Aug 12, 2013

Apple Kjartan Jansen from Expansion Capital Partners, LLC is a member of FundingPost online! Kjartan of Expansion Capital Partners, LLC was an Investor Judge in the 2009 Pitching Across America competition! To read the full list of Investor Judges, Click Here: 2009 Pitching Across America Venture Fund Member Profile Share This Profile: Clean Technology: Technologies that offer dramatic improvements in resource productivity, creating more economic value with less energy, less materials, and less waste. These technologies significantly lower cost and improve profitability, with short payback periods. We invest across diverse sectors of the economy, including: Energy, Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Water & Wastewater and Transportation.Expansion Stage: We define expansion stage as $2-20 million in revenues, able to scale to over $50 million in revenues, and ideally at, or close to achieving, profitability.Risk Management: Risk management is at the core of our firm’s activities. We seek to manage risk for our investors by offering:• portfolio diversification away from IT and life sciences;• expansion stage investments, which have historically performed better on a risk-adjusted basis; and• active entrepreneurial engagement with each portfolio company. Kjartan Jansen Principal Expansion Capital Partners, LLC Kjartan assists in the screening and due diligence of prospective investments, and also supports the team in various aspects of investment management, firm building, and research.Prior to Expansion Capital Partners, Kjartan spent time as a research associate covering medical technology at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, where his main focus was financial due diligence and modeling. He also assisted in writing quarterly research reports. In addition, Kjartan’s experience includes that of a business analyst at Scient, a former SF based internet consulting firm. Kjartan holds a MA in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Economics from the University of Bergen, Norway, where he graduated number one in his class. In addition to English, Kjartan also speaks Danish, German, Norwegian (native), and Swedish. Representative Investments Agile Systems Agile Systems is a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of advanced, energy efficient motion control technology including motor control and power conversion. The Agile Systems team is highly skilled in integrating power electronics, digital controls and network communications into small, compact and cost effective packages. Agile Systems has established customers in a broad range of industries and is based in Waterloo, ON. Biorem Biorem manufactures biofilters to eliminate odors, volatile organic compounds and Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) at industrial sites and municipal waste water treatment plants. The waste water market is trending to biofilters as the best solution for odor control as they have the lowest lifecycle cost and highest airflow treatment capacity. The Company employs a proprietary bio-based filtration media and systems configuration to eliminate odorous chemical compounds at sewage works and industrial facilities. Biorem serves municipal waste water treatment plants and industrial sites across North America. Tiger Optics Started in 1999, Tiger Optics designs, develops, markets, and services electro-optic analyzers and components worldwide. Its devices address a wide array of markets, from semiconductor manufacturing to petrochemical production and environmental monitoring, among others. SensorTran develops advanced fiber-optic based sensors for complex asset monitoring applications. Since 1998, SensorTran's Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) instruments have been helping companies around the world in Oil & Gas, Electric Power, Pipeline, and other industries improve the performance and management of their critical assets. About FundingPost For over Fourteen Years FundingPost has worked with thousandsof Angel and Venture Capital Investors. We believe that it isimportant to reach investors in every medium possible -both online and offline. We have been directly responsible fortons of success stories and Millions and Millions of dollars raised.We look forward to introducing your company to the leading Venture and Angel Investors nationwide. Sign up now: Entrepreneurs / Investors Join the FundingPost email list and learn how, when and where you can meet these Investors: Other Venture Profiles: