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AquaPoro Raises $5M to Advance Technology that Generates Net New Water from Air

  |   Cleantech San Diego Members, Startup, Water

Cleantech San Diego company and Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN) company AquaPoro Technologies Inc., a deep tech startup engineering a new class of industrial water infrastructure, today announced the close of a $5 million seed financing. The round was led by Breakout Ventures with participation...

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JLL Partners with VECKTA to Accelerate Distributed and Onsite Energy Deployment at Scale

  |   Cleantech San Diego Members, Startup

On April 28, 2026, JLL’s Energy Advisory practice announced a strategic collaboration with Cleantech San Diego member and Southern California Energy Innovation Network company VECKTA, the world’s first onsite energy intelligence platform and marketplace, to provide commercial real estate (CRE) owners and occupiers a fully...

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AquaPoro Wins $75,000 Top Prize in Cleantech San Diego Pitch Competition for Startups

  |   Press Releases, Startup, Water

SAN DIEGO, CA, April 23, 2026 – Cleantech San Diego celebrated Earth Day by hosting a public showcase on April 22 for Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN) founders to present their clean technologies as part of a winner-takes-all pitch competition with a $75,000 cash prize.   A panel of judges comprised...

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Cleantech San Diego Wins Wells Fargo IN2 Strategic Award to Pilot Voucher Program for Startups

  |   Cleantech San Diego, Startup

On April 8, 2025, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), an energy technology program funded by Wells Fargo and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced that Cleantech San Diego is among its 2025 Channel Partner Strategic Award winners. With $1...

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Nuvve and Stonepeak Finalize “Levo” Joint Venture Providing up to $750 Million to Electrify Fleets

  |   Cleantech San Diego Members, Electric Vehicles, Startup

On August 4, 2021, Cleantech San Diego member Nuvve, a global technology leader accelerating the electrification of transportation through its proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, together with certain investment vehicles managed by leading alternative investment firm Stonepeak Partners LP (Stonepeak) and Stonepeak portfolio company Evolve Transition...

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California Energy Commission Grants Cleantech San Diego Follow-On Funding to Continue Momentum of Energy Startup Accelerator

  |   Press Releases, Startup

The Southern California Energy Innovation Network has been funded for five more years   SAN DIEGO, CA, June 14, 2021 – The California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) voted at its June 9 business meeting to approve follow-on funding to continue Cleantech San Diego’s Southern California Energy Innovation...

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