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2023

• BovControl- Top 10 Agritech Companies to Lookout in 2023 I February 14, 2023

• Renewell Energy & WET Center- Is 'battery' the next gig for California's retiring oil wells? I February 13, 2023

• BoxPower - BoxPower wants to cut emissions, wildfire risk by taking power off the main grid I February 8, 2023

• Kairospace Technologies Inc.- Imagine H2O 2023 Accelerator Program I February 8, 2023 

• 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 ​​

• 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 - Featured in The Business Journal - October 14, 2022 

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

• WET Center - Featured in Morning AgClips - September 11, 2022 

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

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

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

• WET Center - DOE Awards WET Center Through Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize - May 24, 2022 

• WET Center - California Energy Commission Approves Funding Through 2027 - April 19, 2022 

• WET Center & Nurture Growth Biofertilizer - Feature on ABC30 News - April 5, 2022 

• WET Center - $250k Grant Award Recipient of Inclusive Innovation Hub Program - April 4, 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 

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

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

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2021​

• ​WET Center - $50K SBA Growth Accelerator Prize Winner! - September 16, 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 

• Stasis Energy Group - 1.6 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission - July 23, 2021

• WET Center - EPIC Prize Winner Blog - June 15, 2021 

• OffGridBox - SCCIF Announces Grant Winners - 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 

• Dropcopter - Can crop pollination technology save the bee… from itself? - March 25, 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 - 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 

• Editorial on Water Online - "The Inevitability Of Digitalization" with Waterhound Futures (A BTV Venture - January 13, 2021

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2020​​​

• Activate.Org - "These Tomatoes are Fighting Climate Change" feature with Center for Irrigation Technology, WET Center, Nitricity and Fresno State's Student Cupboard - December 14, 2020

• O'Neill Vintners and Distillers and BiFiltro ABC 30 News Story - December 8, 2020

• CMTC's California's Manufacturing Network Welcomes 16 New Partners to Help Support CA Manufacturers Impacted by COVID-19 - November 19, 2020

• Water, Energy and Technology Center at Fresno State Wins $50,000 in Competition -  October 8, 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 - September 24, 2020

• O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Unveils Biofiltro’s Largest Worm Powered Winery Wastewater System in the World - September 17, 2020

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

• 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 3, 2020

• BioFiltro announces its partnership with Darigold. BioFiltro will be helping Darigold reach its commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 - July 2, 2020

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

• Spread the Worm! Valley Ventures Alumni, BioFiltro, in partnership with Organix, Inc. to orchestrate $250K comprehensive study with the Washington State Department of Commerce. - June 1, 2020

• Valley Ventures Company Raises $6M in New Funding  - March 11, 2020

• AQUAOSO announced as a finalist for The Radicle Challenge – February 25th, 2020

• 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 Imporvement Store – November 29,2019.

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

• Ecoli Sense wins $10K at the Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum – October 28, 2019

• Tennesse Producer Grant Norwood Partners with GroGuru – October 28, 2019

• 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 the 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

• Entrepreneurship Forum Features Mondavi, Pitch Competition – October 9, 2018

• Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Returns Nov. 1st – October 30, 2018

• Forum to Feature Noted Entrepreneur Ed Pizzarello – April 13, 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

• Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Features Lorenzo Neal, Paul Singh – Oct. 6, 2017

• Fresno State’s WET Center Home to BlueTechValley Entrepreneurs – Sept. 13, 2017

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2016

• University Receives $5 Million Grant to Promote Water and Energy Innovation – May 31, 2016

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