working with businesses at all different stages of growth and development, from closely-held businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. Seder & Chandler’s lawyers serve as general counsel for smaller companies, as local counsel for national companies with interests in Massachusetts, or as trial attorneys representing any company involved in a dispute. Contact Seder & Chandler in Worcester or Westborough for more information. http://www.sederlaw.com/