Corporate lawyer Ted Bernhard is taking his alternative energy dealmaking skills and heading for the investment banking world. The sustainability advocate announced he is leaving the Portland, Ore. law firm Stoel Rives LLP, where he worked with venture capital firms and startups as founder and managing director of the firm's Energy Ventures Group and chairman of its solar group, and joining Seattle-based Cascadia Capital to establish a Portland office and extend the firm's banking practice in the region.
Bernhard was previously with venture firm Cascadia Management (which is unaffiliated with Cascadia Capital), and while at Stoel Rives was a proponent of emerging financial structures to serve the specialized alternative energy industries and venture capitalists new to investing in cleantech.
Cascadia CEO Michael Butler cited Bernhard's "deep understanding of the New Energy Economy," and said he would work with emerging companies in sustainable industries. Cleantech companies' attraction to Portland make it an important place for Cascadia to establish a foothold, Bernhard said.
"When it comes to companies focusing on sustainability, the Portland market is bursting with energy," he said. "I'm looking forward to financing their futures now that I'm part of Cascadia Capital. We're going to engage in a number of significant and breakthrough transactions." -- Clifford Carlsen
See press release from Cascadia Capital
See December 2007 post from Dealwatch
See May 2007 story from TheDeal.com
For more see Bernhard's blog energyventuresnw
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hello I have invention record[since/25/7/2000/ register N.5865/in syria] of electrical system install in electric-car its load 1 ton and we try to make the load greater.the invention supplies the electric-car with its need of electricity permanently day and night during parking and driving .by using this system ,could produced friendly environment electrical-cars [with the same specifications of the using cars now]free from exhaust gas and not need oil or fuel there is no need to stop car for battery recharging[recharge battery automatical].this system can be used in the production of electric generators with different power .we ready to agreement with you ,and to execute invention in my laboratories. because I have not enough money.The invention depend on electro-magnetic capacity addition moment of inertia [two parts{ mechanical part} ,{electrical part}]
the invention consist of new electric - charger[my design ] and two groups of batteries.
batteries.group / A / batteries. group / B /
how it work ( general view ) ?
when / A /battery group supply the electric engine of car by the electric .
in the same time the / B / in charging . when / A / be empty , the / B / will be supplying the electric engine of car by the electric , and / A / in charging.
the employ materials [iron,copper,plastic] my purpose from these invention to make the air is clean ,[in other apply possible use it to provide the factories by its electric[ use it in the stationary case easier than the mobile case] if we execute the invention possible say good-by smoke and pollution, possible you sent watcher to see and finance,
to explain the invention we need to long meeting because it not easy. unable to explain it by writing in any way we use in it the gravity law ,the electro-magnetic capacity ,moment of inertia ,levers laws ,we consume the electric power and gravity power to produce electric quantity more than consumed electric power and we consume all the used gravity power ,as you know the gravity power is free I can not explain more.
designer
ENG.Amir kara fallah-syria