2023

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• Verdi - Startup innovations create global impact I January 18, 2023 

• Re-Nuble - Re-Nuble featured on ASU Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance I January 17, 2023

• Membrion - Membrion announces $7M in Series B funding I January 17, 2023 

• 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

• Verdi - 2022 Irrigation Association Pitch Competition I December 5, 2022

• Verdi - Named in Top 50 of Canada's Most Investible Clean Tech (Foresight50) I December 3, 2022

• Verdi - Finalist in THRIVE Global Impact Challenge I November 17, 2022

• Nitricity - Selected for Elemental Excelerator's 11th Cohort I November 2, 2022

• Swan Systems - Finalists in AgSharks 2022 Pitch Competition I October 21, 2022

• WET Center & Nitricity - Featured in The Business Journal | October 18, 2022 

• Nitricity - Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding | October 18, 2022 

• WET Center & Mojave Seafood Inc. - Featured in The Business Journal | October 14, 2022 

• Hago Energetics - Mentioned on New Energy Nexus | October 14, 2022 

• WET Center - 10 Companies Selected for Valley Ventures Accelerator | September 19, 2022 

• Hexas Biomass - Recipient of a Phase II SBIR Grant from DOE | September 13, 2022 

• BovControl, GroGuru, & Nitricity - Feature in Top 101 Agriculture Companies in California | August 1, 2022 

• GroGuru - Named One of 10 Must Watch Tech Companies 2022 | July 27, 2022 

• Re-Nuble - Partners With Cruz Foam to Create Indoor Farm Nutrients From Seafood | July 18, 2022  

• BioFiltro - Feature on Inside Climate News | July 15, 2022 

• Nitricity - Editor's Choice in The Water Network | July 5, 2022 

• Verdi - Winner of THRIVE Demo Day 2022 | June 1, 2022 

• Climformatics & Hago Energetics & HyVerde - CalSEED Concept and Prototype Awardees | May 11, 2022 

• Lemna - Featured on an Episode of "Talk Dairy To Me" | April 28, 2022 

• Re-Nuble - Partnership with the City of Glens Falls, NY | April 27, 2022 

• HerdDogg - Addresses the Needs of Livestock Producers | April 25, 2022 

• Re-Nuble, GroGruru, & Boomitra (Formerly ConserWater) | Featured in Futurology's 101 Most Innovative U.S. Based Agriculture Technology Companies/Startups | April 21, 2022 

• Box Power - Partners With Navajo Nation-Kayenta Chapter to Provide Clean Off-Grid Energy for 24 Homes | March 22, 2022  

• Nurture Growth Biofertilizer, RHST Industries, & Verdi - Accepted Into SVG Ventures' THRIVE Canada Accelerator​ | March 1, 2022 

• OffGridBox - Winners of the Climate Justice Challenge | February 17, 2022 

• Verdi - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 28, 2022 

• Nurture Growth Bio Fertilizer - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 27, 2022 

• Nitricity - Developed an experimental plasma reactor that uses PV electricity | January 26, 2022 

• Skyven Technologies - Closes $4 Million Institutional Seed Round | January 11, 2022  

2021​

• AQUAOSO - Honorable Mention on First Next Big Things in Tech List | November 18, 2021 

• Vertical AgriTech - Fresno Startup Created Automates Modules for Growing Food | October 6, 2021 

• Verdi - TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 | September 20, 2021 

• WET Center - Valley Ventures Sixth Cohort | August 26, 2021 

• Hago Energetics - NASA Awards $750,000 in Competition to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Sugar | August 24, 2021 

• Nitricity - Closes $5 Million Seed Round of Funding | August 12, 2021 

• The Business Journal - Valley Ventures opens applications for sixth cohort | June 17, 2021 

• OffGridBox - Company with Local Ties Funded to Give Refugees Power I June 8, 2021

• OffGridBox - SCCIF Announces Grant Winners I May 4, 2021

• Box Power - PG&E and BoxPower Mitigate Wildfire Risk with Remote Hybrid Power Systems | April 29, 2021

• GroGuru - Secures Series Seed Preferred Stock Investment from Agri-Food VC The Yield Lab | April 27, 2021

• BioFiltro - O'Neil Winery and BioFiltro partnership featured in LocalIsh, an ABC30 special I April 26, 2021

• Upcycle and Company- Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture | April 19, 2021

• Box Power - Comstock's Magazine Startup of the Month | March 5, 2021

• Nitricity - Our Investment in Nitricity: Helping Farmers Feed the World While Saving the Planet I February 22, 2021

• Nitricity - Q&A: Stanford grad student, Nicolas Pinkowski, discusses Forbes 30 Under 30, sustainability | February 21, 2021

• All Power Labs – $3.2 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission | February 5, 2021

• Skyven Technologies – $1.1 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission | February 5, 2021

• AQUAOSO – Closes $2 Million Seed Round Of Funding | February 2, 2021

 

2020

• ​Standford University / Stanford Energy – Stanford team puts decarbonized fertilizer to the test | September 25, 2020

• THRIVE DemoDay 2020 – ConserWater Technologies announced as Peoples Choice Awardee I September 24, 2020

• Wine Industry Advisor – O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Unveils Biofiltro’s Largest Worm Powered Winery Wastewater System in the World | September 17, 2020

• LinkedIn – Membrion selected as one of the top 18 companies recognized at WEFTEC’s 2020 Innovation Showcase I September 3, 2020

• ABC 30 Action News – Valley Ventures Program Helps Ag Business Entrepreneurs | August 28, 2020

• Cal Tech Rocket Fund – Nitricity is awarded funds | July 8, 2020

• GroGuru Awarded - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant for Cyber Agriculture  | July 3rd, 2020

• Darigold - Valley Ventures Alumni, BioFiltro, helps Darigold in their efforts to becoming carbon neutral by 2050  | July 2nd, 2020

• Upcycle & Co - Fertilizer startup Upcycle & Co closes $825k seed round, sets sights on ag market  | June 22nd, 2020

• The Business Journal –  Valley Ventures Company Raises $6M in New Funding  | March 11, 2020

• AQUAOSO - A Valley Ventures Alumni announced as a finalist for The Radicle Challenge  |  February 25th, 2020

• Re-Nuble - New York City startup called Re-Nuble turns food waste into fertilizer |  February 5th, 2020

• HydroSide Systems - Wins Ag Innovation Challenge  |  January 20, 2020

• HyperBorean - Selected for Climate Innovations Exchange, (CLIX) in Abu Dhabi  |  January 13, 2020

• Sprinkl - Cut the cords, Sprinkl is going WIRELESS  |  January 10, 2020

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2019

• Worms Make Great Pets, And Other Reasons To Compost At Home  |  December 19, 2019

• Sprinkl Breaks New Ground with Sense, a Wireless Multi-Level Soil Moisture Sensor  |  December 18, 2019

• How One Boring Summer Turned Into Flying Cell Phone Towers For Africa  | December 8, 2019

• Valley Venture Alumni, Drought Diet Products Launches Product at Trusted Home Improvement Store  |  November 29, 2019

• Dropcopter Wins $500,000 in Grow-NY Competition | November 14, 2019

• Valley Ventures VI alumni Ecoli Sense wins $10K at the Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum | October 28, 2019

• Tennesse Producer Grant Norwood Partners with Valley Ventures Alumni GroGuru | October 28, 2019

• Valley Ventures Alumni and Local Liquid filtration Company Wins Prestigious Irrigation Association Award | October 16, 2019

• BoxPower: The IKEA of Microgrids |  October 7, 2019

• GroGuru Raises $2.9 Million in Seed Funding

• Thousands of Worms Wiggle into Wise Villa Winery  | September 18, 2019

• AQUAOSO® An Alumni of Valley Ventures Joins The Techstars® Sustainability Accelerator   | July 29, 2019

• Puget Sound Business Journal unveils 2019 40 Under 40 class Membrion Among Them | July 29, 2019

• ConserWater Announces MoistureFocus, NitrumFocus and PhosphoFocus AI to bring Sensor-Free Soil Moisture, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Levels to All Farmers   |  July 15, 2019

• WISRAN Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation | July 2, 2019

• Electro Active Technologies Accepted Into H2 Refuel Accelerator | June 17, 2019

• CEO of Electro-Active Technologies, Alex Lewis, was accepted into the Innovation Crossroads | June 10, 2019

• Wells Fargo funded Innovation Incubator Selects First Cohort of Agtech Startups Focused on Sustainable Solutions | May 13, 2019

• HyperBorean Opens its Doors to Investors at Wichita State University | January 15, 2019

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2018

• Valley Ventures helps entrepreneurs earn millions of dollars | July 16, 2018

• Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications | July 13, 2018

• Six CSU Campuses Join Partnership to Develop Future ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs | January 18, 2018 

• Valley Ventures now accepting applications for spring | January 11, 2018

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2017

• Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum features Lorenzo Neal, Paul Singh | October 6, 2017

• 11 water, ag and energy start-ups selected to receive Valley Ventures support | September 15, 2017

• Valley Ventures seeking applicants for its next entrepreneur cohort | July 25, 2017

• Center for water technology receives $500,000 grant for energy innovation | January 17, 2017

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Additional Links

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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

“Looking for Entrepreneurs: Sierra Small Business Development Center Designated Hub for BlueTechValley Innovation Cluster”

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

“AQUAOSO Accepted by Valley Ventures Accelerator Program Water Management Platform to Strengthen Agricultural Capabilities”

EnvironmentGuru 8/30/17

“AQUAOSO Accepted by Valley Ventures Accelerator Program Water Management Platform to Strengthen Agricultural Capabilities”

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