Advisory Board

Altira Group
 

Altira, based in Denver, Colorado, is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on energy technology. Altira looks for promising technology companies in the areas of natural resources, clean energy and power. The firm targets market entry opportunities with initial investments ranging from $1,000,000 to $10 million. For more information about Altira see www.altiragroup.com



braemar
  Braemar Energy Ventures - Braemar Energy Ventures is a New York City based venture capital fund making early to mid stage investments in energy technology and energy related communications. Braemar's principals have a long history of making successful investments in energy technology and have significant technical expertise and experience in energy related Industries. The fund targets a wide range of energy technologies in areas such as energy storage, advanced power generation, clean fuels, renewable energy, pollution control and energy management, control and communications.


Cargill
  Cargill Ventures is the venture capital arm of Cargill, Incorporated, a privately-held company with operations in 63 countries and revenues of over $71 billion. Cargill Ventures invests globally in high-growth technology-based companies that enable commerce, innovation, and efficiencies in industries relevant to Cargill. www.cargillventures.com


EnergyBiz
  Chrysalix Energy invests in clean energy enterprises with compelling technologies and entrepreneurial management teams that address the changing demands of the global energy industry. We utilize our unique combination of experienced venture investment professionals, global strategic partners and specialized domain knowledge to help create innovative growth businesses in the Clean Energy sector. www.chrysalix.com

EnergyBiz
  EnergyBiz is a new, bimonthly business magazine for leaders in the new power industry. EnergyBiz reaches more than 20,000 of the most influential buyers, including managers, executives, legislators, regulators, lawyers and consultants who make buying decisions in utilities, government, advisory firms and supplier companies. EnergyBiz target CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, VPs and their direct reports - quality prospects available only through Energy Central.


Energy Central
 

Energy Central is the most used on-line resource connecting professionals in the power industry to news, events, databases, insight and analysis and jobs. Visit us today at www.EnergyCentral.com to gain immediate access to:

  • Daily and weekly news services
  • On-line jobs specific to professionals in the power industry
  • In-depth directories and reports
  • Upcoming conferences and seminars
  • Industry insight, analysis and commentary
  • New Fall of 2004 – EnergyBiz – a bold new magazine for the leaders of the new power industry


Haddington Ventures LLC
 

Haddington Ventures, L.L.C. was formed in 1998 to take advantage of the changes that were occurring in the U.S. energy industry as a result of deregulation, convergence of gas and electricity, consolidation and introduction of new technologies. Haddington is unique among Private Equity Funds for two reasons, 1) Haddington is willing to take development risks if the market is such that it is more profitable to "build" rather than "buy." 2) Haddington's team has actual "hands on" experience with starting and managing operating companies. Their management team has been together for over 15 years and has over 90 years combined experience in applying technology, marketing, finance and business skills to earn superior returns for investors. www.hvllc.com.



Hamilton Robinson LLC
  Hamilton Robinson LLC (HRCo) a private equity firm founded in 1984, works with financial and management partners to make investments in small to medium size growing businesses. Over the past decade, the firm and its principals have managed and organized transactions involving 35 companies, representing an aggregate value of approximately $1 billion. We are investing capital from our most recent fund, Cygnet Capital Partners L.P. SBIC (Cygnet), a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) licensed in August 2001 with committed capital from institutional, executive and family office investors.

HRCo is looking for committed managers with good business plans, basic industry stability and a reasonable market presence, often in a niche market. We offer owners and managers a balanced solution to the problem of achieving fair business valuation, while assuring future opportunity for operating managers who have been instrumental in achieving that fair value. We especially like mature industries undergoing fundamental change, particularly in the areas of business services and applications, industrial processes and engineered products, and energy and utility services, equipment and applications. Visit www.hrco.com.


  NGP Energy Technology Partners is a private equity firm investing in small and mid-sized companies that develop energy technologies and provide technology driven products and services to the energy industry. The partnership invests in companies with existing products or services and strong management teams. The principals of NGP Energy Technology Partners have extensive experience investing in virtually all types of energy technology and a strong track record of helping portfolio companies create value and establish strategic partnerships. NGP Energy Technology Partners is sponsored by Natural Gas Partners, one of the most experienced and successful private equity firms in the energy industry, having invested approximately $1.3 billion in over 80 energy companies since 1988. Visit www.ngpetp.com


Nth Power Technologies, Inc.
  Nth Power Technologies is a venture capital firm focused on high-growth investment opportunities arising from the restructuring of the global energy utility marketplace. The fundamental changes taking place in the $300 billion global energy utility industry have given rise to many venture capital investment opportunities, and Nth Power has emerged as a leading source of venture capital for this sector. The firm is managed by a professional investment team with extensive experience growing successful companies in the energy and communication fields and managing venture capital funds. Visit www.nthpower.com.

Torys
  Torys LLP is an international business law firm with a reputation for quality and creativity spanning three generations, and is the only Canadian-based firm with a full-service United States practice. From offices in Toronto and New York City, our Technology, Intellectual Property, Taxation, Energy and Power, Corporate and Private Equity practices, among others, provide seamless experience and service, efficiently and swiftly. In the North American power and energy industries, we advise regulated and non-regulated companies and their investors in project development, mergers and acquisitions, project and structured finance, venture and private equity investments, capital markets transactions and IPOs, and in businesses from renewable power, power tech, energy tech, ethanol and alternative fuels, to large hydroelectric and nuclear construction projects. Please visit www.Torys.com.

Technology Partners
  Technology Partners is a 20 year-old venture capital firm that manages more than $400 million of investment capital with current investmentsbeing made from Technology Partners Fund VII. The firm serves principally as a lead investor and business adviser to technology-based ventures. Technology Partners has invested in over 60 companies in a variety of industries. The majority of investments are in early stage companies. The firm invests approximately half of its capital in Information Technology companies and the other half into companies focused on the Life Sciences. Within its Information Technology practice, Technology Partners currently focuses on the areas of energy and water technology, as well materials and enterprise automation. For more information on Technology Partners, go to www.technologypartners.com


Utilipoint
  With origins dating to 1933, UtiliPoint® International, Inc. is a leader in providing research-based consulting to the utility industry. UtiliPoint analysts have provided strategic business plans and market studies for companies involved in the utility and energy business. Direct experiences include work in investment capital, asset valuation, emerging technologies, trading/risk management, outsourcing, clean-coal, coal-to-liquids, CIS, billing, CRM, advanced metering, demand response, asset/work/outage management, supply chain, ERP, call centers, rates/pricing products, and IT architectural design. Today, more than 40,000 energy professionals subscribe to UtiliPoint's family of IssuAlert® publications, the leading e-news source for in-depth analyses on the energy sector. With consulting offices in eight U.S. cities, UtiliPoint serves more than 100 clients around the globe. Visit www.utilipoint.com