Next Meeting: October 2009
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Date: Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Speaker: Doug Jamison, President, COO and Managing Director at Harris & Harris Group (New York City)
Topic: “Nanotech in Cleantech”
Harris & Harris first invested in cleantech in 1989, seeding Molten Metal Technology an MIT spin-out in environmental remediation, with $110,000 and exiting in 1993 by selling their shares in the open market on Nasdaq for over $30 million. Additionally, Harris & Harris Group's 2003 investment in Nanogram Devices Corporation, a company commercializing a unique battery technology, yielded a 3.4 fold return when the company was acquired 13 months later. Harris & Harris Group's cleantech investment thesis is that nanotechnology is the enabling technology for many clean-technology solutions that will compete economically with currently available solutions, and address unmet needs in the global marketplace.
In his talk, Doug will touch upon some of the companies in its current portfolio, e.g., Innovalight, Bridgelux and Solazyme, and describe how Harris & Harris Group's position as a leading investor in nanotechnology-enabled companies uniquely positions Harris & Harris and its shareholders to profit financially from the emergence of cleantech companies in a new investment space.
Speaker: Doug Jamison is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Director of Harris & Harris Group, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Ancora Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and a Board observer in Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., Solazyme, Inc., Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., and Metabolon, Inc. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of "Nanotechnology Law & Business." He is Co-Chair of the Advisory Board, Converging Technology Bar Association, a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Nano-Bio Interface Ethics Advisory Board, and a member of the Advisory Board, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Nanotechnology Venture Forum. Previously, he was a Senior Manager at the University of Utah Technology Transfer Office. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A., 1992) and the University of Utah (M.S., 1999).
Place: Club Quarters, 40 West 45th Street, NYC (212) 626-9300
Times & Fees: • 11:30 a.m. Cocktails • 12 noon Luncheon
• 1:15 p.m. Presentation
Fees: $45 for Members who reserve by Tuesday, Sept. 29th. $55 for Guests and Members (at door without reservations)
To Reserve: Please reserve early to be eligible for the discount price. We now accept all major credit cards via PayPal, or call Vista Marketing at (917) 684-1659, or via E-mail to cmegroup@mac.com
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