Rustic Canyon

US Renewables Group acquires assets. US Renewables Group's mission is to develop, acquire and manage the largest and most profitable renewable power and biofuels fleet of assets. US Renewables Group invests primarily in Biomass, Geothermal, Landfill Methane, and select Solar projects, as well as Ethanol and Biodiesel projects. US Renewables Group’s primary focus is on the acquisition of operating assets, and on a selective basis, investment in development projects or expansion opportunities at existing renewable energy facilities. US Renewables Group works with quality owner-operators and developers. US Renewables Group provides the equity capital, market knowledge and financial expertise necessary to assist top developers to succeed in building the next generation of renewable power and biofuels plants to meet the fast growing demand for renewable energy. We can provide structures to allow attractive exit opportunities for seasoned entrepreneurs and industry partners. US Renewables Group experience. US Renewables Group has a focused senior management team with decades of experience in energy finance, acquisition, development and operation, energy market regulation, and energy technology commercialization.

Cyrano Sciences was acquired by Smiths Group, PLC [LSE: SMIN] in 2003. Founded in 1997, Cyrano Sciences is a material sciences company that designs and manufactures products that quantify and digitize the chemical composition of a vapor. Put simply, they can smell. The products are based on Cyrano’s proprietary sensor array technology, developed at Caltech, which is already covered by thirteen issued patents with 52 patent applications pending. Their products provide customers with precise and mobile vapor sensing capabilities at the point of need. Cyrano’s first commercially available product is the electronic nose (the C320) and its NoseChips™. In addition Cyrano is leveraging its connectivity and data analysis technologies to provide an integrated end-to-end software solution.

Fulcrum BioEnergy is a privately held company focused on developing, owning and operating clean, environmentally responsible facilities for converting municipal solid waste and other waste products to clean renewable transportation fuels.

Serious Materials develops and manufactures advanced eco-friendly materials for sustainable building construction.  Our EcoRock® wallboard products (2008) are green replacements for standard drywall that could reduce total industrial emissions in the U.S. by 1%, and represent a $20 billion market opportunity worldwide.  EcoRock uses 90% less energy in its production than gypsum drywall, and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 billion pounds per year.  Our ThermaProof super-insulating windows (2008) reduce U.S. energy use and carbon emissions by 5%, and likewise represent a $50 billion opportunity worldwide. 

The company has grown rapidly, starting with our 25 Quiet®-brand soundproofing products, including the market-leading QuietRock® soundproof drywall.  These provide easy, reliable, cost-effective noise reduction for both commercial and residential construction.  A million QuietRock panels have been installed in over 30,000 projects to date.  We currently operate two manufacturing plants in California and are planning a third in the Northeast. The company has filed over 24 patents.

ThermaSource provides engineering project management, consultation services and drilling rigs to the geothermal industry.

Transonic Combustion, Inc. is a research & development phase company focused on developing a suite of technologies which is projected to enable conventional automotive engines to run at ultra-high efficiency on gasoline and on bio-renewable flex fuels. The Company was founded by an inventor/entrepreneur with patents in fuel cells, batteries, electronics and computer/communications architecture. The startup management team has a track record of establishing strategic partnerships with automotive, computer and wireless communications companies. The Company is financially backed by some of America's leading venture capital firms including Khosla Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and Venrock.