Hara News Channel http://www.hara.com/news.html Tue 26 Jul 2011 10:45:00 -0800 Businesses faced with rising energy bills have been urged to consolidate their energy-efficiency efforts and develop a long-term plan to save money and curb energy use across their operations. http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/firms-urged-to-develop-durable-energy-plan-249374 Tue 05 Jul 2011 15:30:00 -0800 Amit Chatterjee can credit working in Silicon Valley on an assembly line during high school as the instance when he first developed his entrepreneurial spirit. He worked for a company that produced racks for semiconductor equipment and he drilled thousands of precision holes on the assembly line. The experience instilled in him a pride in work and a drive for success ― no matter what the task. http://www.sbnonline.com/2011/07/sustainable-growth/?full=1 Tue 05 Jul 2011 13:30:00 -0800 There are many in the US and around the world who believe you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, you only need Peter Schwartz to determine whether the skies ahead will prove fair or foul. http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energias/renovables/index/pag/interviews/colleft/colright/interviews/tip/articulo/pagid/16203/botid/54/#slidepre_3 Fri 01 Jul 2011 20:00:00 -0800 Each year, leaders and innovators converge on the Aspen Ideas Festival to think big. But just where do great ideas come from? Sandy Speicher, Director of Design for Learning at IDEO, Amit Chatterjee, CEO of Hara, and artist Eric Fischl explain where they find inspiration. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137503808/from-muses-to-music-where-ideas-come-from/ Mon 27 Jun 2011 17:30:00 -0800 One of Silicon Valley’s most exclusive clubs inducted 11 new members on Saturday night. For 25 years, Ernst & Young has been picking from among the cream of the entrepreneurial crop, designating the Entrepreneur of the Year in various categories. http://allthingsd.com/20110627/larry-ellison-has-one-and-now-11-more-entrepreneurs-do-too/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 18:30:00 -0800 Energy Efficiency Winner: Hara draws a road map to reduce energy use http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/feature/cleantech-awards.html Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 General Electric, the huge global conglomerate, has entrepreneurial aspirations. On Thursday, the company announced $63 million of investments in 10 home energy companies as part of its so-called ecomagination Challenge. The initiative, announced last July, is a $200 million commitment to invest and develop partnerships with promising clean technology start-ups. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/g-e-invests-in-10-home-energy-start-ups/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 General Electric announced the second round of winners of its Ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home on Thursday. The 10 winners of the home energy technology competition will receive a collective $63 million. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/general-electric-announces-more-ecomagination-winners/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 GE, Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort Capital and Carbon Trust Venture Capital Partners will invest in $63 Million in 10 home energy technology companies, as part of the company’s $200 million “GE ecomagination Challenge.” As we wrote last year, the initiative is meant to help spur advances in green technologies. http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/23/ge-kleiner-perkins-and-others-to-put-63-million-in-10-home-energy-tech-companies/ Tue 21 Jun 2011 11:30:00 -0800 Accepting the award for Best Sustainability Report last month at the annual Ceres conference, Nike's Hannah Jones said that it was time to move from environmental to value reporting. In her speech, she made a compelling case for why sustainability reporting is moving from an off-balance sheet activity to being core data for manager, investor, and customer decision-making. In other words, sustainability is becoming vital performance data for modern corporations and organizations. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/21/from-environmental-to-value-reporting/ Fri 17 Jun 2011 14:30:00 -0800 A broad new range of software is emerging in response to companies’ need for operational and process-level sustainability management, according to a report by AltaTerra. The report, Enterprise Sustainability Management Solutions: Reference Architecture and Buyers Guide, says that IT for sustainability, energy, and environmental resource management is developing rapidly. The market is complex, with software on several different levels, and a mix of established players and new entrants are offering both broad and specialized platforms. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/16/sustainability-software-expands-at-operational-process-level/ Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 I’ve written often about the energy and carbon management software marketplace, and the potential for consolidation that exists as more businesses start including this in their operations mix. One big player, TRIRIGA, has already been snapped up by IBM, a deal that recently closed. Now, another big player, Hara, this week has scored another $25 million and a management coup in the form of its new chairman, ex-Oracle President and COO Ray Lane. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/carbon-and-energy-software-developer-scores-ex-oracle-exec-as-chairman/17419 Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 Hara, which provides environmental and energy management software, said Wednesday that it has landed $25 million in Series C venture funding. Ray Lane, managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will become chairman of Hara’s board of directors. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/hara-lands-funding-from-energy-heavy-hitters-ray-lane-as-chairman/16403 Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 Businesses buying energy management software will increasingly demand one-stop-shop services to measure all four pillars of their environmental impact: energy, water, waste and carbon emissions. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2072001/hara-hails-gbp15m-funding-round Wed 18 May 2011 10:45:00 -0800 A few years ago regulation of carbon emissions in the U.S. felt imminent, prompting businesses to consider how they would account for their carbon footprints. In response a flurry of software companies formed to help with this type of accounting. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/05/18/no-carbon-law-in-sight-software-start-ups-tackle-energy-management/?mod=google_news_blog Wed 18 May 2011 10:45:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and nonexecutive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105171040dowjonesdjonline000239&title=kleiners-ray-lane-steps-down-from-four-boards-to-chair-hara Wed 18 May 2011 09:45:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and non-executive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc., VentureWire has learned. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/05/17/the-daily-start-up-kleiners-ray-lane-shifts-board-seats/ Wed 18 May 2011 09:15:00 -0800 Start-up Hara said today it has secured $25 million from venture and corporate investors to further develop its software for managing corporations' energy and environmental footprint. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20063895-54.html Wed 18 May 2011 06:25:00 -0800 Large corporations often turn to software-as-a-service providers to help with managing sales and the supply chain, but Hara Software Inc. believes the next frontier is deploying the business model to help monitor and manage energy use. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110517-709863.html Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Large corporations often turn to software-as-a-service providers to help with managing sales and supply chain, but Hara Software Inc. believes the next frontier is deploying the business model to help monitor and manage energy use. https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?ProductIDFromApplication=32&aid=DJFVW00020110517e75h0005m&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and non-executive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc. https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?ProductIDFromApplication=32&aid=DJFVW00020110517e75h0005l&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Getting ahead in the race to be the leading resource and carbon management software company will take cash to scale. On Wednesday morning, energy software startup Hara plans to announce it has raised another $25 million in a Series C round from new strategic investors including the collaboration of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips (called Energy Technology Ventures), as well as the investing arm of Japanese conglomerate Itochu, called Itochu Technology Ventures. Focus Ventures and Navitas Capital were also new investors in the round. http://gigaom.com/cleantech/hara-raises-25m-from-ge-nrg-conocophillips-itochu/ Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Hara Software Inc. said on Tuesday it has raised $25 million in a third round of funding today, led by Focus Ventures. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/17/energy-consulting-startup-hara-gets-25m.html Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Before companies can do anything about reducing their impact on the environment, they need to measure the damage they are doing. Energy management startup Hara helps them track their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/hara-25-million/ Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Hara, a maker of energy and environmental management software, has raised $25 million in new funding from investors including a joint venture of GE, ConocoPhillips, and NRG Energy. Ray Lane was named board chairman. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2011/05/hara-raises-25-million-adds-ray-lane.html