Pitch Day Event

On Friday, September 13th, the North American SAF Conference & Expo will be hosting two 90-minute pitch sessions for startups in the sustainable aviation fuel industry. All pitches will be open-door. Each finalist will receive 10 minutes to pitch, followed by a 10 minute Q&A session with a panel of judges and other investors in attendance. While only one startup will be selected to compete in the Startup World Cup Grand Finale, all presenting companies will have opportunities for investment from the group of investors in attendance.

The six companies selected to give an in-person pitch at the North American SAF Conference & Expo are:

• Rimba
  Rimba is the first compliance platform to streamline sustainability certification reporting and audit for biofuel supply chains from feedstock to product using intelligent document processing technology. Rimba automates data processing for supply chain traceability, replacing manual data entry, reconciliation, and verification of documents (e.g. pdfs, delivery notes, certificate of weight, shipping documents, invoice, contracts, etc), automatically generating mass balance and greenhouse gas emission traceability reports.
  
  
• California Ethanol + Power
  California Ethanol & Power, LLC's first project, Sugar Valley Energy is a sustainable 160-acre biorefinery campus now in the final stage of development, and is comprised of the ethanol production facility, a bioelectric power island and wastewater treatment facility. In addition to SAF, sustainable energy products produced at Sugar Valley Ethanol will include low-carbon sugarcane ethanol for transportation fuels blending, renewable natural gas, renewable diesel, electricity, CO2, hydrogen and local wastewater treatment connections to benefit regional businesses and residents.
  
  
• Green Science Inc.
  Green Science is Global Microwave Gasification Leader for solid waste to clean fuels. Microwave gasification technology is the U.S. Department of Energy’s key technology initiative for solid waste to clean fuels. Green Science’s technology was verified and approved by DoE/NETL in April 2022.
  
  
• EcoTech Biofuels
  EcoTech Biofuels, LLC has the field-proven engineering processes for converting biological and carbonaceous waste materials into advanced synthetic fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel. Their team of experts has many decades of experience successfully designing, fabricating, and operating advanced renewable fuels plants. The Rio Grande Biofuels project will extract over 500 tons per day of highly flammable fuels (i.e. tinder dry dead forest waste) from Colorado’s forests and convert to over 16 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel and synthetic diesel. The impact will be fewer forest fires and cleaner skies.
  
  
• Dairy Distillery
  Dairy Distillery has developed a method to transform unused lactose, a byproduct of dairy processing, into low-carbon alcohol. This pioneering approach addresses the growing issue of excess lactose facing the dairy industry. Dairy Distillery has formed the Dairy Distillery Alliance in partnership with the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA). Together, they are building an alcohol plant in Michigan, which will convert 14,000 tons of milk permeate into 2.2m gallons of alcohol annually. Dairy Distillery is working to scale production of its low-carbon lactose ethanol to supply the growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel.
  
  
• Haffner Energy
  Haffner Energy designs, manufactures, licenses, and operatescleantech solutions using all types of residual biomass. Its innovative,patented thermolysis technology produces Sustainable Aviation Fuel, as well asrenewable gas, hydrogen, and methanol. Its SAFnoca® patented technology is anessential brick for SAF production that is compliant with SAF mandates aroundthe world.?Launched in 2024 in the U.S., Haffner Energy,Inc. has been invited to participate in a growing number of projects.

Looking to invest in up-and-coming technologies, solutions or services in the sustainable aviation fuel industry? Consider attending our pitch day as an investor.

On Friday, September 13th, the North American SAF Conference & Expo will be hosting two 90-minute pitch sessions for startups in the sustainable aviation fuel industry.

To apply to sit in the room as an investor, you will need to meet the following criteria:

• The federal securities laws define the term "accredited investor" in Rule 501 of Regulation D, in part, as: "a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase [of securities], excluding the value of the primary residence of such person, or a natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year."
• Individuals who represent an investment firm or state enterprise may also qualify. Consult your advisors to determine your status as an accredited investor.

?? Please contact Marla DeFoe at mdefoe@bbiinternational.com

All pitches will be open door.

About Startup World Cup
Startup World Cup was created by Pegasus Tech Ventures to celebrate entrepreneurship around the world. Startup World Cup is a global series of conferences and competitions that bring together the top startups, investors, entrepreneurs, media, and tech CEOs around the world. Starting with thousands of applications for regional competitions in approximately 100 cities across six continents, hundreds of selected startups compete for the chance to move onto the Grand Finale event in San Francisco to win a $1 million investment grand prize. Startup World Cup is organized by Pegasus Tech Ventures in partnership with investors and local sponsors.

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