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RenewableTech Venture Fund I, LP $100 Million Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Fund

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RenewableTech Venture Fund I, LP

$100 Million

Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Fund

RenewableTech Venture Fund I, LP

Fund Focus: Growth stage companies, Global game changing technologies

Industry Sectors: Renewable energy, clean tech, demand mgmt. & advanced materials

Management Team: Todd Stevens, Dal Zemp, Dan Gifford and Robert Pothier

Offices Locations: Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

Rexburg, Idaho, US

Fund Target Size: $100 Million

(10 -15 company portfolio)

First Close Amount: $10 Million completed October, 2011

Limited Partners: Accredited Canadian, US, European & Middle East Institutions

Legal Structure: Canadian Limited Partnership

22.5%

33%

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Portfolio Companies: • ACTR – Carbon fiber towers (Advanced Materials) • Ashtech – Green wall board (Green Building) • Consolidated – Alternative fuel IPP (Green Energy) • Solid Carbon Products – CO2 solution (Clean Tech) • Waterton Polymer – Green materials (Green Products)

Benefits to Investor

• Canadian Limited Partnership – Fund structure has the advantages of stable economy, strong currency and favorable tax laws that require no withholding or reporting for foreign LP’s.

• US and Canadian Clean Technologies – Fund will have access to the best energy and clean technologies with patent and proprietary processes addressing huge international markets. • Strong General Partner – Fund managers are investment professionals with 17 years of experience managing 6 previous funds. • Superior Investment Returns – Fund is targeting 3X cash on cash return with a 25% net IRR. • Safe Fund Strategy

+ Diversified portfolio (15 to 20 companies) + Growth stage focus + Require strategic partners for sales, production

& potential exit for fund + Invest in smaller increments $1 to $5 million + Share risk with co-investors. Track record show

portfolio companies raised $7.85 for every $1.00 invested by the fund

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Why Invest in RenewableTech Ventures?

• Current portfolio of game changing Global Technologies

• Each technology was chosen for its;

• Profit potential • Global impact • Velocity ( turnaround for exits)

• Deal flow is mature and ready for commercialization.

• Aggressive schedule for Return of Invested Capital

• Co-investment rights with Fund

• Aggressive management team with extensive start-up and VC experience

• Continued access to extraordinary deal flow due to location and lack of competing funds

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Team Strength

• Experience - 80 years of combined business experience in energy, clean technology, investing, management and entrepreneurial activities.

• 17 Year Investment Track Record exceeding 16% annualized returns Management team has invested in and monitored over 50 portfolio companies

• Energy Projects - Management team has financed over $400 million in energy projects and developed over 300 megawatts of renewable energy projects. • Fund Managers - Successfully managed six previous funds totaling over $250 million in total commitments. Previous investors included banks, pension funds and government funds. • Commercialization - Team has successfully commercialized many technologies developed in Department of Energy National Labs, Universities and company spin-outs.

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RenewableTech Ventures Team

Todd Stevens - Managing Director Age 52 Experience / Expertise: • Energy – Renewable Energy & Clean Tech • Operations – Bonneville, Homart, Wasatch Ventures • Entrepreneur – Wasatch Venture Fund • Investor – EPIC Ventures, Wasatch Venture, MACC Companies: • Sold – Vertical, I-Central, Medior, CFM IPO, Cirque, Navitel, Rockford, O’Currance, EmWare, DCI, Netcentives IPO, My Family, DivX IPO • Active – Keystone, Exagen, Zars Pharma, Ingeo, KAST

Community Boards: • Utah Technology Council, National Association of Corporate Directors, Academy for Creating Enterprise, Eastern Idaho Entrepreneur Center Education: • M.B.A. Harvard University, B.S. University of Utah

Dal Zemp - Managing Director Age 50 Experience / Expertise: • Energy – Energy Conservation & Green Materials • Operations – RecycleWear, Whisper Creek Homes • Entrepreneur –Kodiak, Whisper Creek, Recycle Wear • International – Amtrade GmbH, Internet Handles GmbH, RecycleWear Europe Companies: • Founded – RecycleWear, Paradise Canyon Resort, Whisper Creek Log Homes, Kodiak, Ashtech (ACTR) • Active – Whisper Creek, Kodiak, Ashtech (ACTR)

Community Boards: • Chair BYU Hawaii International Business Conference, Director Southern Alberta Summer Games, Board of Utah Special Olympics, Cause for Hope, ACE Education: • M.B.A., Trium Global EMBA (NYU, London School of Economics & HEC Paris), BYU Masters of Administration, B.S., BYU

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RenewableTech Team Exits

went public (ROFO)

Open Market acquired I-Central

AOL acquired Medior

Mattson Technologies (MTSN)

bought CFM after it had gone public

ALPS Electric acquired Cirque

went public (DIVX) 20.4X

Riverlake Partners acquired

O’Currance 12.6X

National Semiconductor acquired Vivid Semiconductor

Founder & CEO acquired by Inline

Capital

Zebra Technologies

acquired Vertical Technologies

Investor & Director acquired AshTec

Controlling Interest

Paradise Canyon Resort acquired by

Granite Capital

OpenTV acquired Navitel

went public (NCNT) 17.8X

@Road (ARDI) acquired Differential

Corrections

Embarcadero Technologies (EMBT)

acquired Advanced Software

acquired by Ancestry.com acquired by

Spectrum Equity went public

(ACOM) 11.0X

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Appendix RenewableTech Venture Fund

Portfolio Companies • Solid Carbon Products investment of $3M for 2.5% ownership • ACTR investment of $3.6M for 16% ownership • Ashtech investment of $1M for 10% ownership • Consolidated Energy investment of $1M for 14% ownership • Waterton Polymers investment of $1M for 18% ownership

• Solid Carbon • Signed evaluation agreement with a fortune 100 Oil Company for large

scale commercial operations. Anticipate significant royalties in 2012. • JV discussions with fortune 100 company for Coal fired generation

CO2 processing • Signed JV with advance material formulator for resin injection

• ACTR

• Joint Venture agreements for manufacturing in Australia, and Brazil • Have purchase orders from Ericssen South Pacific, and Crown Castle • US military contract for rapid deployment towers • Have two JV’s pending in India and one in Canada • Anticipate US growth to $ 70 - $100 M in sales with 24 months

• Ashtech

• Retained Greenberg Traurig, New York, to represent sell of IP. Currently negotiating with two large Gypsum manufactures.

• Completed all testing for USA Building Code approval and “green” designation.

• Anticipate sale of IP in 6-9 months

Deal Update October 2011

Deal Update – October 2011

• Consolidated Energy • Final testing with Mann engines. • Mann will extend warranty to existing installed base and assist in

marketing alternative fuel source to its customer base • Fuel cost is significantly below cost of currently fuel supplies • JV agreement with testing agency to build first fuel processing plant in

Washington State

• Waterton Polymer • Net earning in both 2010 and 2011 exceeding 300 K • Net Operating margins exceeding 70% • Over $ 1 M currently invested in automated factory operations • Orders pending from major US and Canadian Manufacturers • Current sales exceed $2 M per year to medical supply industry in

Canada and Australia • Anticipate dramatic growth in 2012

Global Problems/Global Solutions

Solving the Worlds Problems One Deal at at Time

Problem: Climate Change caused by C02 emission

Current solution: Carbon Sequestration

PROCESS

• C02 is captured and liquefied • Liquefied C02 is pumped below the surface into rock and shell formations

COSTS:

• Europe has introduced the world’s most comprehensive regulatory framework • Planning to build 12 demonstration plants by 2015. • Estimated cost $20 billion

DISADVANTAGES::

• C02 can leach through the soils and resurface into the atmosphere • Extremely expensive • Creates no valuable byproduct – simply waste management

Solid Carbon Products Solution: Carbon Nanotubes

Convert CO2 into solid carbon nanotubes through a patented, low cost, continuous flow process.

PROCESS: Reducing agent of methane or hydrogen is combined with CO2 using a catalytic process to produces a high grade carbon nanotubes and pure water (H2O) as a byproduct.

Water (H2O)

Nanotubes (C)

Sequestered C02 Stream Catalytic Process

By-products

Advantages: Carbon Nanotubes

• Carbon Nanotubes (CNT’s) are a crystalline carbon based structures

• Strongest structures known to man

• Electrical conductivity 1000x greater than copper

• Highly desirable for electronics, aerospace, the automotive

• Used as a replacement for graphite carbon fiber and metals in industrial applications.

• Current market size is est. at $300 Million USD retailing above $100,000 per metric

ton in 2010.

• Market growth projected at >45% annualized rate.

• Permanent solution to CO2 • Turns CO2 from a liability into a profit center.

• Large quantities of Carbon Nanotubes will enable a new generation of manufacturing

technology to emerge with lighter, cheaper, stronger components.

Problem: Deforestation: Caused by Telecom Tower Demand

Current Solutions: Wood & Metal Poles

• Currently tower technology consists of wood, steel and limited composite structures

• Steel towers: Expensive, rust, heavy, require cranes to install, high energy used to produce

• Wood towers: Inexpensive, short life span, need chemical treatment to prevent rot, heavy, require cranes to install

• Emerging markets are faced with significant infrastructure challenges and need rapid inexpensive solutions.

• India currently erects 20,000 tower per month for lighting, electrical and cell phones.

• BRIC countries all have similar demands and are searching for infrastructure solutions.

ACTR Solution: Carbon Fiber Towers

ACTR has developed a a proprietary carbon fiber technology to replace steel and wood towers. • Carbon Fiber towers are 90% lighter than similar steel towers

• Water resistant, doesn't’t rust

• Can be erected without heavy cranes and equipment

• Total cost of installation is 20% less than steel towers

• Lattice design create less resistance to water and wind

• Can be retailed at prices similar to steel with very strong rate of return for the company

• Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber towers has a neutral carbon footprint unlike Steel and wood

• Helps to mitigate deforestation as defined by the Copenhagen Accord

• Towers can be mass produced with automated production lines

Problem: Increasing Building Energy Efficiency

Current Problem: Inefficient Building Materials

• Inefficient buildings cost Billions of dollars in wasted energy

• North America use Gypsum Drywall extensively for internal wall finishes.

• Gypsum has no isolative value

• Gypsum requires mining operations to create the base material

• Gypsum requires harsh chemicals to process

• Large quantities of water are needed in the production process

• Manufacturing process is energy intensive

• Market size for Gypsum Drywall is estimated at 15 Billion USD per year

• The “LEEDS” green building standard now requires builders to meet higher energy efficiency standards.

• LEEDS also require the reprocess of all gypsum materials removed from all retrofit buildings seeking LEEDS designation.

Ashtech Solution: Cenoboard • Green building material with energy conserving advantages - insulation (R-12), sound & water barrier, fire resistant and doesn't’t mold or breakdown in water. Production will result in 50% energy savings compared to conventional gypsum drywall production process.

• New “green” replacement for Gypsum Drywall using a waste product called ecospheres as the base material. • Cenospheres are small ceramic beads derived from fly ash, a waste product from Coal fired power generation. • Currenty 80% of China derives power from coal, US exceeds 50% which provides worldwide supply of cenospheres.

• Production cost, process, and end product very similar to standard gypsum wallboard but cenoboard Is stronger and lighter than gypsum. • Installation of Cenoboard is same as gypsum with green material that provides superior results.

Clean Technology – Consolidated Energy

• Clean electric power plants using by-product fuels. Proprietary engine technology using low cost fuels – petroleum coke & heavy oil.

• The Company has technology for the production of clean electric power with zero CO2 emissions using the by-product of oil sands processing in Canada. Company is working with MAN to establish warranty and guarantee on 2 stroke engines. Company has first installations targeted at retrofit market in the Caribbean. First greenfield site location planned for 85 MW power plant near Alberta oil sands. Electricity production at lower cost than coal power. • Management team

Roger Swenson, President – 25 years experience in energy project development. Former VP of Energy Marketing at Bonneville Fuels.

Alfred Jorgensen, VP Project Development – 30 years experience in power plant development. Engineer at MAN large engine development, Pres. Bonus USA, wind turbine.

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Years in Business: 4 years Product: Clean power production

Consolidated Energy Systems

Green Materials – Waterton Polymer Products

• Manufacturer and distributor of gel mattress, mattress toppers and seat cushions made of green materials & reducing landfill disposal of traditional mattresses. • The Company currently sells polymer gel parts for consumer mattress, medical mattress and medical seat cushions. The company has designed a gel part that is proprietary and manufacturing is being established in Canada. The beds comfort is exceptional based on the columnar matrix design, reduction in friction and increased air flow. Mattress market size is $6.7 billion in 2008.

• Management team Robert Wood, President – 30 years of operating, finance and

management experience. Consultant to EPIC Ventures (formerly Wasatch Venture Fund). CFO of CopperKey Technologies.

Location: Cardston, Alberta Years in Business: 1 years Product: Green materials

RenewableTech Ventures

Canada Contact: US Contact:

Dal Zemp Todd Stevens

301 Main Street 136 E. South Temple, Suite 925

Cardston, AB TKO OKO Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(403) 393-4803 (801) 363-1700

[email protected] [email protected]

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