Rice Husks Co. Seeded By DFJ, Cisco In Business Plan Contest

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blogs.wsj.com - 7/1/2009

Rice Husks Co. Seeded By DFJ, Cisco In Business Plan Contest

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After reviewing the business plans of more than 1,000 unknown start-up companies, venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson – joined this year by tech giant Cisco Systems – has awarded a seed round of $250,000 to Husk Power Systems Inc., a company that turns rice husks into energy and is already ...

fastcompany.com - 7/1/2009

Rice Power: Cisco, DFJ Award Seed Money to Husk Power Systems | Sustainability

— fastcompany.com — We first wrote about Husk Power Systems, a startup that turns rice husks into energy, back in... November 2008 . Now the startup, which already powers an entire small town in India, has beat out over 1,000 competitors to win the Draper Fisher Jurvetson ... (more) Rice Power: Cisco, DFJ Award Seed Money to Husk Power ...

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Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... Congratulations to Chip Ransler, Manoj Sinha and the rest of the Husk Power Systems team on this big win. They have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, ...

Draft - Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... sponsored by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems. As the winning entrant, Husk Power walks away with $250,000 in seed funding, which they will use to build and operate more power plants in rural areas of Bihar, India's poorest state. Congratulations to Chip Ransler, Manoj Sinha and the rest of the Husk Power Systems team on this big win. They have been featured in the Wall Street Journal , ...

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