See how Our Ventures are making headlines
2023
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Verdi - Startup innovations create global impact I January 18, 2023
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Re-Nuble - Re-Nuble featured on ASU Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance I January 17, 2023
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Membrion - Membrion announces $7M in Series B funding I January 17, 2023
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BioFiltro - Wine Industry Network feature I January 9, 2023
2022
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Re-Nuble - Awarded $4.6 million as part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)'s Climate Smart Commodities Award I December 14, 2022
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Verdi - 2022 Irrigation Association Pitch Competition I December 5, 2022
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Verdi - Named in Top 50 of Canada's Most Investible Clean Tech (Foresight50) I December 3, 2022
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Verdi - Finalist in THRIVE Global Impact Challenge I November 17, 2022
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Nitricity - Selected for Elemental Excelerator's 11th Cohort I November 2, 2022
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Swan Systems - Finalists in AgSharks 2022 Pitch Competition I October 21, 2022
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WET Center & Nitricity - Featured in The Business Journal | October 18, 2022
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Nitricity - Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding | October 18, 2022
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WET Center & Mojave Seafood Inc. - Featured in The Business Journal | October 14, 2022
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Hago Energetics - Mentioned on New Energy Nexus | October 14, 2022
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WET Center - 10 Companies Selected for Valley Ventures Accelerator | September 19, 2022
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Hexas Biomass - Recipient of a Phase II SBIR Grant from DOE | September 13, 2022
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BovControl, GroGuru, & Nitricity - Feature in Top 101 Agriculture Companies in California | August 1, 2022
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GroGuru - Named One of 10 Must Watch Tech Companies 2022 | July 27, 2022
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Re-Nuble - Partners With Cruz Foam to Create Indoor Farm Nutrients From Seafood | July 18, 2022
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BioFiltro - Feature on Inside Climate News | July 15, 2022
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Nitricity - Editor's Choice in The Water Network | July 5, 2022
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Verdi - Winner of THRIVE Demo Day 2022 | June 1, 2022
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Climformatics & Hago Energetics & HyVerde - CalSEED Concept and Prototype Awardees | May 11, 2022
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Lemna - Featured on an Episode of "Talk Dairy To Me" | April 28, 2022
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Re-Nuble - Partnership with the City of Glens Falls, NY | April 27, 2022
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HerdDogg - Addresses the Needs of Livestock Producers | April 25, 2022
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Re-Nuble, GroGruru, & Boomitra (Formerly ConserWater) | Featured in Futurology's 101 Most Innovative U.S. Based Agriculture Technology Companies/Startups | April 21, 2022
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Box Power - Partners With Navajo Nation-Kayenta Chapter to Provide Clean Off-Grid Energy for 24 Homes | March 22, 2022
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Nurture Growth Biofertilizer, RHST Industries, & Verdi - Accepted Into SVG Ventures' THRIVE Canada Accelerator | March 1, 2022
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OffGridBox - Winners of the Climate Justice Challenge | February 17, 2022
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Verdi - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 28, 2022
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Nurture Growth Bio Fertilizer - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 27, 2022
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Nitricity - Developed an experimental plasma reactor that uses PV electricity | January 26, 2022
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Skyven Technologies - Closes $4 Million Institutional Seed Round | January 11, 2022
2021
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AQUAOSO - Honorable Mention on First Next Big Things in Tech List | November 18, 2021
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Vertical AgriTech - Fresno Startup Created Automates Modules for Growing Food | October 6, 2021
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Verdi - TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 | September 20, 2021
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WET Center - Valley Ventures Sixth Cohort | August 26, 2021
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Hago Energetics - NASA Awards $750,000 in Competition to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Sugar | August 24, 2021
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Nitricity - Closes $5 Million Seed Round of Funding | August 12, 2021
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The Business Journal - Valley Ventures opens applications for sixth cohort | June 17, 2021
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OffGridBox - Company with Local Ties Funded to Give Refugees Power I June 8, 2021
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OffGridBox - SCCIF Announces Grant Winners I May 4, 2021
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Box Power - PG&E and BoxPower Mitigate Wildfire Risk with Remote Hybrid Power Systems | April 29, 2021
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GroGuru - Secures Series Seed Preferred Stock Investment from Agri-Food VC The Yield Lab | April 27, 2021
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BioFiltro - O'Neil Winery and BioFiltro partnership featured in LocalIsh, an ABC30 special I April 26, 2021
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Upcycle and Company- Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture | April 19, 2021
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Box Power - Comstock's Magazine Startup of the Month | March 5, 2021
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Nitricity - Our Investment in Nitricity: Helping Farmers Feed the World While Saving the Planet I February 22, 2021
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Nitricity - Q&A: Stanford grad student, Nicolas Pinkowski, discusses Forbes 30 Under 30, sustainability | February 21, 2021
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All Power Labs – $3.2 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission | February 5, 2021
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Skyven Technologies – $1.1 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission | February 5, 2021
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AQUAOSO – Closes $2 Million Seed Round Of Funding | February 2, 2021
2020
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Standford University / Stanford Energy – Stanford team puts decarbonized fertilizer to the test | September 25, 2020
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THRIVE DemoDay 2020 – ConserWater Technologies announced as Peoples Choice Awardee I September 24, 2020
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Wine Industry Advisor – O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Unveils Biofiltro’s Largest Worm Powered Winery Wastewater System in the World | September 17, 2020
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LinkedIn – Membrion selected as one of the top 18 companies recognized at WEFTEC’s 2020 Innovation Showcase I September 3, 2020
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ABC 30 Action News – Valley Ventures Program Helps Ag Business Entrepreneurs | August 28, 2020
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Cal Tech Rocket Fund – Nitricity is awarded funds | July 8, 2020
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GroGuru Awarded - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant for Cyber Agriculture | July 3rd, 2020
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Darigold - Valley Ventures Alumni, BioFiltro, helps Darigold in their efforts to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 | July 2nd, 2020
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Upcycle & Co - Fertilizer startup Upcycle & Co closes $825k seed round, sets sights on ag market | June 22nd, 2020
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The Business Journal – Valley Ventures Company Raises $6M in New Funding | March 11, 2020
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AQUAOSO - A Valley Ventures Alumni announced as a finalist for The Radicle Challenge | February 25th, 2020
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Re-Nuble - New York City startup called Re-Nuble turns food waste into fertilizer | February 5th, 2020
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HydroSide Systems - Wins Ag Innovation Challenge | January 20, 2020
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HyperBorean - Selected for Climate Innovations Exchange, (CLIX) in Abu Dhabi | January 13, 2020
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Sprinkl - Cut the cords, Sprinkl is going WIRELESS | January 10, 2020
2019
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Worms Make Great Pets, And Other Reasons To Compost At Home | December 19, 2019
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Sprinkl Breaks New Ground with Sense, a Wireless Multi-Level Soil Moisture Sensor | December 18, 2019
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How One Boring Summer Turned Into Flying Cell Phone Towers For Africa | December 8, 2019
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Valley Venture Alumni, Drought Diet Products Launches Product at Trusted Home Improvement Store | November 29, 2019
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Dropcopter Wins $500,000 in Grow-NY Competition | November 14, 2019
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Valley Ventures VI alumni Ecoli Sense wins $10K at the Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum | October 28, 2019
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Tennesse Producer Grant Norwood Partners with Valley Ventures Alumni GroGuru | October 28, 2019
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Valley Ventures Alumni and Local Liquid filtration Company Wins Prestigious Irrigation Association Award | October 16, 2019
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Thousands of Worms Wiggle into Wise Villa Winery | September 18, 2019
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AQUAOSO® An Alumni of Valley Ventures Joins The Techstars® Sustainability Accelerator | July 29, 2019
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Puget Sound Business Journal unveils 2019 40 Under 40 class Membrion Among Them | July 29, 2019
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ConserWater Announces MoistureFocus, NitrumFocus and PhosphoFocus AI to bring Sensor-Free Soil Moisture, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Levels to All Farmers | July 15, 2019
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WISRAN Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation | July 2, 2019
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Electro Active Technologies Accepted Into H2 Refuel Accelerator | June 17, 2019
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CEO of Electro-Active Technologies, Alex Lewis, was accepted into the Innovation Crossroads | June 10, 2019
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Wells Fargo funded Innovation Incubator Selects First Cohort of Agtech Startups Focused on Sustainable Solutions | May 13, 2019
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HyperBorean Opens its Doors to Investors at Wichita State University | January 15, 2019
2018
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Valley Ventures helps entrepreneurs earn millions of dollars | July 16, 2018
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Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications | July 13, 2018
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Six CSU Campuses Join Partnership to Develop Future ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs | January 18, 2018
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Valley Ventures now accepting applications for spring | January 11, 2018
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2017
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Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum features Lorenzo Neal, Paul Singh | October 6, 2017
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11 water, ag and energy start-ups selected to receive Valley Ventures support | September 15, 2017
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Valley Ventures seeking applicants for its next entrepreneur cohort | July 25, 2017
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Center for water technology receives $500,000 grant for energy innovation | January 17, 2017
Additional Links
The Business Journal 3/8/19
“Valley Ventures One of The Groups Making Silicon Valley-Like Connections”
PR Newswire 1/9/19
“AQUAOSO Announces Programmatic Assistance with Water Data Program”
LinkedIn 9/24/18
“Perigo Welding Works Apart of The 2018 CalSEED Concept Winners”
AgFunder 7/18/18
“Breaking Exclusive: HerdDogg Raises $2.3m Seed Round for Livestock loT”
Fast Company 2/21/18
“FastCompany featured BovControl as TOP 10″
Forbes 2/21/18
“At&T, The Internet of Things (IoT), And Sustainable Farming”
AgTech Farm Journal 1/25/18
“Fresno State Seeks Agriculture, Water Startups to Support”
The Packer 1/17/18
“Fresno State Seeks Agriculture, Water Startups to Support”
Ag Web – Powered by Farm Journal 1/17/18
“Fresno State Seeks Agriculture, Water Startups to Support”
Ag Pro – Farm Journal’s 1/17/18
“Fresno State Seeks Agriculture, Water Startups to Support”
California AgToday 10/23/17
“Entrepreneurship Forum is Biggest in Valley”
YubaNet.com 9/7/17
California AgToday 9/27/17
“Humboldt State Looks for Entrepreneurs to Save Energy & Water”
California AgToday 9/13/17
“Fresno State’s WET Center Home to BlueTechValley Entrepreneurs”
Precision AG 8/30/17
“California Water Rights Marketing Platform Joins BlueTechValley Accelerator”
AgriTech Tomorrow 8/30/17
EnvironmentGuru 8/30/17
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