Intake Works
Long Description

"Leave the fish in the sea" Intake Works supplies low turbid salt water to desalination plants using advanced materials, unconventional techniques of horizontal directional drilling and intrinsic understanding of the marine and coastal environment.

Founder(s)
Tony Jones
Stage
MVP/Launched
Contact Person
Tony Jones
Founded
2015
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, CA
JLM Energy Inc.
Description
JLM Energy, Inc. develops innovative technologies to support breakthrough energy conservation and energy generation products and services.
Long Description

JLM Energy is an innovative energy technology company that offers a broad set of renewable energy and energy storage products. JLM manages every aspect of the value chain delivered to customers from product design to installation and service. JLM Energy’s full portfolio of advanced energy solutions provides consumers with choice and control over their electricity expenditure.

Founder(s)
Kraig Clark, Farid Dibachi
Founded
2011
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Rocklin, CA
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Origin Materials
Long Description

Origin (formerly Micromidas) is a material company  tackling hard problems in materials in service of the world's great companies. Origin's technology produces bio-based intermediates from lingo-cellulosic raw materials. Origin's intermediates can be used to make new polymers, surfactants, and carbon blacks.

 

Founder(s)
John Bissell
Stage
Series A
Contact Person
John Bissell
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
West Sacramento, CA
Solar Gurus
Long Description

We are a solar comparison platform that seeks to bridge the gap between the supply and demand of the solar industry. We provide 18 points of useful information necessary to compare local solar companies as well as customized quotes for consumers.

Founder(s)
Ramin Hamdard
Stage
Idea/Concept
Founded
2015
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
West Sacramento, CA
Tenkiv
Name
Description
Democratizing sustainable water and energy access.
Long Description

Tenkiv designs, builds, and implements advanced energy systems with the goal of democratizing sustainable water and energy access. Our technology is unique— with a single, modular solar thermal system we can handle energy acquisition, distribution, storage, and conversion while remaining cost competitive with fossil fuels.

We can adapt our technology to solve a huge number of vital, global problems, such as clean energy production and water purification. Our current goal is to reduce child mortality rates due to water-borne diseases by bringing our systems to the communities and regions that need them most.

Founder(s)
Zack Juhasz
Stage
MVP/Launched
Contact Person
Arya Rashid
Programs
Entrepreneurs Showcase Accelerator
Founded
2013
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, CA
Terzo Power
Long Description

Terzo Power Systems has developed the Hydrapulse, a highly efficient and powerfully intelligent electronic pump system for industrial hydraulics. We increase efficiency 80% while improving functionality, size, and performance. Utilizing our patent pending technology, control and programming architecture, on-demand fluid supply, and plug and play reliability, the Hydrapulse is able to decrease complexity, cost, and energy involved in fluid power.

Founder(s)
Mike Terzo
Stage
Series A
Contact Person
Mike Terzo
Founded
2014
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
El Dorado Hills, CA
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