Greenstart's Offering $115K to Cleantech + IT Startups

Greenstart focuses on Cleantech+IT companies that can validate their business model quickly and inexpensively. We are interested in businesses whose products or services either expand the use of renewable energy or reduce the use of dirty energy and center around a software component. This could mean clean web, energy efficiency, smart grid, collaborative consumption, consumer services, or transportation.

What do we look for?
1) Passionate and driven founders
2) A novel idea
3) Businesses that expand clean energy or reduce dirty energy
4) A cleantech solution with an IT / software component
5) Companies that are incorporated in the USA
6) Something that will change the world…

- Provide your Vator profile URL within Greenstart's application form on Greenstart's website.
- Greenstart reserves the right to choose multiple winners within this competition.
- Greenstart reserves the right not to select a winner for this contest.
- The winner will be chosen on or before April 20.
- All finalists will be interviewed prior to the winner or winners being chosen.
- Greenstart will invest $15,000 in the winning company or companies, and this seed funding will take place through a convertible note or common stock purchase agreement. The winner will also have the option to accept a $100K convertible note.
- Applicants must have a business or business idea whose products or services either expand the use of renewable energy or reduce the use of dirty energy and include a software component.
- Changes to Competition Rules: While not anticipated, these rules and prizes are subject to change at the discretion of Greenstart at any time. The Greenstart staff has the right to interpret these rules according to its own judgment.
- Decisions regarding the Competition and the Winners: All decisions regarding the competition rules, procedures, and processes are at the sole discretion of Greenstart. Changes and/or interpretations of these rules may be made by Greenstart at any time, even though they may be (or may appear to be) in conflict some previously published information. The selection of the winner or winners are at the sole discretion of the judges at Greenstart.

Anyone accepted into our program will receive $15,000 in seed funding + a $100K convertible note option, three months of mentoring, valuable connections, assistance in fundraising, and the chance to pitch to leading angel investors and venture capitalists.