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2023
WET Center - Fresno City Council Meeting (1:05:01-1:05:31) I March 10, 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, 20
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 & Mojave Seafood Inc. - Feature on The Business Journal | October 14, 2022
Hago Energetics - Mentioned on New Energy Nexus | October 14, 2022
WET Center - 10 Companies Selected for Valley Ventures Accelerator | September 19, 2022
Hexas Biomass - Recipient of a Phase II SBIR Grant from DOE | September 13, 2022
WET Center - Featured in Morning AgClips | September 11, 2022
WET Center - WET Center Partner, Central Valley Community Foundation, Awarded $65.1M from EDA | September 2, 2022
BovControl, GroGuru, & Nitricity - Feature in Top 101 Agriculture Companies in California | August 1, 2022
GroGuru - Named One of 10 Must Watch Tech Companies 2022 | July 27, 2022
Re-Nuble - Partners with Cruz Foam to Create Indoor Farm Nutrients From Seafood | July 18, 2022
BioFiltro - Feature on Inside Climate News | July 15, 2022
Nitricity - Editor's Choice in The Water Network | July 5, 2022
Verdi - Winners of THRIVE Demo Day 2022 | June 1, 2022
WET Center - DOE Awards WET Center Through Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize | May 24, 2022
Climformatics & Hago Energetics & HyVerde - CalSEED Concept and Prototype Awardees | May 11, 2022
HerdDogg - Addresses the Needs of Livestock Producers | April 25, 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
WET Center - Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary by Reaching $205M in Total Funding | March 8, 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
Verdi - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 28, 2022
Nurture Growth Bio Fertilizer - Accepted into Canadian Accelerator Program | January 27, 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
WET Center - Restructured California Water Institute Improves Access to Programs and Services | January 11, 2022
2021
AQUAOSO - Honorable Mention on First Next Big Things in Tech List | November 18, 2021
Vertical AgriTech - Fresno Startup Creates Automated Modules for Growing Food | October 6, 2021
Verdi - TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 | September 20, 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
Nitricity - Closes $5 Million Seed Round of Funding | August 12, 2021
Stasis Energy Group - 1.6 Million in Funding by the California Energy Commission | July 23, 2021
WET Center - Named #1 in Starter Story's 10 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators in Fresno [2021] | July 15, 2021
WET Center - EPIC Prize Winner Blog I June 15, 2021
OffGridBox - Company with Local Ties Funded to Give Refugees Power I June 8, 2021
OffGridBox - SCCIF Announces Grant Winners I 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 | 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
AQUAOSO - Closes $2 Million Seed Round of Funding | February 2, 2021
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
ABC 30 - O'Neill Vintners and Distillers and BiFiltro ABC 30 News Story | December 8, 2020
ABC 30 - CIT's appearance on ABC30's Valley Grown Episode | November 29, 2020
CMTC - CMTC's California's Manufacturing Network Welcomes 16 New Partners to Help Support CA Manufacturers Impacted by COVID-19 | November 19, 2020
GV Wire - 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 I September 24, 2020
Wine Industry Advisor - O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Unveils Biofiltro’s Largest Worm Powered Winery Wastewater System in the World | September 17, 2020
LinkedIn - Membrion selected as one of the top 18 companies recognized at WEFTEC’s 2020 Innovation Showcase I September 3, 2020
ABC 30 Action News - Valley Ventures Program Helps Ag Business Entrepreneurs | August 28, 2020
Cal Tech Rocket Fund - Nitricity is awarded funds | July 8, 2020
Cision PR Web - GroGuru Awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant for Cyber Agriculture I July 3, 2020
Darigold - We are WIGGLING! BioFiltro announces its partnership with Darigold. BioFiltro will be helping Darigold reach their commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 I July 2, 2020
Ag Funder News - Fertilizer startup Upcycle & Co closes $825k seed round, sets sights on ag market I June 22, 2020
WET Center - SPREAD THE WORM! VALLEY VENTURES ALUMNI, BIOFILTRO, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIX, INC. TO ORCHESTRATE $205K COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. I June 1, 2020
The Business Journal – Valley Ventures Company Raises $6M in New Funding I March 11, 2020
World Agri-Tech USA - AQUAOSO a Valley Ventures Alumni announced as a Finalist for The Radicle Challenge I February 25, 2020
Yale Climate Connections - New York City Startup Called Re-Nuble Turns Food Waste into Fertilizer I February 5, 2020
American Farm Bureau - HydroSide Systems Wins Ag Innovation Challenge I January 20, 2020
Markets Insider - HyperBorean Selected for Climate Innovations Exchange, (CLIX) in Abu Dhabi I January 13, 2020
Cision PR Web - Sprinkl: Cut the Cords, Sprinkl is going WIRELESS I January 10, 2020
2019
NPR - Worms Make Great Pets, And Other Reasons To Compost At Home I December 19, 2019
Cision PR - Sprinkl Breaks New Ground with Sense, a Wireless Multi-Level Soil Moisture Sensor I December 18, 2019
Forbes - How One Boring Summer Turned Into Flying Cell Phone Towers For Africa I December 8, 2019
WET Center - Valley Venture Alumni, Drought Diet Products Launches Product at Trusted Home Improvement Store I November 29, 2019
Grow NY - Dropcopter Wins $500,000 in Grow-NY Competition I November 14, 2019
The Business Journal - Valley Ventures VI alumni Ecoli Sense wins $10K at the Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum I October 28, 2019
Ag Web - Tennesse Producer Grant Norwood Partners with Valley Ventures Alumni GroGuru I October 28, 2019
WET Center - Valley Ventures Alumni and Local Liquid filtration Company Wins Prestigious Irrigation Association Award I October 16, 2019
BoxPower Blog - BoxPower: The IKEA of Microgrids I October 7, 2019
Cision PR - GroGuru Raises $2.9 Million in Seed Funding
BioFIltro - BioThousands of Worms Wiggle into Wise Villa Winery I September 18, 2019
AQUAOSO® - AQUAOSO® An Alumni of Valley Ventures Joins The Techstars® Sustainability Accelerator I July 29, 2019
Puget Sound Business Journal - Puget Sound Business Journal unveils the 2019 40 Under 40 class, Membrion Among Them I July 29, 2019
ConserWater - ConserWater Announces MoistureFocus, NitrumFocus and PhosphoFocus AI to bring Sensor-Free Soil Moisture, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Levels to All Farmers I July 15, 2019
WISRAN - WISRAN Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation I July 2, 2019
H2 Refuel Accelerator - Electro Active Technologies Accepted Into H2 Refuel Accelerator I June 17, 2019
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - CEO of Electro-Active Technologies, Alex Lewis, was Accepted into the Innovation Crossroads I June 10, 2019
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center - Wells Fargo funded Innovation Incubator Selects First Cohort of Agtech Startups Focused on Sustainable Solutions I May 13, 2019
HyperBorean - HyperBorean Opens its Doors to Investors at Wichita State University I January 15, 2019
2018
Fresno State News – Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Returns Nov. 1st I October 30, 2018
Fresno State News – Entrepreneurship Forum Features Mondavi, Pitch Competition I October 9, 2018
Fresno State News – Forum to Feature Noted Entrepreneur Ed Pizzarello I April 13, 2018
Fresno State News - Valley Ventures helps entrepreneurs earn millions of dollars I July 16, 2018
Fresno State News - Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications I July 13, 2018
California State University - Six CSU Campuses Join Partnership to Develop Future ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs I January 18, 2018
Fresno State News - Valley Ventures now accepting applications for spring I January 11, 2018
2017
Fresno State News – Central Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Features Lorenzo Neal, Paul Singh I October 6, 2017
California Ag Today – Fresno State’s WET Center Home to BlueTechValley Entrepreneurs I September 13, 2017
2016
Fresno State News – University Receives $5 Million Grant to Promote Water and Energy Innovation I May 31, 2016