Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center

We were incredibly excited to host our Valley Ventures Capstone Pitch Competition at the Fresno State Winery earlier this month. This event marked the conclusion of our intensive, month-long curriculum, which focused on sales and marketing training, grant writing, investor relations, pilot site demonstrations, and technical mentorship. Congratulations to Penny Lane Case from Nexstera Tech for presenting the winning pitch of the evening! Penny will have the opportunity to present at the Plug & Play Silicon Valley Summit in June. View a recap of the pitch competition here - https://lnkd.in/g-qEYrMv A special thanks to all the founders, judges, and community members who made our pitch competition a success. We cannot wait to see what the future holds for these visionary companies!

🚨 9 more hours until applications close for the Valley Ventures Culinary Catalyst program! 🚨 Take your food business to the next level: https://lnkd.in/gfCBTaG3

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to grow your food business⬇️ Applications close Friday 7/19!

This week we’re having our first Valley Ventures Alumni Mentor Week. The goal of this week is to bring additional value post-program to all 8 Valley Ventures cohorts. The team at the Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center takes pride in extending additional resources and opportunities to all of our alum. By joining the Valley Ventures Accelerator, you gain our continued support for your start-up! Huge thanks to our mentors contributing to this week: Chris Mangieri, Alicia Wooten, and Brent Eubanks, PE, LEED

Make sure you get your applications in by July 17! https://lnkd.in/gfCBTaG3

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* The Water, Energy and Technology Center and the Fresno State Food Science Program are excited to announce the first-ever Valley Ventures Culinary Catalyst. This Food Business Accelerator will take a select group of local food entrepreneurs through a Certified Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) Training administered by esteemed Fresno State Food Science Program Director Dr. Erin Dormendy. The cohort will also engage in training with WET Center Staff and partners, including, but not limited to, business plan development, Quickbooks, pricing your product, and working with local government. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gfCBTaG3 Thank you to our partners who are helping make this possible: Erin Stafford Dormedy, Eric Hadden, Fresno State Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation, Rich Mostert, MBA, CBEP, Ana Alfaro, Access Plus Capital, Samuel Fairbanks, Jose Cobos, Mike Osegueda This program is supported by the USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center #valleyventures #fresnostate #food #foodbusiness #fresno #centralvalley

I had the pleasure of supporting our Valley Ventures Accelerator pitch event winner, Nexstera Tech at the Plug and Play Tech Center innovation summit yesterday. Penny Lane Case and Kylene Landenberger controlled the #Sustainability Expo audience with their novel #lithiumbattery detection, Pyrotack. With this invention, waste transportation and facilities will have more sustainable preventative measures to mitigate lithium fires resulting in safer work environments and less pollution. I am very proud of this year’s cohort 8 and I look forward to supporting all of our alumni post program. Special thanks to Robert Grey for connecting us to Plug and Play which allowed the Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center to offer this opportunity to our ventures. We look forward to continuing our partnership.

Thank you @Ben Hensley from The Business Journal Fresno for writing such a great article on our graduating business team @Raices Unidas! Can’t wait to see how things evolve with Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center this summer and many more months to follow! Click here for the full article: https://lnkd.in/gi55v3Dm Phillip J. Patiño School of Entrepreneurship Fresno Unified School District California State University, Fresno Uncharted Learning, NFP | INCubatoredu

Great night celebrating our incredible partners CleanStart at their Clean Tech Progress Report Party. An added perk was connecting with valued BlueTech Valley and Accelerate CA partner ChicoSTART! Thomas Hall Gary Simon Eva L. Shepherd-Nicoll Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center

Are you prepared to answer all of these questions while pitching your deck to investors? Chris Mangieri dives deep into why it is so important to have a deep understanding of your company in order to answer all of these imperative questions. Fundraising is hard but with the right resources you will increase your chances of securing capital. Here is the link to the full video where Chris explains each question in detail: https://lnkd.in/gTF8DdcE This is a glimpse of the invaluable insight that Valley Ventures Accelerator offers to its cohorts. Exciting announcement about Cohort 9 coming soon! If you have any questions about Valley Ventures or any of the Water, Energy and Technology Center’s programs, feel free to reach out to us.