Here, in alphabetical order, are last year's Most Promising Companies:

EnerNOC, working in partnership with customers to develop comprehensive and customer-specific solutions, maximizes demand response, price response, and demand side management benefits by being the leading provider of technology-based energy management solutions. With more than 100 years of combined experience in all aspects of energy management and embedded systems technology, EnerNOC is passionately committed to delivering profitable, immediate results to customers.

Ice Energy
www.ice-energy.com

Ice Energy is a privately-held company that provides off-the-shelf energy storage products for air conditioners. The Company foresees a day when the design footprint of every commercial and residential building includes both an air conditioner and its energy storage module, a $20B annual market. We intend to be the market leader in our target markets on that day. In California, that $1.7B market opportunity begins in October of 2005 when time dependent building energy efficiency standards will encourage builders to select air conditioners that consume less energy during periods of high energy cost. High energy cost is synonymous with summer on-peak electricity demand, which is set by air conditioning. Ice Energy's storage products eliminate the on-peak electricity usage of air conditioning, boost efficiency, improve cooling, and save money.

• Seasoned management team with successful start-up experience complemented by a world-class board: Chairman Joseph T. Gorman, former CEO of TRW; Vic Fazio former 20 year U.S. Representative from California; Bernays Barclay, Partner, TORYS LLP; Pete Higgins, partner Second Avenue Partners, and former group Vice President of Microsoft; and Tom Cain, partner, Odyssey Venture Partners.
• Raised $7.7 million since inception. Used to transition the technology, complete and release its first product into production, field test production validation units, develop and test a sales and marketing plan, and begin soliciting and receiving orders.

Seattle Biodiesel
www.seattlebiodiesel.com

Seattle Biodiesel is a national leader in next generation biodiesel refining and manufacturing technology. Seattle Biodiesel is the first company in the northwest to open and operate a commercial scale (5 million gallons a year) ASTM certified biodiesel refinery. Seattle Biodiesel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle BioFuels, a national leader in biodiesel systems development. Seattle BioFuel's innovations have the ultimate goal of producing a gallon of biodiesel cheaper than a gallon of petroleum diesel. The company has developed and will continue to develop proprietary technology and trade secrets to accomplish this goal.

Selsam Innovations / Superturbine Inc.
www.selsam.com

We have disruptive technology in the fastest-growing segment (wind) of the largest industry in the world (energy). Two U.S. Patents issued, two more pending, international patents pending in 95% of the wind energy market worldwide, currently funded by the California Energy Commission, with pending DOE funding. Latest prototype produces 6 times the power of other wind turbines, for the same diameter. Our offshore turbine solves most engineering challenges for the marine environment, with a single moving part, and is being covered by the trade mags. http://www.offshoreturbine.com

This is the tip-of-the-iceberg of an entirely new family of wind turbines - Major Aerospace companies wish to collaborate with us on federal grants for more advanced versions. We own all the IP including SuperTurbine.net and many domain names, a pending trademark on Superturbine™ and all of the patents and patents pending, including all international patents. Our patent attorneys, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, are consistently rated in the top 5. We will have a product on the market, delivering more energy for less cost, within months.

WellDog Inc.
www.welldog.com

Founded in 1999, WellDog has commercialized natural gas exploration technology that identifies and quantifies natural gas and other chemicals in a gas well. They are in second stage growth with well protected intellectual property. They boast an outstanding management team and expect $2 million in revenue this year. They use a targeted marketing strategy with high value and high price positioning. The service is priced per well and per coal seam. They have developed a robust and obtainable new product path and have defined a clear and near-term exit strategy.