Fremont, CA – May 24 2011 – Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski announced today that he selected Deeya Energy, a Fremont-based energy storage management firm, as the 20th Assembly District’s Small Business of the Year. The company will be showcased in small business day events in the Capitol on June 6, led by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker John Perez, and the California Small Business Association.

“I am proud to select Deeya Energy as the 20th Assembly District’s Small Business of the Year,” said Assemblymember Wieckowski. “Deeya Energy is an innovative company that has successfully leveraged NASA research from the early 70’s to create an energy storage platform that is conducive to clean and green energy.

“This company truly serves as a powerful example of the importance of investing in research and development to create technological breakthroughs,” said Wieckowski, who serves as the co-chair of the Assembly Select Committee on California’s Clean Energy Economy. “As in Deeya’s case, these advancements can spur innovation for decades to come.”

Deeya Energy, founded in 2004, developed an energy storage platform that complements wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy platforms by storing grid or electricity board power. This significantly reduces diesel generator usage, resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Deeya Energy has won various accolades, including being selected as the 2010 Global Cleantech 100– Asia-Pac Top 10 Company, the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Top 100 Winner, and it was also named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media.

Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski currently serves as the chair of the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and is a member of the Judiciary, Insurance, and PERS committees. Wieckowski was elected in November 2010 to represent the 20th Assembly District, which includes all of Fremont, Union City, Newark, Milpitas, and parts of Castro Valley, Hayward and Pleasanton.

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FREMONT, CA (May 3, 2011) – Deeya Energy has been awarded TiE50 Winner, a leader in innovation, ingenuity, and management excellence. The TiE50 award is presented by TiE at TiECon2011 to the top 50 start-ups from close to 1200 nominees.

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The answer is derived by the Cleantech Group, who draws on its own data and research, and combines it with the weighted qualitative judgments of both hundreds of cleantech industry insiders, and the viewpoints of a 60-strong, international expert panel. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies.

Winning a place on the prestigious Global Cleantech 100 list two years running, and being named a Top 10 Cleantech company in Asia-Pacific, is a strong affirmation of Deeya Energy’s technology, products and continued commitment to delivering value to customers.

The 60-strong expert panel is drawn from well-respected organisations in cleantech innovation from around the world, including leading investors such as Emerald Technology Ventures, Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, SAM Private Equity, Sequoia Capital, and VantagePoint Venture Partners, and from a wide variety of corporations from many different industries, such as BASF, GE, Honeywell, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, and Veolia.

“The second Global Cleantech 100 shines a spotlight on which companies and which technology areas the global innovation community is currently most excited about, from a commercial standpoint,” said Richard Youngman, MD, Europe & VP, Global Research at Cleantech Group.” There have been significant changes since 2009: more Asian companies and less renewable energy generation companies attest to the growing diversification of cleantech innovation. Cleantech is a broader phenomenon than just clean energy. The wider issues of resource scarcity are starting to gain attention and traction.”

“The Global Cleantech 100 list represents the most rigorous, serious attempt made yet to provide a scorecard of the progress that is being made by cleantech companies. This year’s expert panel involved a greater level of corporate participation than last year’s, and we also saw an increased presence of companies from China in the Top 100 list – both trends that we at VantagePoint see as critical signs of the times,” commented Stephan Dolezalek, the CleanTech Group Leader at VantagePoint Point Venture Partners.
The full list of Global Cleantech 100 firms is available online, on the websites of the Cleantech Group (http://cleantech.com/GlobalCleantech100.cfm) and the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100).

About Deeya Energy, Inc.
Founded in 2004 in the heart of Silicon Valley, Deeya Energy is a cleantech company dedicated to creating the industry’s most environmentally sound and cost-effective energy storage solutions for telecommunications backup, renewable energy and grid power applications. Deeya Energy’s management team consists of veterans from the fields of cleantech, industrial power, energy storage, software, telecommunications, semiconductors and chemical industries. Deeya investors comprise leading international cleantech venture funds including NEA, DFJ, Element Partners, Technology Partners and BlueRun Ventures. For further information on Deeya Energy, visit www.deeyaenergy.com.

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About the Cleantech Group, LLC
Cleantech Group, the leading global research and advisory firm focused on cleantech innovation, pioneered the clean technology category in 2002. Today, it helps its clients make critical business decisions by providing the latest market intelligence through subscription-based research, custom advisory services, and global networking events. The company’s growing international client base includes global corporations, investors, entrepreneurs, governments, and service providers. The company also produces the premier Cleantech Forum® and Focus™ events worldwide, including upcoming events in Paris, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com

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About the Guardian
The Guardian is one of the UK’s leading daily titles, and the Guardian.co.uk website delivers its liberal journalism to a global audience. The Guardian’s vision is to be the leader on sustainability within the media industry. Through its editorial coverage and business activities, the Guardian demonstrates to its readers, staff, advertisers, suppliers and its communities that Guardian News & Media is committed to enhancing society’s ability to build a sustainable future.

Dr. Truman comes to Deeya Energy from Fremont-based solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, where he was a founding team member and Senior Vice President. During his time at Solyndra, Dr. Truman led Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Customer Service, Government Affairs, Intellectual Property and Corporate Communications. He was instrumental in each of Solyndra’s major capital raises, in securing its $535M US Department of Energy guaranteed loan and in developing the sales pipeline that led to revenues of over $100 million in its most recent fiscal year.

“This is a time of great opportunity and expansion for Deeya Energy,” said Ravi Viswanathan, Deeya Energy board member and general partner of NEA, where he focuses heavily on energy and cleantech investments. “Kelly is a proven renewable energy industry veteran who brings extensive experience as a technologist, entrepreneur, marketer and executive manager. We are delighted to have him on board and look forward to Deeya rapidly expanding its presence in the energy storage market.”

“The ability to store energy is one of the important keys to enabling the next generation of energy technology,” Dr. Truman said. “Cost-effective storage solutions for solar, wind and grid power will fuel the next stages of renewable energy adoption and bring about even greater adoption of green energy. Deeya Energy is on the forefront of those storage solutions, and I am excited about the opportunity to lead an incredibly talented team as we expand into this rapidly developing market.”

Dr. Truman’s appointment follows twelve months of continued customer deployments and an accelerated manufacturing ramp at Deeya Energy. Notably, Deeya remains the sole advanced energy storage start-up with environmentally friendly systems in production and in the field. Deeya’s success is attributable to fundamental innovations that have redefined energy storage as it’s been understood and implemented for decades: what was once toxic, inefficient and expensive is now green, highly-efficient and cost effective. These advancements are finally making green energy storage practical enough for use in a wide variety of applications and industries.

“In addition to his technical and management expertise, Kelly has demonstrated his entrepreneurial passion in renewable energy,” said Dr. Saroj Sahu, founder and CTO of Deeya. “Kelly is uniquely qualified to drive the convergence of renewable energy and advanced energy storage. We’re looking forward to his vision and leadership as Deeya expands its technology and markets.”
Prior to his work at Solyndra, Dr. Truman was Vice President of Marketing at ReVera Inc., a provider of metrology used to monitor and control films and critical layers deployed in the semiconductor manufacturing process. His previous positions have included a number of executive positions at Applied Materials, Inc., including General Manager of the Wet Clean Division and Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Strategic Technology & Marketing for the Transistor Gate and Substrate division, as well as Director, Advanced Research Programs while on the Research Faculty, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, at the University of Florida. He also held technical positions at Conductus, Tektronix, and CVC Products. Dr. Truman holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Notre Dame, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida.

About Deeya Energy, Inc.
Founded in 2004 in the heart of Silicon Valley, Deeya Energy is a cleantech company dedicated to creating the industry’s most environmentally sound and cost-effective energy storage solutions for telecommunications backup, renewable energy and grid power applications. Deeya Energy’s management team consists of veterans from the fields of cleantech, industrial power, energy storage, software, telecommunications, semiconductors and chemical industries. Deeya investors comprise leading international cleantech venture funds including NEA, DFJ, Element Partners, Technology Partners and BlueRun Ventures. For further information on Deeya Energy, visit www.deeyaenergy.com.

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Deeya Energy and the GoingGreen Top 100 Companies will be honored at GoingGreen West 2009, scheduled to occur on September 14th – 16th, 2009 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

“The GoingGreen Top 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global clean energy technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and systems that are driving the next phase of greentech innovation and transforming the biggest industries on earth.”

The GoingGreen 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list.

A full list of all the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33354

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, GoingGreen East and West, Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

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Deeya Energy is recognized with the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year for its successful development and commercialization of their L-Cell redox flow cell based energy storage platform known as ESPTM. Deeya Energy has demonstrated it has a competitive edge over conventional lead-acid battery based energy storage solutions providers by synthesizing a lead free flow cell energy technology that can help cut CO2 emissions, provide faster discharge, and significantly reduce operational expenditures.

The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated excellence in new products and technologies within its industry. The recipient company has shown innovation by launching a broad line of emerging products and technologies.

About Frost & Sullivan

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The Global Cleantech 100 is the first ever list highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. Supported by the Carbon Trust, the Global Cleantech 100 recognises companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of an expert panel of 35, drawn from well-respected organisations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, New Enterprise Associates, Sterling Communications, Tsing Capital and Vantage Point Venture Partners.

The panel’s views were combined with insights from the Cleantech NetworkTM, the de facto industry association of international clean technology investors, entrepreneurs, large corporations and other industry insiders. Some 3,500 companies were nominated/considered.

“The first ever Global Cleantech 100 shines a spotlight on which companies and which technology areas the global innovation community is most excited about from a commercial standpoint,” said Richard Youngman, managing partner at Cleantech Group.

Deeya Energy and other winners are being honoured today at Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston, 8-10 September 2009 (www.cleantech.com/bostonforum) and will be celebrated at Cleantech Forum XXIV in Delhi, 15-16 October 2009 (www.cleantech.com/delhiforum) and at the Guardian’s UK Cleantech Summit in London on 23 November 2009 (guardian.co.uk/cleantechsummit).

More than half (56) of the companies listed on the Global Cleantech 100 are headquartered in North America, while European firms make up 36 percent. Five firms are based in Israel and three in India.

The full list of Global Cleantech 100 firms is available on the Guardian (guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100) and Cleantech Group (cleantech.com/news/awards/globalcleantech100) websites.

About the Cleantech Group, LLC
The Cleantech Group pioneered the clean technology investment category in 2002. Today, it accelerates the development and market adoption of clean technologies globally. The company’s worldwide network of investors, entrepreneurs, enterprises, service providers and others-representing trillions of dollars in assets-receives access to capital, investment deal flow, networking, market leading research and data, sales leads and promotional opportunities. The Cleantech Group also provides advisory services for large corporations and governments, publishes leading cleantech sector industry news coverage and produces the premier Cleantech Forum® events worldwide. Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com.

About the Guardian
The Guardian is a unique voice with an international reach delivering progressive journalism to a global audience. The Guardian’s vision is to be the leader on sustainability within the media industry and to be environmentally regenerative in their activities. Through their editorial coverage and business activities, they demonstrate to readers, staff, advertisers, suppliers and their communities that GNM (Guardian News and Media) is committed to enhancing society’s ability to build a sustainable future.

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TiE is a global organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network sponsored by top venture capital firms and Fortune 500 corporations. TiE is spread across 53 chapters in 12 countries comprising of 1,800 experienced entrepreneurs and business executives as charter members, 12,000 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals as members.

TiECon2009 and TiE50
TiEcon 2009 is two action-packed days of rich dialogue, networking and deal making with thousands of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives, and thought leaders. TiEcon 2009 is themed “The BOLD Entrepreneur”, focusing on dynamic individuals who are able to adapt to changing conditions and create their own future despite downturns and uncertainties.

TiE50 winners are diverse in terms of size, progress, maturity and location. They share a common thread of innovation, ingenuity, strong management teams and overall quality of ideas.

“All of this year’s winners embraced TiE’s message of the bold entrepreneur,” said Mateen Syed, TiE50 Chair. “The judges were impressed by the quality of ideas and execution across each vertical segment. These fifty companies represent the finest in entrepreneurship and serve as role models, encouraging and inspiring emerging start-ups to succeed as Bold Entrepreneurs stimulating the economy.”

The TiE 50 judging process was designed with meticulous planning, screening and judging by a list of over forty prominent entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives and other domain experts. TiE is also pleased to acknowledge the nominee companies and those who publicly voted from around the world who contributed to the TiE50 selection process.

TiE50 winners presented their companies in a live showcase over the two days of TiEcon 2009, on May 15th and 16th in Santa Clara, CA.

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Ira Ehrenpreis, general partner at Technology Partners who runs the firm’s Cleantech practice, explains that, “Deeya has changed the paradigm of energy storage technology from being a consumable to becoming an asset which benefits the customers by increasing the performance and reliability of storage and saving fuel costs with zero environmental impact. Deeya’s first product, the ESP, can save over a billion dollars annually in diesel fuel costs in the first target market, the Indian wireless cell tower industry.” He adds, “The company’s future markets in renewable energy and grid power are even larger potential markets over time.”

“We are poised for tremendous growth with a very strong value proposition to our customers. Deeya has already deployed its system to several customers in key application segments such as telecommunications,” says Izak Bencuya, Deeya’s CEO. “This new financing will give Deeya the resources it needs to ramp up production and scale operations – and we are very pleased to have attracted Ira and Technology Partners to our company.”

“We were attracted to Deeya as an early investment opportunity because it addresses all three primary energy storage markets: backup, renewable storage, and grid storage. We also saw from our experience in wireless and telecommunications that power infrastructure was a real limitation for wireless telecom growth,” comments Sujit Banerjee, partner at BlueRun Ventures.

“Not only does Deeya’s storage platform address the growing demand for consistent power, the solution is renewable and recyclable,” says Ravi Viswanathan, partner at NEA. “The status quo lead acid batteries have toxic materials that are partially recyclable at best. Deeya’s solution is non-toxic and 100% recyclable.”

About Deeya Energy
Founded in 2004 in the heart of Silicon Valley, Deeya Energy is a cleantech company dedicated to developing and manufacturing electrical energy storage systems. Deeya Energy’s innovation, the L-Cell, is based on a novel battery technology originally developed by NASA in the early 70′s as a potential energy storage method for long term space flights. Deeya Energy’s management team is comprised of veterans from the fields of industrial power, energy storage, telecommunications, semiconductors and chemical industries. www.deeyaenergy.com

About Technology Partners
Technology Partners is a 25 year venture capital firm that has managed approximately $750 million of investment capital with current investments being made from Technology Partners Fund VIII. Technology Partners has invested in more than 100 companies serving principally as a lead investor and is a recognized leader in the Cleantech sector. For more information on Technology Partners, go to www.technologypartners.com.

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Deeya Energy is a technology start-up dedicated to developing and manufacturing electrical energy storage systems based on its proprietary technology, L-Cell. The systems are based on a novel battery technology originally developed by NASA in the early 70′s as a potential energy storage method for long term space flights. This approach involves mixing reactive chemicals to provide higher charge efficiency than normal rechargeable batteries.

“The Space Foundation is pleased to welcome Deeya Energy as a Corporate Patron Level Certified Space Technology Partner,” said Kevin Cook, director of Space Technology Awareness for the Space Foundation. “Deeya Energy’s cutting edge space technology shows a commendable commitment to applying clean energy technology here on earth.”

Deeya Energy has productized its L-Cell technology as the ESP TM energy storage platform. The ESP 24KTM achieves a new level of reduced cost and increased performance in providing critical infrastructure support for low availability service areas, and optimizing bulk renewable energy penetration within the energy industry.

The ESP 24K is an economically and technologically superior alternative to conventional and environmentally hazardous lead-acid batteries, enabling significant operational savings with diesel engine generators in applications ranging from a few kilowatts to megawatts. One of the design features of the technology is the decoupling of power and energy. This allows high-volume production to be easily tailored to site-specific backup requirements.

The design life of the ESP 24K TM product is 20 years, with 5-year service intervals and minimal maintenance. The technology is also insensitive to ambient temperature, enabling outdoor operation and eliminating costly and unreliable cooling equipment. Most importantly, ESP 24KTM can be charged quickly: a four-hour back-up system takes only three hours to recharge, dramatically improving system availability. Deeya’s systems contain no heavy metals and release no poisonous or hazardous fumes, making them an excellent clean energy technology.

For more information about Deeya Energy L-Cells and other space technologies that improve life here on Earth – visit the Space Certification Program online at www.SpaceConnection.org.

About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983 and celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Space Foundation is an international nonprofit organization advancing space-related endeavors to inspire, enable, and propel humanity. A leader in space awareness activities, major industry events, and educational enterprises that bring space in to the classroom, the Space Foundation is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. It conducts research and analysis and government affairs activities from its Washington, D.C., office, and has field representatives in Houston, Texas, and Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Space Foundation also conducts the National Space Symposium, the premier gathering of the global space community. The 25th National Space Symposium will take place March 30 – April 2, 2009, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. For more information, visit www.SpaceFoundation.org.