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01 Sep 2017
Topics: Energy-Energy SourcesEnergy-Energy GenerationEnergy-Energy ConservationScience-Science-Based BusinessBusiness Ventures-Business Startups
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Alumni energy startups that are building buzz
Re: Paul Grana (MBA 2009); Raphael Carty (MBA 1983); Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Rahul
Shendure (MBA 2001); Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997); Paul Grana (MBA 2009)Topics: Energy-Energy SourcesEnergy-Energy GenerationEnergy-Energy ConservationScience-Science-Based BusinessBusiness Ventures-Business Startups
01 Sep 2017
Topics: Energy-Energy SourcesEnergy-Energy GenerationEnergy-Energy ConservationScience-Science-Based BusinessBusiness Ventures-Business Startups
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Alumni energy startups that are building buzz
Re: Paul Grana (MBA 2009); Raphael Carty (MBA 1983); Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Rahul
Shendure (MBA 2001); Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997); Paul Grana (MBA 2009)Topics: Energy-Energy SourcesEnergy-Energy GenerationEnergy-Energy ConservationScience-Science-Based BusinessBusiness Ventures-Business Startups
01 Sep 2017
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Alumni energy startups that are building buzz
Re: Paul Grana (MBA 2009); Raphael Carty (MBA 1983); Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Rahul
Shendure (MBA 2001); Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997); Paul Grana (MBA 2009)
Topics: Energy-Energy SourcesEnergy-Energy GenerationEnergy-Energy ConservationScience-Science-Based BusinessBusiness Ventures-Business Startups
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Folsom Labs | Cofounders Paul Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 |
Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled between 2015 and 2016. | The software produced by the San Francisco–based startup, winner of the 2014 Northern California New Venture Competition, is currently in use by more than 1,500 companies. |
Callida Energy | CEO Raphael Carty (MBA 1983); Founded 2013 |
Reducing energy waste in commercial buildings and improving comfort through app-based surveying and learning software. | Named one of New York City’s 100 most exciting startups by Business Insider in December, Callida’s implementation at a city municipal building resulted in a 31 percent reduction in HVAC use and costs. |
Oscilla Power | Cofounder and CEO Rahul Shendure (MBA 2001); Founded 2010 |
Harnessing the kinetic energy of ocean waves, which could potentially generate one-third of the US energy supply. | Won a $5.3 million grant from the Department of Energy to test its Triton-C “wave energy converter” at a Navy test site in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. |
Energicity | Cofounder and CEO Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997); Founded 2015 |
Deploying solar-powered “microgrids” to supply reliable power to unserved communities in developing countries. | Energicity finished its seventh microgrid project in Ghana this past spring; it expects to be serving 10,000 people by the end of the year. |
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