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<span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open (CTO) is the world’s largest clean technology accelerator program run by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) with the mission to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with the most promising cleantech startup ideas on the planet. It is a not-fornon-profit organization that founded in 2006. Since then, Cleantech Open has worked with over 1,300 early stage cleantech entrepreneurs by helping them to develop their business models, engage investors and secure first customers.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The accelerator runs for six to seven month with three months recognized as the most intense.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CTO accepts startups at all stages of development. Winning teams in the past started the program only with a concept and no prototype while some teams joined with a product already on the market.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accepted applicants to the world's largest accelerator program will work with mentors, access a valuable network of professionals and attend business clinics and webinars that enable them with the skills to take their business forward. Teams present their ideas for cleantech startregional-upslevel judging and receive prizes for the regional level in the fall. Since Finalist teams from across the founding country then move on to be showcased in 2005 their annual Global Forum. The Global Forum features a competition among the regional winners where national prizes are awarded.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some of their featured startups: (Click the name to visit their website and learn more)</span></span> [https://www.tankutility.com/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tank Utility</span>] <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tank Utility uses state-of-the-art technology to monitor propane tank levels and provides monitoring via desktop and mobile apps. This solution helps customers save on energy consumption and on their bill.</span></span> [http://www.aseptoray.com/ <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay</span></span>] <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay uses their proprietary eco-friendly pasteurization solution based on ultra violet technology to increase food safety, quality and shelf life while reducing energy consumption by leaders in Silicon Valley and Boston73%. AseptoRay, part of the MGT Group, this organization has established itself as was founded after the group recognized the leading force need for accelerating cold pasteurization of turbid liquids.</span></span> [http://www.khayapower.co.za/ <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology</span></span>] <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-216c-1691-919e88374769"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology delivers clean-power through smart technologies such as regardable battery packs and clean technology entrepreneurs-burning cookstoves in Africa.</span></span>

The mission is <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-998f-439a-e77564b49d4a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open strives to find“find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today's the most urgent energy, environmental and economic challengespromising cleantech startups on the planet.”</span></span><div><br/></div>

A large focus is put on the <span id="docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d3-b8c5-c98a-96ed28e678e6"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since 2005, Cleantech Open has trained over 1200 early-stage clean technology startup entrepreneurs themselvesthrough its accelerator. At Cleantech open there is a belief that it is the entrepreneurs </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The startups who are survived the biggest drivers accelerator and landscape of innovation. Its their belief that its ultimatley they will be the source startup “valley of the solutions death” have gone on to many of the big problems we face raise $1.2 billion and its one of Cleantech Opens goals to help get them out create over 3,000 clean economy jobs. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">CTO’s innovation ecosystem spans over 11 years with innovation hubs in the open U.S. and empoweredglobally.</span>

<span id= Steps Required "docs-internal-guid-715f85ea-e2d4-2327-82f2-7f546d378af2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open is looking to Bring Resources match undergraduate and graduate students as interns to Campus =startups participating in the accelerator.</span></span>

To become involved <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your campus can take advantage of this opportunity and connect Cleantech Open with the main methods are Careers & Services Office. By reaching out to attend their events or take part Ian Donnelly at </span>[mailto:idonnelly@cleantechopen.org <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">idonnelly@cleantechopen.org</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, you can begin the process of a partnership between your college’s career office and the internships available at selected startups in their programsCleantech Open’s accelerator.&nbsp;</span>

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