SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENT FUND 2007

Reference Capital Management, LLC established the Sustainability Investment Fund 2007, LP to invest in early stage companies, primarily within the Northwest, targeting the rapidly growing opportunities in the sustainable economy.

Northwest Opportunity

The Northwest has strong native attributes that gives us a leadership role in the emerging sustainable economy. Our efforts to live in greater harmony with the natural environment are embedded in our policy and consumer ethos. This is clearly reflected in regional preferences for green power, green buildings, local and organic foods, sustainable forestry, innovative transportation and land use planning and solid waste recycling among others.

This ethos has created a strong early adopter market that increasingly portends broader, global market opportunities in many of these key areas. In addition, the Northwest has unique geographical access to some of the largest current and emerging markets for these products and services: California and China. The region’s globally competitive workforce in semiconductors, apparel, agriculture and manufacturing, when partnered with ideas and technologies coming out of our research universities and companies, is actively looking for ways to make a living in the sustainable economy.

Consequently, the Northwest has strong potential to start and grow globally competitive companies.

The Approach

Investments are focused on early stage companies that meet the following criteria:

Products and services that reduce the environmental footprint

The ability to create a market-leading competitive advantage

Scalable beyond the Northwest

Our co-investors in this endeavor are Gregg Semler and Brad Zenger.