California Clean Innovation 2007: Energy & Transportation

Win $5,000 in Cash

Access to VCs/Angel Investors

Interest from Future Employees

Free Management Consulting

Exposure to Potential Customers

Submission due by April 30th

Fast Pitch Competition Summary

FastPitch Business Case Competition

The CACI 2007 FastPitch Business Case Competition provides early stage clean technology companies a platform to present their case to a panel of venture capitalists Judges and wide array of conference attendees. All day-of participants will receive valuable, interactive feedback and potential investment from industry leaders and professional investors.

Participants

Early stage clean technology businesses of all types, sizes, legal structures, business models and track records should enter. Companies will be judged as "entrepreneurial ventures," whether for-profit or not, high-tech or not. We strongly encourage "Student Involved" or "Student Friendly" (terms defined in the Format section) companies to participate, yet this is not a requirement. Early stage ventures range from pre-seed to series A venture-backed. Although the day’s event focuses primarily on clean energy & transportation, the FastPitch welcomes all types of clean technology (energy, transportation, water, materials, enabling, efficiency, nanotechnology, air quality, environmental IT, materials recovery & recycling etc.)

Process

Each team should email j.stephen.pollock.2008@anderson.ucla.edu ASAP to indicate desire to participate. The top 10 presenting companies will receive 2 free registration passes.

Each team must submit an electronic version (.doc or .pdf) of their Executive Summary (no longer than 2 pages) to the CACI 2007 Fast Pitch team no later than April 30th. The Fast Pitch team will select the top 10 candidates to present in the Fast Pitch - First Round. Notifications will be sent by May 3rd. 3 Finalists will move on to the Fast Pitch - Finals. One Grand Prize winner will be selected by the Panel of Judges with input from the audience.

Format

Fast Pitch – 1st Round

10 pre-selected teams will present a 3 minute presentation

Every team will receive feedback from the FastPitch Judges

3 teams will move forward to the Final Round

Fast Pitch - Final Round

Each team will present for 5 minutes with 10 minutes Q&A from the Judges

There will be 1 Grand Prize Winner

Grand Prize Winner

3 Management Consulting sessions with a highly seasoned Venture Capitalist and UCLA Anderson School of Management faculty member

An exclusive presentation opportunity with a premier VC Firm

Promotion on CACI 2007 web-site

Definitions

Fast Pitch - An opportunity to present a business concept in 3-5 minutes to a panel of experienced investors for the purposes of receiving general exposure, investor attention, and expert feedback.

Student Involved - any company that involves at least one graduate student

Student Friendly - any company open to recruiting graduate student employees (either during or post graduation)

Deadlines

ASAP – Email j.stephen.pollock.2008@anderson.ucla.edu to indicate desire to participate

ASAP – 2 free registrations are included. Register all additional team members

April 30th – Submit Executive Summary

May 3rd – Teams will be informed if they have been selected to present in the 1st Round

May 5th-7th – (optional) Practice Pitches and support provided CACI team

For Further Information

For further information please contact:

Primary:
J. Stephen Pollock - j.stephen.pollock.2008@anderson.ucla.edu

Secondary:
Jay Brandeis - jbrandeis@rady.ucsd.edu

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