Environmental and Sustainable

Ecohaus
Grid Net
Nest Naturals
Revolution Foods
Seventh Generation
Verdiem

Seattle-based Ecohaus (formerly Environmental Home Center) is the leading retail provider of sustainable and energy-efficient building materials. Led by CEO Tim Taylor, EHC focuses on environmental building supplies such as paints, insulation, flooring, carpets and lumber from sustainably managed forests.

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Nest Naturals is a company that creates, nurtures and grows mission driven consumer brands. Led by co-founders, Sheryl O'Loughlin and Neil Grimmer, Nest is building a collective of social and environmental business change agents out to make the world a little better, twig by twig. Other investors include Bridgescale Partners.

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Revolution Foods is transforming school meals by providing healthy, tasty food for students. The leader in healthy school lunches Revolution Foods is addressing the growing epidemic of childhood obesity with fresh, nutritious school lunches. Revolution Foods is engaging students, teachers and parents in nutrition education and moving the concept of food in a new and healthy direction. The team is Led by co-founders Kristin Richmond and Kirsten Tobey. Other investors include Bay Area Equity Partners.

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Verdiem is the leading developer of power management software for PC networks. Verdiem’s Surveyor Network Energy Manager provides measurable energy and cost savings, simplified and automated management of PC power options, and painless implementation that comes with minimal maintenance and a rapid payback. Verdiem is a recognized partner in the EPA’s EnergyStar program and was recently awarded Premier Partner status in the U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America program. Verdiem is led by industry veteran Kevin Klustner. Other investors include Kleiner Perkins, Northgate Capital, Angeleno Group and Phoenix Partners.

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CaféPress is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Since 1999, CaféPress has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company’s unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. CaféPress is lead by founder, CEO, innovator, Fred Durham. Other investors include Sequoia Capital.

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Flock

Flock is endeavoring to make the web browsing a two-way experience. Past and most current web usage is defined by the term "browsing". However, with increased bandwidth, faster computers, and a broader audience, the time is right for a two-way browsing experience that is designed for the "Web 2.0". Flock will incorporate enhanced browser technology with innovative social networking services to create a new browsing experience. Flock will make web browsing experience more fun, safe, and productive for the active multi-media web creators. Catamount has co-invested in Flock with Bessemer Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures.

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Ingenio was acquire by AT&T in November 2007. Since 1999, Ingenio has connected buyers and sellers by combining the web and phone. Ingenio’s Pay Per Call is the industry's first and only paid search-based advertising system that allows any advertiser to capitalize on the popularity of Internet search and drive targeted phone leads—rather than clicks—to their business. The company is led by Mark Britto formerly with Amazon and Credit Suisse. Other investors include Benchmark and The Caryle Group.

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Linden Lab has developed an extraordinary 3D shared world. Through "Second Life" Linden Lab offers a truly collaborative, immersive and open-ended experience, where together people create and inhabit a virtual world of their own design. CEO Philip Rosedale, former CTO of RealNetworks, founded Linden Lab in 1999. Other investors include Benchmark Capital, Globespan and Mitch Kapor.

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Piczo, Inc. the leading 'walled garden', safe social network for teenagers. Through its user-friendly online photo website builder and online community Piczo technology allows users the ability to create comprehensive personal websites without HTML or other coding. Piczo websites function just like professional-looking websites and include a homepage and additional pages featuring photos, text, guestbooks, chat boxes, music, and more. . The company is led by Jeremy Verba, formerly with AOL and CNET. Other investors include Sierra Ventures and USVP.

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Bocada, the Storage Intelligence Company, focuses on gathering, analyzing, and presenting the critical information required to ensure that data storage operations reliably and efficiently comply with enterprise data storage policies. BackupReport provides a consolidated view of critical backup activity across multiple backup servers. Other investors in Bocada include Madrona Venture Group, Second Avenue Partners, Guide Ventures and Partech International.

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eSilicon, the leading full-service provider of custom chips, operates on a unique business model that manages complexity, minimizes risk and reduces cost for companies looking to design and manufacture custom IC's. The company is led by CEO Jack Harding, former President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems. The company's unique approach manages every step of the IC development process - from specification through manufacturing and delivery of packaged and tested parts. eSilicon offers value-added design and manufacturing expertise, with an e-business infrastructure that provides significant visibility, predictability and time-to-market advantages to its customers. Other investors include Investors AB, Crosspoint Venture Partners, TPG Ventures, Fremont Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and RWI Group.

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Keibi is a media discovery and moderation platform to help communities and media gain visibility into their user-generated content (UGC). By providing increased visibility, our customers can discover exceptional users and content, moderate abusers, and offer brand advertisers a superior experience. Led by CEO Paul Remer, former CEO of Siterra and Piczo. Hunt Ventures has joined Catamount as an investor.

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Lux Research provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Leaders in business, finance, and government rely on us to help them make informed strategic decisions. Through our unique research approach focused on primary research and extensive global network, we deliver insight, connections, and competitive advantage to our clients.

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SignalDemand delivers margin optimization software that enables process manufacturers to balance supply, demand, and costs—even as markets change around them. The company’s applications rely on the latest econometric models, optimization algorithms and activity-based costing techniques. SignalDemand is led by founder and CEO, Michael Neal, who is the founder and former CEO of DemandTec. Catamount originally co-invested in SignalDemand with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and is joined by General Catalyst and InterWest.

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Siterra provides business process solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of companies engaged in the development of geographically distributed infrastructure, from initial build-out through ongoing maintenance. Initially focused on the wireless telecommunications market, Siterra has developed the Site Management Solution (SMS) platform and seeks to provide carriers with the industry standard for carrier infrastructure management. The company led by Bernard Fried, a proven CEO with more than 20 years of experience creating, building and leading successful companies. Catamount co-invested in Siterra with Centennial Ventures.

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