Accelerating Market Traction for SoCal Energy Startups with Zac Dobbin of Cleantech San Diego

In this episode of The Startempire Wire Founder’s Podcast I sit down with #PRogram Director of Cleantech San Diego Zac Dobbin. We discuss Zac’s journey of getting involved with Cleantech San Diego & Beginning the Southern California Energy Innovation Network. We end by talking about where SCEIN is in the growth process with current goals and needs.

Cleantech San Diego is a member-based business association that positions the greater San Diego region as a global leader in the cleantech economy. As a nonprofit organization, Cleantech San Diego is uniquely suited to support the industry by fostering collaborations across the private-public-academic landscape, leading advocacy efforts to promote cleantech priorities, and encouraging more equitable investment across the San Diego region.
Cleantech San Diego’s stakeholders include more than 120 businesses, universities, governments, and nonprofits committed to advancing sustainable solutions for the benefit of the economy, the environment, and all members of the community.

The Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN) is a free program for startups that are developing solutions to help California meet its energy goals. The program provides access to the resources and facilities of a number of regional partner organizations (listed below) and connections with industry in order to accelerate the commercialization of emerging energy technologies.

To date, 62 companies have been served by SCEIN, 39 of which are currently active in the program. Together, these startups employ 629 people, have had 386 patents approved, and have raised over $300 million in follow-on funding from public and private sources since being accepted into the program.
The program is the result of a grant from the California Energy Commission awarded in 2016 to help advance California’s energy innovation industry.

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0:54 Your Personal Introduction
4:40 Benefits of Becoming Member
10:20 Commercial
11:50 Qualifications
16:44 Customized Plan for Members
21:34 Journey of the Business
27:38 Growing Pains of your Startup
30:18 Current Needs of your Startup
36:40 Short term Goals
46:25 Future Goals
50:28 Info about you & your startup online