Investments
4Portfolio Exits
2About First Look West
First Look West (FLoW) aims is to support the development of entrepreneurial talent within American universities, and to accelerate the movement of leading edge technologies out of the lab and into the marketplace. In 2011, the California Institute of Technology led by the Resnick Institute, in partnership with University of Southern California and the UC Los Angeles received a $360,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate cleantech innovation and foster student entrepreneurship through a Western Regional business plan competition. This consortium, called First Look West (FLoW), builds upon the mission of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to improve energy efficiency and productivity and bring reliable, affordable clean technologies to market.
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First Look West Investments
4 Investments
First Look West has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was in Pyro-E as part of their Biz Plan Competition on May 5, 2013.
First Look West Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/30/2013 | Biz Plan Competition | Pyro-E | $0.1M | Yes | 1 | |
5/30/2013 | Biz Plan Competition | |||||
5/30/2013 | Biz Plan Competition | |||||
5/30/2012 | Biz Plan Competition |
Date | 5/30/2013 | 5/30/2013 | 5/30/2013 | 5/30/2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Biz Plan Competition | Biz Plan Competition | Biz Plan Competition | Biz Plan Competition |
Company | Pyro-E | |||
Amount | $0.1M | |||
New? | Yes | |||
Co-Investors | ||||
Sources | 1 |
First Look West Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
First Look West has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Dragonfly Systems on July 11, 2014.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/11/2014 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 7/11/2014 | |
|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 1 |
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