Craton Equity Partners began in Los Angeles in the mid 1990s as an investment fund focused on small companies in need of growth capital in the basic industry and manufacturing sector. The core group of Partners have remained together since that time and, with the addition of another Partner, comprise a unique and valuable blend of expertise from the fields of finance, investments, law, accounting, energy, water and environmental policy. In 2005, the partnership shifted its mandate and focus exclusively on clean tech and environmental technology.

Historically, the Partners have managed institutional money by investing in a number of smaller “basic industry” companies located primarily in the western United States with tremendous success and return for the investors. These companies were in the businesses of banking, wood products, metal fabrication, specialty meat products, aerospace and educational products. These were primarily small companies which grew successfully under the management expertise of the Craton Partners.

Shifting our expertise to small growth companies in certain sectors of the clean tech sector, Craton Equity Partners now invests in water remediation, waste conversion and “green” building materials. We believe that companies providing clean environmental solutions in these areas will be driven by the demands of the market, following public sentiment as well as federal and state regulations. In addition, we find that major global trends are emerging in the clean tech sector to create new and exciting investment opportunities. These global trends include i) independence from foreign oil, ii) urbanization and the necessity to replace worn-out existing infrastructure, and iii) climate change.

Given the significant additional experience of certain Craton Partners in founding companies that were leaders in the clean tech sectors, we are uniquely qualified to realize significant returns in this rapidly expanding market. The opportunities which exist in clean water, energy generation from renewable sources, ethanol, waste conversion technologies, among others, are expanding every day as the financial markets realize the need for the expansion of such companies.