GreenTech 2007 Presenters

Bill Gross,
Founder of Idealab and CEO
Energy Innovations

Bill Gross serves as Idealabís Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet.

A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. In high school, he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. After graduating from college, Bill and his brother Larry started GNP Development, Inc., which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL. In 1985, Lotus Development Corporation acquired GNP and Bill became a software entrepreneur at Lotus Development.

In 1991, Bill started Knowledge Adventure, an educational software publisher that grew to be the third largest educational software publisher in the world and was eventually sold to Cendant Software and is now a division of Havas Interactive, which is owned by Vivendi. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Bill received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed the company to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market.Ý In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse startup companies with the development strategies and financial support needed to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.Ý

Many of Idealabís companies were among the first to introduce new business ideas to the market. CitySearch, now a part of InterActive Corp., established the category of local online community directories. eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search. Now part of Yahoo!, Overture's business model is the underpinning of a multibillion-dollar online search market.Ý

Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of companies currently growing inside of Idealab ó Perfect Market Technologies and X1 Technologies. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics (Evolution Robotics) and renewable energy (Energy Innovations and eSolar), among others. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.

Nathan S. Lewis
George R Argyros Professor of Chemistry
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Title: "Scientific Challenges in Sustainable Energy Technology"

Dr. Lewis has been on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology since 1988, and has served as Professor since 1991. He has also served as the Principal Investigator of the Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Resource Center at Caltech since 1992. From 1981 to 1986, he was on the faculty at Stanford, as an assistant professor from 1981 to 1985 and a tenured Associate Professor from 1986 to 1988.

Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Lewis has been an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and a Presidential Young Investigator. He received the Fresenius Award in 1990, the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry in 1991, the Orton Memorial Lecture award in 2003, and the Princeton Environmental Award in 2003. He has published over 200 papers and has supervised approximately 50 graduate students and postdoctoral associates. His research interests include electronic nose chips for homeland security applications and solar fuels from artificial photosynthesis.

James R. Stoppert
Senior Director
Cargill Industrial Bioproducts
Cargill, Inc.

As senior director for Cargill's Industrial Bioproducts business, Jim Stoppert leads the company's efforts to create new business opportunities through the development of fermentation and chemical transformation technologies, with a specific focus on biobased materials for the chemicals and plastics industries.

Jim has more than 35 years of commercial experience in the chemicals industry, most of it with Dow Chemical. While at Dow, he managed several major Dow Plastics businesses. He also directed the evaluation and development of new business opportunities and managed major environmental issues for Dow's Global Plastics business.

In 1997, Stoppert became president and CEO of a joint venture named Cargill Dow LLC, now a wholly owned Cargill subsidiary known as NatureWorks LLC that is engaged globally in manufacturing the world's first and only performance plastic made with annually renewable resources. In 2001, Jim began working with Cargill to lead the development of other industrial-related businesses and, in 2002 he helped form the Industrial Bio-Products (IBP) business. IBP is a Cargill business unit created to develop new and significant growth platforms for Cargill in the chemicals and plastics industries. IBP has, or is launching four new biobased industrial products businesses.

Jim is based in Cargill's world headquarters in Minneapolis.

Dr. Michael A. Giardello
President and CEO
Materia, Inc.

Dr. Michael A. Giardello is a founder of Materia, Inc., and serves as President, CEO & CTO. Materia provides catalyst technologies that enable, enhance and streamline the discovery, development, and manufacture of new pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and polymeric materials. Dr. Giardello received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1993 at Northwestern University. From 1993 - 1995, Dr. Giardello was a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Robert H. Grubbs, joint winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at Caltech. He then founded a technology consulting firm serving numerous established and start-up companies commercializing catalyst and materials technologies. He also worked with venture capital firms as a consultant, managing all aspects of technology and start-up corporate development.

In October 1997, Dr. Giardello co-founded Materia, and served as Executive V.P. and CTO from January 1998 until February 1999 when he became President, CEO & CTO. Dr. Giardello serves on the Boards of Materia and Entretech, a Pasadena-based non-profit organization serving entrepreneurs in the Greater Los Angeles area. Dr. Giardello has authored numerous publications and patents in the areas of catalysis and materials science.

Carl Schulenburg
CEO
PowerMEMS Technologies Inc.

Title: "Energy Harvesting... for the Next Generation"

Carl holds two degrees from Purdue University, a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as well as a M.S. in Business Administration. Prior to founding PowerMEMS, Carl held executive positions as Vice President and General Manager for start-up software companies where he accumulated a wealth of experience in accelerating businesses through venture funding, IPO and successful acquisitions. Prior to this, Carl spent several years with Hewlett Packard in technology development and marketing of enterprise computer systems. Immediately upon graduation, Carl joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. working as an aerodynamicist on its line of military jet engines.

Dr. Carl Kukkonen
CEO and Founder
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation/ a VIASPACE Energy Company

Title: "Fuel Cells and Fuel Cartridges to Power Portable Electronics: Who will buy a fuel cell powered laptop unless the fuel is readily available?"

Dr. Carl Kukkonen is CEO and founder of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation and its parent company VIASPACE Inc., which is publicly traded with stock symbol VSPC. VIASPACE is dedicated to commercializing proven energy and security technologies originally developed with government funding at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). VIASPACE has licensed many patents and software products from Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA.

Prior to founding VIASPACE, Dr. Kukkonen was a Caltech employee and served as Director of the Center for Space Microelectronics and Manager of Supercomputing at JPL. Dr. Kukkonen established and grew the Center for Space Microelectronics into a 250-person operation with a $70M annual budget. Dr. Kukkonen was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 1992.

From 1977 ‚ 1984, Dr. Kukkonen was at the Ford Motor Company, where he was Fordís leading expert on hydrogen as an alternative automotive fuel. As a Principal Research Engineer, he also led a team that developed Fordsí first turbocharged intercooled direct injection diesel engine.

Dr. Kukkonen received a BS in physics from the University of California at Davis. He earned a MS and Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University and was a post-doctoral fellow at Purdue.

Scott Allen
Co-Founder and Director of R&D
Novomer, LLC

Title: "Catalytic Pathways to Green Plastics"

Scott Allen is a Co-founder and the Director of R&D at Novomer. Dr. Allen received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 2004. Dr. Allenís interest in the use of renewable feed stocks for the synthesis of polymers originated from his doctorate work with Professor Geoffrey Coates. The opportunity to grow these early discoveries into commercial products was an exciting prospect that convinced him to help launch Novomer.

Roland Schoettle
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Optimal Technologies (USA) Inc.

Title: "Setting the New Bar for End-to-End Power System Efficiency and the World's First True 'Smart' Grids."

Roland Schoettle founded Optimal Technologies to pursue new opportunities related to large-scale dynamic network optimization in the electric power industry -- where Optimal's unique technologies have potential to create unprecedented industry, environmental, and consumer benefits. Mr. Schoettle's current leadership role at Optimal is supported by his background in technology and engineering along with over 30 years of business development experience. Prior to launching Optimal Technologies, he founded and successfully led several technology-based companies -- one of which received the prestigious position of Canada's number one re-seller of Sun workstations, and one for which he received an entrepreneurial award. An accomplished speaker and industry recognized expert, Mr. Schoettle's past engagements include guest lecturing at the University of Calgary and California Maritime University along with such prestigious venues as the Commonwealth Club of California, National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

Rachid Yazami, Ph.D.
President of Lifco, Inc.
Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology
Research Director at CNRS (Grenoble, France)

Title: "Materials science issues in lithium-ion batteries"

President of Lifco, a primary and rechargeable lithium and fluoride battery start-up company in Pasadena, California, Dr. Yazami is a also a visiting associate in materials science and in chemistry at Caltech (Pasadena) in collaboration with JPL/NASA.

Dr. Yazami, is a graduate of INP Grenoble (engineering degree in electrochemistry) where he also received his Ph.D. in graphite intercalation compounds for lithium batteries, and began his career and rose to research director at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Grenoble, France.

He is the inventor involved in more than 20 patents related to lithium batteries, including nano-Si and nano-Ge based anodes for ultra-high rate charge lithium batteries, the lithium-carbon fluoride battery for space (2 NASA awards in 2006) and medical applications, and the graphite anode for lithium-ion battery.

Dr. Yazami has served as PI on sponsored battery research and/or collaborations with companies such as Sony, Mitsubishi Chemicals, ENAX, SAFT, DRET, Matra Communication, France Telecom, AtoFina (Total), Rayovac, Eurotungstene Poudres, Pharmacie Centrale de France, Superior Graphite, MER Co., ONA Group and Quallion.

Dr. William Tumas
Program Director, Alternative Energy
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Title: "Hydrogen storage for fuel-cell powered vehicles"

Dr. Tumas is the Program Director for Alternative Energy and Infrastructure at Los Alamos National Laboratory. From Jan 2005-May 2007, he was also the principal investigator of the Department of Energy Center of Excellence for Chemical Hydrogen Storage which comprises 13 institutions. From 1994-2005, Dr. Tumas was the group leader of the inorganic chemistry group which consisted of 60 personnel. Prior to joining Los Alamos, he was a research chemist, then a project leader in environmental and oxidation catalysis at DuPont Central Research, Wilmington, DE where he was also a member of the DuPont Corporate Catalysis Center and the Corporate Environmental Technology Panel.

Dr. Tumas received a B.A. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, from Ithaca College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Stanford University in 1985 as a NSF Graduate Fellow and a Hertz Foundation Fellow. He carried out postdoctoral research under Professor Robert Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology from 1985-87 under a NIH and a Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research interests include homogeneous and phase-separable catalysis, chemical processing and catalysis in supercritical fluids, green chemistry, chemical hydrogen storage, alternative energy. He also consults on waste treatment technology assessment. He has over 45 peer-reviewed publications, recently co-edited a book, and has given over 50 invited presentations including seven different Gordon Research Conferences. He was a founding board member of the Green Chemistry Institute which is now part of the American Chemical Society.

Douglas L. Schulz, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department
North Dakota State University

Title: "Renewables at North Dakota State"

Dr. Doug Schulz received a B.S. in Chemistry from North Dakota State University in 1988. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 with a Ph.D. in Chemistry under Professor Tobin Marks with thesis research in the area of CVD precursors. Schulz spent 11 years developing printing inks for electronic materials with research projects on solar cells, thin film transistors and superconductors. He was employed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory with research interests in atmospheric pressure deposition of solar cell materials until late 1999, when he joined CeraMem Corporation in Waltham, Mass, focusing on the development of plug-in technologies to augment electronic materials manufacture.

In December 2003 Schulz began his position as Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE). His present responsibilities include management of federal relations programs in the areas of Flexible Microelectronics and Hard Protective Coatings. Schulz has also developed new funding opportunities for CNSE via state and federal agencies as well as commercial entities. An adjunct professor in the Mechanical Engineering department, Dr. Schulz serves as an advisor to graduate students and mentors the numerous undergraduates that are members of his group. He holds 4 U.S. patents and has authored 71 publications.

The Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at NDSU
CNSEís mission is to engage in pioneering, interdisciplinary research and technology development on materials whose functional design starts at the atomic-molecular scale. CNSE thrives on multi-sector collaborations that enhance the technological and industrial base of North Dakota and the country, and lead to new career opportunities for current and future North Dakota citizens.

Christophe Schilling
President and Chief Scientific Officer
Genomatica, Inc.

Christophe Schilling, PhD, President and Chief Scientific Officer, is one of the two founders of Genomatica together with Bernhard Palsson. Dr. Schilling received his doctoral degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego under the supervision of Professor Palsson where he was a Powell Foundation and Whitaker Foundation Fellow. Dr. Schilling also holds a BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University where he was a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellow. He is a co-author of numerous scientific articles in the fields of systems biology and modeling, and he is an inventor on a number of patent filings surrounding the Company's core technologies. He was featured in the February 2001 edition of Genome Technology as one of 16 "up and comers" who have the talent and drive to make great strides in science, technology, and business. In 2003 he was named one of the top 100 young innovators under 35 whose innovative work in technology will have a profound impact on the world as selected by MIT's Technology Review magazine.

Presenting Companies

Energy Innovations
www.energyinnovations.com

Founded by Bill Gross, who continues to serve as CEO, Energy Innovations is an original concept developed at Idealab. Energy Innovations was started in 2001 by Idealab to generate affordable renewable energy. The company is building the worldís first high-concentration solar power system designed for rooftop applications, called the Sunflower. By concentrating sunlight using inexpensive materials such as plastic and glass, the company can use a tiny fraction of the expensive photovoltaic material contained in traditional systems, thereby reducing the cost of solar significantly. Further, the Sunflower tracks the sun all day and throughout the year, producing more energy during critical afternoon "peak" electricity periods, offsetting the most expensive electricity for system owners. The Sunflower will ship in 2007.

Materia, Inc.
www.materia-inc.com

Materia was founded in 1998 to commercialize olefin metathesis catalyst technology. This market-enabling, Nobel Prize-winning, green chemical technology enables chemical compounds to be synthesized with greater efficiency, under less stringent reaction conditions, and with reduced byproducts and hazardous waste. As stated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences when awarding the 2005 Nobel Prize, "metathesis is an example of how important basic science has been applied for the benefit of man, society, and the environment."

Cargill, Inc.
www.cargill.com

Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services with annual sales and revenues I 2006 of $75 billion. With 153,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. The company develops industrial applications for agricultural feedstocks. Its products include biobased polyols and biofuels. For more information: www.cargill.com

PowerMEMS Technologies Inc.
http://powermems.com/

PowerMEMS creates and markets devices for harvesting renewable energies such as vibration and thermal energies, converting it to electrical energy and delivering it to small portable electronic devices such as MP3 players, cell phones, cameras, etc. These devices are specially designed to be very small footprint for ìon boardî device applications and contribute a profound benefit in extending the lifetime of the battery in the devices mentioned as well as sensor systems in automobiles and industrial plants.

The fruits of ground-breaking joint research conducted by Lawrence Livermore Labs, UCLA and Naval Research Labs over five years form the fundamental intellectual property foundation for the company. These innovations in materials science and device architecture have led to breakthroughs in energy conversion and energy storage technologies exclusively licensed and commercialized by the Company.

To meet the demands for critical economic and size constraints, all PowerMEMS solutions utilize bulk micro-machining, CMOS MEMS fabrication. This approach accumulates the benefits of lower costs as volumes increase through the well known semiconductor cost curve and also allows for easy scalability through component arrays.

PowerMEMSÖ. Clean energy technology for the next generation.

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation/a VIASPACE Energy Company
www.dmfcc.com

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC), a subsidiary of the VIASPACE Inc., is pursuing a multibillion-dollar market opportunity to manufacture and distribute disposable methanol fuel cartridges. These fuel cartridges provide the energy source for tomorrowís fuel cell-powered portable electronic devices, such as laptop computers and cell phones.

Fuel cells are expected to gain a substantial market share because they offer longer operating time as compared to current lithium ion batteries and may be instantaneously "recharged" by simply replacing the disposable fuel cartridge. International safety regulations require that the cartridge not be refillable by the consumer, and a disposable cartridge represents a recurring revenue stream.

The fuel cell is the razor, and the cartridges the razor blade. DMFCC has major cartridge manufacturing partners in the US, Japan and Korea that are already trusted suppliers to major OEMs. DMFCC has licensed 59 issued and 59 pending worldwide patents from Caltech on the direct methanol fuel cell technology, and is willing to provide this key IP protection to OEMs as part of a cartridge supply agreement.

Novomer, LLC
www.novomer.com

Novomer develops catalyst technologies for the production of monomers, polymers and fine chemicals from alternative chemical feed stocks. Novomer was founded in 2004 to commercialize several innovative catalyst technologies discovered by Cornell University professor Geoffrey Coates. Central to Novomerís technology is the utilization of industrial by-products, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, to produce unique polycarbonates and polyesters. These materials have applications ranging from electronics and MEMS fabrication to adhesives and packaging.

Optimal Technologies (USA) Inc.
http://www.otii.com/

Optimal Technologies offers advanced, supply-side and demand-side management solutions targeted at the end-to-end optimization of power networks. We deliver efficiency, personalized customer empowerment, and value across every "touch point" in the supply, delivery, and use of electric energy. Our unique real-time optimization technologies and services enable lower cost, more reliable delivery with greater quality-of-power guarantees.

Providing advanced technologies for a more efficient, reliable, and environmentally responsible electric power grid is our passion -- not just our business.

Genomatica, Inc.
www.genomatica.com

Genomatica is an innovative biotechnology company that possesses proprietary technologies to transform the design, engineering, and manipulation of living cells for the production of valuable biological and chemical products. Genomatica is dedicated to developing and commercializing these high throughput research technologies to address metabolism-driven product opportunities in the chemical, material, energy, pharmaceutical, and other industries. As recognized industry leaders in systems biology with worldwide commercial partnerships, Genomatica is enabling and accelerating the development of its customersí bio-derived products and research programs. By implementing integrated computational/experimental platforms designed around its advanced award-winning modeling and simulation technologies, Genomatica performs research for its customers to rapidly develop next generation product development processes, and licenses proprietary technologies and intellectual property for use in its partners own laboratories. Genomatica is currently pursuing commercial relationships with major industrial biotechnology, chemical, energy and pharmaceutical companies seeking to leverage the power of systems biology for rapid development of biological and chemical products. For more information: www.genomatica.com.

Venture Capital Panelists

Battery Ventures LLP
www.battery.com

Panelist: David Dreessen, Partner
www.battery.com/people/dreessen.html

Since 1983, the Battery team has prided itself on avoiding the herd and on operating a little differently than other investors. We have been fortunate to back some very big thinkers who have also carved their own paths, and we continue to seek out new visionaries every day.

Our firm was founded on a set of principles that remain the pillars of our investment philosophy: a concentration on technology and related sectors; a research-centric methodology for identifying and understanding large, emerging market opportunities; a proactive approach to finding driven entrepreneurs and compelling businesses; and daily involvement with every portfolio company.

This approach has helped build lasting, market-leading companies while delivering leading returns for investors. We have been fortunate to work with individuals who have set out to push technology boundaries at companies such as: Akamai Technologies, Allegiance Telecom, FORE Systems, HNC Software, Infoseek, LIFFE, MetroPCS, Neoteris, Nextel, Pixelworks, Qtera, SigmaTel, Vastera, and Witness Systems.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
www.kpcb.com

Panelist: David Wells

Since its founding in 1972, KPCB has backed entrepreneurs in over 475 ventures, including AOL, Align Technology, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, LSI Logic, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. More than 150 of the firmís portfolio companies have gone public. Many other ventures have achieved success through mergers and acquisitions.

Mohr Davidow Ventures
www.mdv.com

Panelist: Marianne Wu, Partner
www.mdv.com/team.html

MDV invests in entrepreneurs creating businesses that address significant challenges and opportunities associated with Driving the Digital World, Personalizing Medicine and Powering the Planet. For nearly 25 years MDV has partnered with entrepreneurs, and taken a hands-on approach to architect and help build successful companies. MDV's team and the firm's extended network of industry experts bring years of real-world experience to accelerate each company's time to market and optimize its long-term success. The firm has $1.4 billion under management.

Among the many MDV funded companies that have gone public or been acquired are: Actuate; Agile; Auspex; Broadbase (KANA); Brocade; Epigram (BRCM); FormFactor; Freshwater Software (MERQ); Ipsilon Networks (NOK); Kalpana (CSCO); Numerical Technologies (SNPS); ONI Systems (CIEN); Pivotal Technologies (BRCM); Rambus; Vantive; Vitesse; and Zip2 (AltaVista).

TPG Growth
www.tpg.com

Panelist: Evan Lovell, Principal

TPG Growth represents more than $2 billion of capital and is focused on funding and growing technology, biotechnology and consumer companies utilizing several approaches including venture capital, growth equity, leveraged buyouts and private investments in public equities on a global basis. TPG Growth is the venture and growth arm of TPG, a leading global alternative investment firm founded in 1992 with approximately $30 billion under management. TPG Growth delivers the combined leverage of TPG's early stage growth and growth investing expertise with extensive resources to grow companies and has offices in the United States, China and India.

Rustic Canyon Partners
www.rusticcanyon.com

Panelist: Nate Redmond, Partner
www.rusticcanyon.com/team/nredmond.html

With over $800 million under management, Rustic Canyon Partners invests in venture capital stage and middle-market companies positioned for strong growth. We typically invest in private, growth stage companies that capitalize on opportunities created by technology change, market evolution, regulatory shifts or other factors. To date, we have invested in a broad array of technology-driven and middle-market companies in sectors such as communications, software, IT infrastructure, digital media, business and information services, materials science and efficient energy.