Event

Bethesda Green-Mentor Capital Network Fishbowl Investor Pitch

Bethesda Green-Mentor Capital Network (formerly William James Foundation)

Fishbowl Investor Pitch

June 26, 2014; 1:00 5:00 p.m. plus Reception

Green business entrepreneurs will pitch to professional investors in an educational and experiential setting. In this unedited "shark tank" like-program , you will not see an investor make an investment, but you will see entrepreneurs pitch and answer questions from investors AND you will get to hear investors debrief each other about their reactions to the entrepreneurs' presentations and business models AND you will get to ask questions yourselves. Come learn what hot new green products and services are being generated locally.

AGENDA

1:00 p.m. Introductions by Bethesda Green and William James Foundation
1:15 p.m. Introduction by Montgomery County
1:30 p.m. Company Pitches and Discussion
3:15 p.m. Networking Break
3:30 p.m. Company Pitches and Discussion
5:00 p.m. Reception

COMPANY PRESENTERS

A.I.R. Lawn - Full service eco-friendly landscaping company that improves and renews the atmosphere people breathe in through: the reduction of air pollution, the elimination of synthetic chemicals, and the mitigation of stormwater runoff.

EcoMow is developing a self-fueled lawn mower that also produces grass biomass pellets as a byproduct for other uses.

Energy Dynamics designs and manufactures devices that capture and store wasted energy in the electrical system and then recycles it on demand.

Wash Cycle Laundry delivers laundry on bicycles with trailers to consumers, businesses, and institutions and washes it using sustainable, cost-competitive processes that reduce the water and energy required to do so.

INVESTOR PANEL

Stefan Friedman is a board member of William James Foundation and is the founder and manager of CoPilot Ventures, which specializes in seed stage investments in sustainable technologies.

LOCATION
Bethesda Green
4825 Cordell Ave., Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814