Nikhil R. Jain's blog

OnGreen is part of the consortium of research institutions and business organizations, including Caltech, UCLA, USC, Chapman University and the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego selected by the US Department of Energy to receive a grant in order to create a clean-energy entrepreneurial competition in the western United States. More information can be found here: http://features.caltech.edu/features/239 --nrj

OnGreen was recently quoted in a Memorandum for the National Science & Technology Council Committee on Technology by Aneesh Chopra, US Chief Technology OfficerAnd Associate Director for Technology, Office of Science & Technology Policy. "To spur innovation in a clean energy economy, OnGreen, an online marketplace that connects entrepreneurs and investors interested in CleanTech intellectual property, has added value to a subset of patents by indexing them with an ontology consisting of 246 green technology categories and enabling social networking features to accelerate ...

On the final leg of the Venture Roadshow: Gateway to China, OnGreen signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Knowledge Innovation Community / Shui On Land at the exclusive One Xindianti Club in Shanghai. The Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, was the honorary keynote speaker.

Great video by the Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, mentoning theONGreen Roadshow II from December 5 - 9, 2011 in Beijing, Chongqing and Shanghai.

Congratulations to Jason Prescott, CEO of TopTenWholesale/Manufacturer.com, for signing a Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) between the City of Jiaozhou and Manufacturer.com and China Mart Los Angeles during theBeijing leg of OnGreen's Venture Roadshow with the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. The MoU will create create more bobs and boost foreign investment in te city of Los Angeles. The complete press release can be found at: http://www.toptenwholesale.com/news/jason-prescott-joins-los-angeles-may... nrj  

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, stopped by the OnGreen Roadshow II in Chongqing today (December 7, 2011) to meet with the participants and talk about the importance of cross border technology commercialization. Great job by the entire OnGreen team in oulling off another successful roadshow in China. --nrj  

The first day of OnGreen's Roadshow II opened at CTEX (China Technology Exchange: www.ctex.cn - an agency of China's Ministry of Science and Technology) in Beijing with remarks from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who mentioned that the US and China should work together and use platforms such as OnGreen to commercialize clean technologies faster. Some of the companies in Roadshow II include: -- 350Green-- Pilus Energy-- BeiAng Tech-- Cogent Energy-- Solamer-- EutricityThere were over 130 participants in the audence eager to meet with the companies as part of the matchmaking. Some of ...

Over 100 people representing governments, their investment arms, corporations and their investment arms, investment bureau and professional investor groups descended upon the Nanjing Westin Hotel today for the Day 2 of OnGreen China Capital Roadshow. The banquet floor was a scene of some intense interactions between the roadshow companies and interested parties. OnGreen and Jiangsu Department of Commerce had arranged for specific matches ahead of time and planned for time slots for the meetings in order to expedite the process and cater to the high demand for the meetings.

The event ...

Day 1 of the OnGreen China Capital Roadsow ended with some 1-on-1 sessions between the roadshow companies and investor

groups from the local Shanghai community. We also had some investor groups come in from areas such as Hong Kong, Beijing

and Suzhou. The conference was stading-room only with over 150 attendees.

Some of the investor groups which attended and met the roadshow companies included but were not limited to:
-- Tsing Capital
-- Infinity Equity
-- Beijing Sunnybridge Capital
-- Chrysalix Clean Energy Capital
-- DFJ China
-- Xinhua Capital
-- The Nobhill ...