2. PowerBridgeNY is a Collaborative Effort
Across Downstate Institutions, with
$10 Million in Funding from
NYSERDA

3. Overview OBJECTIVE AWARDS SELECTION PROCESS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To turn cleantech innovations from academic research labs into strong businesses in New York State
OBJECTIVE
AWARDS
Validation Phase
Up to $150K in tranche funded for technical proof-of-concept & business validation
Support from Mentors & student teams
Ignition Phase
$50K for company launch & marketing
Annual applications open October 1 and are due November 1
Pre-proposal > full proposal > pitch day
External judging committee (VCs, industry, entrepreneurs)
Based on commercial potential
SELECTION PROCESS
Cleantech Innovations
Based on IP from one of the partner institutions
Not for “basic research”
Have identified an entrepreneurial lead (EL)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

4. Guideline on “Eligible Technologies”*
CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE
CURRENTLY NOT ELIGIBLE
Transportation
Fuel Production and/or Delivery
Electricity Delivery, Management & Storage
Energy Efficiency (Transportation, Buildings, etc.)
Renewable Energy Generation
Carbon Capture
Sustainable Agriculture
Water Efficiency
Green Chemistry
Waste/Pollution Remediation
Nuclear
Compressed Natural Gas & LNG
Hydrofracking
Clean Coal
Technologies must have a cleantech application. Areas of interest include but are not limited to energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, carbon capture, sustainable agriculture, water efficiency, green chemistry and waste/pollution remediation.
*Please if you are unsure of your eligibility.

5. Other Eligibility Requirements
UNIVERSITY IP
EL IDENTIFIED
NO BASIC RESEARCH
Invention Disclosure submitted before pre-proposal
No patent application required
Joint ownership w/another university is acceptable
Entrepreneurial Lead
Cannot be both TL & EL
No business experience required
Can be anyone
Salaries for ELs not at the home institution are “subcontracts”
Often EL = graduate student
Lab prototype complete before application
End result should be commercial prototype
Ready to be sold to or tested by customers

6. All judging is done externally by our diverse panel of Judges, which includes representatives from the government, industry, utilities and venture capital firms.

7. Past & Current Judges Andrea Ruotolo Andrew Reid* Ben Sampson
*Returning for Cycle 5
Andrea Ruotolo
Senior Research Associate
NYS Smart Grid Consortium
Andrew Reid*
Senior Scientist
Con Edison
Ben Sampson
GE Ventures
Blake Stevens
Vice President
Harris & Harris Group
Chris Cavanagh*
Director
National Grid
David Cruikshank*
Partner
Arch Ventures
David Dorsey
Associate
Osage University Partners
David Wells
Kleiner Perkins NY
Edward Greer*
Manager
DOW Chemical Company
Frank Martino
VP, Operations
Columbia University Facilities
Jake Berlin
Founder
Rethink Energy
Jean-Noel Poirier
Managing Partner
Inventic Performance Chemicals
John Lee
Analyst
Josh Gould
Utility of the Future
Kristin Barbato
VP, Customer Energy Solutions
NYPA
Margarett Jolly
Director, R&D
Mark Johnson
Smart Cities Chief
Schneider Electric
Mike Shimazu
Senior Advisor
NYSERDA
Parker White*
Director, Commercial Real Estate
Hannon Armstrong
Rick Robertson
Senior Director
Serena Lee
Project Manager
Shirley Speakman
Cycle Capital
Steve Kloos
True North Ventures
Past & Current
Judges

8. Sample Evaluation Criteria
Include…
Technical Feasibility and Benefits
Commercial Potential
Energy savings, amount of renewable energy produced, or amount of pollution avoided/cleaned
Market need and size
Competitive landscape
Innovativeness of the proposed solution
Demonstrated early-stage proof-of-principle
Strength of intellectual property
Ability to execute within available budget (indirect cost rate included)
Feedback from mentor
Qualifications of the team
Commitment of the team

9. We assign at least one Mentor per team
We assign at least one Mentor per team. In total, we have a roster of 100+ potential Mentors & Advisors who come from a variety of backgrounds and may have experience with startups, industry, investing and more.

10. Average Application Numbers Weekly Web-Ex Check-ins: Oct-Dec28
Pre-
proposals 12
Full
Proposals 9
Pitches 5
Full Awardees 1
Partial Awardee
Application Process
EARLY
DEC
Full proposal teams selected
JAN 31
Bootcamp
Finale (4-week)
NOV 1
Pre-proposals due
JAN 7-9
Bootcamp kicks off
MAR 15
Proposals due
APR 24
Pitch Day
All activities done jointly
EARLY APR
Pitch teams
selected
FEB 25-26
Bootcamp
Finale (8-week)
MID MAY
Projects begin
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
ARP
Mentors &
Advisors
assigned
Weekly Web-Ex Check-ins: Oct-Dec
Mock Pitch Day
Negotiate Milestones

11. Our Methodology NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Business Model Canvas
Way to find a viable business model for a startup
Lectures and “skills labs” in combination with active customer discovery
Focus on getting out of the building and conducting 100 customer interviews
Bootcamp for applicants (optional, but strongly encouraged):
4 or 8 weeks starting in January
In-person kickoff (2-3 days) and finale (2 days) with weekly meetings (~2 hours) in between
Our
Methodology
Business Model Canvas
Awardees required to update monthly
Tool used to track learnings and frame project
Completed BMC will serve as basis for investor pitch and business plan

12. A Month in the Life EL spends 40-60 hours on the project
Conduct customer interviews
Update & annotate BMC based on interviews
Meet w/ PBNY to discuss progress
Attend a Skills Lab or other required event
Work with Mentor at least 4-5 hours
Prepare quarterly reports & milestone deliverables

13. Previous Successes $14.8M Additional Funding Raised
23 Prototypes Completed
17 Companies Incorporated
9 SBIR/STTR Awards
9 Pilots Initiated
Previous Successes
Yingchao (Alex) Yu
Cornell University
Lionano – Advanced Li-ion battery anode material with 3X capacity, 4X lifetime, 3X charging rate, reduced cost
$1M Phase 2 SBIR award $9M Series A
Alan West
Columbia University
Ironic Chemicals – chemicals and fuels from electricity and CO2
$500K DOE grant based on a pivot conducted under PBNY
Saeed Jazebi
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
HIGHEST (HIGH Efficiency Shielded Toroidal) Transformers – helps distribution network operators save energy
SBIR Phase 1 award
Mariusz Bojarski
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Resonant power inverters optimized for highly efficient wireless charging of electric vehicles
Exclusively licensed to HEVO Power
Jorge Gonzalez
CUNY
WeatherWatt – Weather-Driven Energy Forecasting System for Commercial Buildings and Energy Managers in Urban Areas
Pilot test under way at one of the CUNY campuses
Ron Tabbitas
Stony Brook University
mEAN Technologies - Higher Power Density PEM Fuel Cells Using Nanotechnology
Completed third-party performance validation

14. FAQ What do I have to do to apply?
File an invention report with your home institution’s tech transfer office
Have a team member eligible to receive funding through the university
Is there a bias towards short-term vs. long-term projects?
No as long as milestones are met
What does PowerBridgeNY expect in return for funding?
No equity stake nor revenue share
No impact on the IP ownership
Can a team apply with more than one application?
Yes, but if more than one pre-proposal is invited to submit a full proposal, the team must select only 1 project to submit
What can I do to make my application better?
Participate in I-Corps
Get a head start on the customer discovery with the free “How to Build a Startup” course
How can the funds be spent?
35% indirect cost rate
No subcontracts in excess of 1/3 of the total budget
Can be used for facility fees and services (PBNY will try to subsidize)
Not intended for equipment >$25K
Can lease large equipment
All equipment purchased will be owned by the home institution
Not intended for marketing materials (e.g. sales brochures, website) or legal fees (these are for Ignition Grant)
What if a project is not selected as one of the final awardees? Can the team reapply?
Yes, if feedback is addressed
Where can I find more information?
Application materials
Process information
FAQ

15. Questions? Reach out at info@powerbridgeny.com
or contact your Campus Representative.
Sign up to get program updates at
Institution
Campus Rep
Campus Rep
Tech Transfer Website
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Lee Cheatham
City University of New York
John Blaho
Columbia University
Satish Rao
CornellTech
Fernando
Gomez-Baquero
NYU
Chris Snyder
Oil.med.nyu.edu/faculty-students
Stony Brook University
Donna Tumminello

16. Appendix: Cycle 1 Awardees
Genggeng Qi
Cornell University
Pilot production of high-efficiency sorbents for cost-effective carbon capture
Yingchao (Alex) Yu
Cornell University
Advanced Li-ion battery anode material with 3X capacity, 4X lifetime, 3X charging rate, reduced cost
Appendix: Cycle 1 Awardees
Alan Lyons
CUNY
Antireflective superhydrophobic self-cleaning films: Reliable materials to increase efficiency of solar panels
Mariusz Bojarski
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Resonant power inverters optimized for highly efficient wireless charging of electric vehicles
Saeed Jazebi
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
HIGHEST (HIGH Efficiency Shielded Toroidal) Transformers to help distribution network operators for saving energy
Marc Diaz-Aguilo
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Cable transient ampacity (C.TrAm) software to monitor temperature of electric cables
Yiannis Andreopoulos
CUNY
Battery replacement module for HVAC sensors
John Kymissis
Columbia University
PlugSTRATE: A low cost, wireless monitor for energy use analysis
Roger Anderson
Columbia University
Using machine learning to reduce electricity lost in T&D of electricity for utilities, microgrids, and in buildings
Kartik Chandran
Columbia University
Increasing energy efficiency of wastewater treatment facilities
Lei Zuo
Stony Brook University
Vibration energy harvester to power trackside electrical railroad infrastructures more efficiently and inexpensively than incumbents
Alan West
Columbia University
Chemicals and fuels from electricity and CO2

17. Appendix: Cycle 2 Awardees
Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh
CUNY
Energy Efficient Recycling of Fiberglass Waste for Reuse in Construction
Filip Mlekicki
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Sensor Technology for Groundwater Monitoring Reducing Energy, Lowering Cost, Enhancing Data Quality
Jorge Gonzalez
CUNY
Weather-Driven Energy Forecasting System for Commercial Buildings and Energy Managers in Urban Areas
Ken Birnbaum
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Evolving New Algal Strains to Reduce Production Costs in the Biofuel and Nutraceutical Industries
Ron Tabbitas
Stony Brook University
Higher Power Density PEM Fuel Cells Using Nanotechnology

18. Appendix: Cycle 3 Awardees Baris Kovan Devinder Mahajan Jeffrey Laut
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Harmonic Mitigating Power Transformer
Devinder Mahajan
Stony Brook University
Catalytic Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide Contamination From Gases
Jeffrey Laut
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
A Clean and Sustainable Robot for Aquatic Applications
Nanfang Yu
Columbia University
Cool roof coatings that reduce production costs by 50% and AC costs by 20%
Ray Sambrotto
Columbia University
Energy Efficient, Biologically Mediated Breakdown of Organic Pollutants

19. Appendix: Cycle 4 Awardees
Chris Castro
CUNY
A dual-purpose wind/hydro turbine
Mark Ebrahim
CUNY
High efficiency solar power pack for outdoors and off-grid renewable energy applications
Onur Cakmak
Columbia University
Evaporation-driven generators for hydro-electric to increase electricity and water revenues
Steven Skiena
Stony Brook University
Reducing energy and maintenance costs in rail freight transportation through video analysis and forecasting

20. Appendix: Cycle 5 Awardees Battery Fingerprint Tech
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
PI: Alexej Jerschow
MRI-based technology that can diagnose a battery’s health without destroying the battery
Brooklyn BioScience
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
PI: Jin Montclare
An engineered enzyme that breaks down pesticides into products that can be easily removed with water
LazarOn
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
PI: Nikhil Gupta
Optic Sensors to detect abnormalities in Wind Turbines
SolarClear
Stony Brook Univrsity
Self-cleaning technology that removes dust from Solar Panels
Wind-Rider
City University New York
Robots that provide visual and contact-based inspection of Wind Turbines