Partners

The Rocket Fund is seeking partners from the cleantech industry, academia and the investment community to join an exclusive group of like-minded experts on the Rocket Fund Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The role of TAC is to:

• Assess the business potential and technical viability of applications
• Recommend semi-final and final awards
• Provide inkind support where mutually beneficial

In return, TAC members gain early access to innovative technologies and fast-moving companies that can provide business leads and connections to award-winning innovators. For more information contact Stephanie Yanchinski, Director of Entrepreneurial Programs, 626-395-1968.

Our Partners

Accelerators, Incubators, State Organizations

• ACTIVATE: for Cyclotron Road/LBNL, MIT Lincoln Labs
• Austin Technology Incubator/University of Texas Austin
• Blue Tech Valley
• Cyclotron Road
• Elemental Excelerator
• EPRI's Incubatenergy Labs
• Illinois: Clean Energy Trust
• Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
• New York State: NYSERDA/Urban Future Lab
• Powerhouse
• Cleantech San Diego, Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN)
• Citris and Banatao Institute: Citris Foundry

Government Agencies

• Department of Energy, EERE
• California Energy Commission
• California Energy Commission's EPIC
• CalSEED
• CalTestBed

Government Labs

• NREL
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• ARPA-E

Academia

• Stanford, TomKat Center for Sustainability
• Stanford Energy Club
• Berkeley Haas School of Business, Cleantech to Market
• Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering
• Caltech's Entrepreneurship Club, the eClub
• MIT Energy Club
• Carnegie Mellon University, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

Foundations

• Schmidt Futures
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures