It’s not everyday you find alternative energy venture capitalists like the ones in my list below…
As a financial analyst and best- selling author specializing in accurately predicting the inflation outlook, commodities futures market and coffee commodity, often times Mahendra Sharma makes referrals to Venture Capitalists.
It appears to be a promising year for entrepreneurs and small businesses with the upswing in commodities trading and stock market predictions. Based upon his calculations and with the right investors providing key business support, small businesses and entrepreneurs will achieve a higher rate of success in 2012.
Mahendra has taken the time to hand select his five highly recommended venture capitalists. He understands the intricacies of investing and diversification demanded by the investment market. After careful consideration and review, he has made the final selection and highly recommends Tech Coast Angels, CapFlow Funding, Northwest Energy Angels, Rockport, and Khosla Ventures for the utmost in investment guidance and education. He highly recommends the referenced venture capitalists to work with any developing entrepreneur.
Tech Coast Angels is a non- profit organization which invests it time and expertise in biotech, consumer products, internet, IT support, life sciences , media software and environmental concerns. They assist entrepreneurs and start-up businesses with funding sources, knowledge of the industry, and provide networking. They mentor entrepreneurial visions into sustainable and successful businesses. Some of the world’s greatest companies began with Angel Investments.
With 300 members in the five regions of southern California, there is a wealth of experience and entrepreneurial background in nearly every industry. In 2010 they funded thirty-one companies as a result of 6.3 million dollars in investments.
CapFlow Funding specializes in small business lending. Handpicking potentially successful companies, CapFlow takes the time to get to know their clients and build a professional relationship, thus gaining a full understanding of their needs and unique challenges. The company offers a range of funding products, including factoring, accounts receivables and inventory financing, purchase order funding, and other asset-based lending solutions. It finances various businesses ranging from temporary personnel agencies, printing companies, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers to service industries, such as janitorial and temporary health care staffing agencies and Internet-based businesses. The company is based in Rutherford, New Jersey.
Northwest Energy Angels is a membership organization of private investors in the Pacific Northwest. They create successful “clean tech” companies by connecting the right entrepreneurs with experienced investors. They are unique in that they only fund entrepreneurs in clean technology. Their goal is to add value for entrepreneurs and make the venture profitable for both the business and the investor. NWEA members place a high value on the world we leave to future generations and thus a highly value sustainability, social responsibility, and ecologically sound practices.
NWEA is a band of successful entrepreneurs, executives, and business leaders who provide investment capital, networking, business contacts, and strategic advice to promote market leadership. With their extensive experience in clean tech, they hope to fuel a positive change in the Pacific Northwest economy and empower small businesses with the tools needed for success.
Rockport Capital is founded on the experience of its partners in various energy-related fields and the belief that successful companies are strengthened by superior leadership and productivity, not relying solely upon technology or investing. They work together to create a team and build a company with strong and lasting value.
Seizing the opportunity of market trends, Rockport recognized the investment opportunities in clean energy and its related technologies, helping build small companies and entrepreneurs. They recognize that markets are complex and that success is the result of investing more than capital.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm manned by people who listen to, analyze, and advise entrepreneurs. Understanding personal support, seeding assistance and bringing ideas to fruition, their focus is on next-generation energy products, new materials, mobility, the internet, and silicon technology. Khosla Ventures is funded by Vinod Khosla, the executive who turned a computer science project into the multibillion-dollar Sun Microsystems.
When forming this list, Mahendra considered the individual education and experience levels of each board member, his or her clean tech experience, and the amount of genuine concern that he or she seems to have for the environment. He wanted to make sure that any VC to which he refers his clients are of the highest quality.
About Mahendra Sharma
For over 23 years, Mahendra Sharma has been accurately predicting and has proven himself to be a stock market astrologer. Mahendra’s predictions consistently outperform stock market prediction software. His successful predictions have spanned the globes, ranging from correctly identifying and stock market trends, upswing in uranium prices, weather reports to support grain growth in Australia and South America, the European debt crisis, as well as the rise in the Swiss Franc and the Yen.
His newest book titled “2012 Financial Predictions “ concentrates on venture capitalism for the upcoming year and the commodities futures market with regard to precious metals, commodities, oil, coffee commodity prices and other financial markets. In this book he predicts the costs of all precious metals; grain prices; soft commodities such as coffee, orange juice, cotton, cocoa, sugar and lumber; oil and natural gas; treasury bonds, indexes, and every other commodity traded.
Moving to Santa Barbara, California in 2004, Mahendra previously spent 12 years in Africa and India advising heads of state on financial matters. He spends most of his time in the U.S. with his family, yet continues to travel worldwide providing financial advice to influential professionals and politicians.
However, his passion and personal satisfaction comes from giving back. Thus, Mahendra is dedicated to humanitarian causes through sharing wealth and profits to individuals and organizations in need, particularly in India and Kenya. One of his successful charity efforts is the Mahendra Foundation, which is dedicated to fighting aids and building schools for children who live in poverty.
In addition to his successful website which has drawn nearly 10 million visitors since 2001, he publishes his weekly investment newsletters. He is also the author of five books on financial forecasts. 2002 World Prophecies, First Edition, 2002 World Prophecies, Second Edition, 2004 World & Financial Prophecies and 2008-2009 World & Financial Prophecies.
For more information about Mahendra Sharma visit his website at http://www.mahendraprophecy.com or read his weekly investment newsletter.
