Member at Coalition for Green Bank
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Committee Member at Imagine H2O
- Member at Coalition for Green Bank
- Founding Member at Clean Economy Network
- Advisor at Azure Power
- Chairman at Principle Power
- Investor at HelioPower / Sierra Nevada Solar
- Sponsor at Clean Tech Open
- Member - Clean Tech Advisory Council at Mayor Gavin Newsom's Economic Development Committee
- Investor at Earth Class Mail
- Investor and former Member of the Board of Directors & Advisor at Cool Earth Solar
- Member & Chairman of the Cleantech Investment Committee at Keiretsu Forum
- Past
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- Founder at EarthBright
- Founder at ViaMoviles
- Founder at Mobiliance
- Founder and Director of Billing at Solid Streaming
- EVP at Global Internet Billing
- Founder at InterBill
- Education
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- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Brooks School
- Eaglebrook
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Jon Bonanno’s Summary
Advising cleantech start-ups
Jon Bonanno’s Specialties:
Management, finance, M & A, marketing, personnel dynamics, conflict negotiation.
Jon Bonanno’s Experience
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Committee Member
Imagine H2O
(Non-Profit; Renewables & Environment industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Imagine H20 is a not-for-profit which is creating critical mass in the water sector. By harnessing the power of emerging technology, matching it with the passion of the entrepreneur and coupling both together with the capital markets, Imagine H2O acts as a catalyst for solutions in the underserved and critical area of healthy existence, water.
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Member
Coalition for Green Bank
(Renewables & Environment industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
The Coalition for Green Bank is a consortium of leaders in energy development enterprises including renewable resource developers, original equipment manufacturers, investors, financial advisors and consultants dedicated to the stimulus of green energy assets for clean and sustainable energy and jobs, and economic development. The CGB is proud to have the support of the Pickens Plan, Mesa Power, General Electric, Cavallo Energy, RES-Americas, American Wind Energy Association, Clean Economy Network and many more.
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Founding Member
Clean Economy Network
(Non-Profit; Renewables & Environment industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
We are business voices – investors, professionals, workers and entrepreneurs - engaged in catalyzing clean development and creating green jobs. This is our best hope for economic growth, climate stability, energy security, and competitiveness.
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Advisor
Azure Power
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Azure Power is an independent solar power producer in India.
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Chairman
Principle Power
(Renewables & Environment industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
The mission of Principle Power is commercialize WindFloat. WindFloat is a semi-submersible floating foundation for utility-scale wind turbines.
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Investor
HelioPower / Sierra Nevada Solar
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
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Sponsor
Clean Tech Open
(Non-Profit; Renewables & Environment industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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Member - Clean Tech Advisory Council
Mayor Gavin Newsom's Economic Development Committee
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Public Policy industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
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Investor
Earth Class Mail
(Environmental Services industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
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Investor and former Member of the Board of Directors & Advisor
Cool Earth Solar
(Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Cool Earth Solar is producing a system which will revolutionize the cleantech business through revolution in cost reduction of the cost per installed watt for 30 year life of the system.
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Member & Chairman of the Cleantech Investment Committee
Keiretsu Forum
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Keiretsu Forum (K4) is the largest angel investor network in the world. With 9 chapters in the US, 3 in Europe and 1 in Asia, the networks resources are significant for growing successful companies.
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Founder
EarthBright
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 2001 — December 2007 (6 years 4 months)
Advising and participating in cleantech companies. Angel investing with a focus in Cleantech investing. Developing a cleantech portfolio and projects.
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Founder
ViaMoviles
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2002 — October 2006 (4 years 7 months)
Founder of the 103rd most viewed property on Internet - an online and mobile marketing service.
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Founder
Mobiliance
(Privately Held; Import and Export industry)
January 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 4 months)
Wireless streaming content aggregator
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Founder and Director of Billing
Solid Streaming
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
March 1999 — April 2002 (3 years 2 months)
Developed proprietary audio and video streaming technology for BREW and CDMA 1x.
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EVP
Global Internet Billing
(Renewables & Environment industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
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Founder
InterBill
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 3 months)
Founder of the first global micro-billing services for digital consumables. Sold to Global Internet Billing out of London in 1997.
Jon Bonanno’s Education
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges
BA , European Studies and Spanish , 1989 — 1993
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Brooks School
1986 — 1989
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Eaglebrook
1983 — 1986
Additional Information
Jon Bonanno’s Websites:
Jon Bonanno’s Interests:
investing, managing, ice hockey, my family, building companies.
Jon Bonanno’s Groups:
o Member of the ACORE (American Council for Renewable Energy)
o Facilitator of the Keiretsu Forum and California Cleantech Open alliance
o Founding Member of the New Energy Congress
o Sponsor of the Innovative Mobility Research group of California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH), University of California, Berkeley
o Actively supporting Proposition 87
o Member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
* Keiretsu Forum Member
* Collaborator of Keiretsu Forum and Cleantech Venture Network relationship
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Eaglebrook School Alumni -
The Climatini Club
Jon Bonanno’s Honors:
* Frequent guest on Inside Wealth with host Stu Zimmerman (KNEW 910 AM)
* Speaker at TechCoire
* Speaker at Solar Power
* Speaker at Discover Brilliant
* Speaker at Energy Ocean
* Speaker at Astia Venture Forum
* Supporter Sonoma Mountain Business incubator
* Speaker at Stoel Rives's Cleantech Investing in the Pacific Northwest
* Contributor to Winning Business with host Stu Zimmerman (KNEW 910 AM)
* Speaker at UC Berkeley
Jon Bonanno’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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