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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

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March 08, 2007 08:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Cleantech Group Launches Executive Search Firm for Clean Technology Market

New Cleantech Group Business Launches in the Bay Area to Help Established and Emerging Cleantech Organizations Attract Top-Level Management Talent

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Cleantech Group™ LLC today announced the launch of Cleantech Search™, a retained executive search firm focused exclusively on the emerging clean technology market. Ray A. Fortney, an experienced entrepreneur, executive and management recruiter, will serve as president and managing partner of Cleantech Search™, which will be based in the San Francisco area.

“Cleantech Search™ will leverage our extensive knowledge and experience with global cleantech to attract high level executive and entrepreneurial talent to this growing market,” said Keith Raab, CEO and co-founder of Cleantech Group™ LLC. “Building strong, effective management teams is vitally important for emerging companies in rapidly growing industries, so we are pleased to offer this service under the proven leadership that Ray Fortney brings to the position.”

Ray Fortney has more than 30 years of executive experience in industry and has built several highly successful cleantech companies and management teams. He worked extensively as a retained search professional for dozens of cleantech companies, successfully completing VP-level and C-level searches that have generated excellent results. He brings the best practices from both major international search firms as well as specialized boutiques.

Cleantech Search™ will differentiate itself in the competitive executive search market by focusing its efforts exclusively on the unique requirements of cleantech organizations by offering cleantech-specific business and search experience. “We offer a process and fee structure tailored to each client’s specific needs, a management assimilation program to aid the transition and other services specific to the cleantech business community,” said Ray Fortney.

Cleantech Search™ will also establish relationships with other search firms to provide multiple levels of search support domestically and internationally.

About the Cleantech Group™, LLC

The Cleantech Group™ LLC provides insight, opportunities and builds relationships that catalyze and accelerate the growth of cleantech markets globally.

The Cleantech Group™ family of companies are the founders of the cleantech investment category and bring investors, executives, thought leaders, policy makers and entrepreneurs together to facilitate the growth of cleantech globally through six business units; the Cleantech Venture Network®, Cleantech Advisors™, Cleantech Indices™, Cleantech China™, Cleantech Innovation Institute™ and Cleantech Search™.

Since introducing cleantech as a viable investment thesis in 2002 the efforts of the Cleantech Group™ companies has spawned a new investment class with an annual growth rate exceeding 50 percent in North America with over $2.9 billion in venture capital invested in 2006, a 78% increase over 2005.

For additional information please visit: www.cleantech.com or contact Ray Fortney at ray@cleantech.com.
Contacts

Cleantech Search™ LLC
Ray A. Fortney, 925-275-3221
ray@cleantech.com
or
Media Contact:
Matter Communications, Inc.
Anne Sweeney, 978-499-9250, x 228
anne@matternow.com

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