Alumni News

The Midas List: 2011’s Top Tech Investors
April 1, 2011 | Forbes

Thayer alums and board members Scott Sandell and Terry McGuire are #5 and #29, respectively, on Forbes's list of Top Tech Investors of 2011.

Six Students, One Summer and a Resurrected Log Cabin
April 1, 2011 | Popular Mechanics

When a Dartmouth College junior found his canoe club’s cabin had burned to the ground, he didn’t take it lying down. Instead, Greg Sokol recruited five fellow students, who together became chainsaw masters and learned the ancient art of fitting logs in a sweat-soaked summer of rebuilding what was lost.

Acumen Fund Invests in Sproxil, Inc. to Combat Counterfeit Medicine Using Mobile Technology
March 22, 2011 | Acumen

Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund addressing poverty in South Asia and East Africa, today announced an investment in Sproxil, Inc., a company that provides a Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) solution that enables consumers to verify that the pharmaceutical product they are buying is genuine.

GE Energy Financial Services, Other Investors Fund SustainX to Develop Innovative Energy Storage System for Electrical Grid
March 16, 2011 | Business Wire

New Hampshire-based company SustainX has received $14.4 million from GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, and other investors to continue developing its technology for energy storage using compressed air.

GE invests in storage unit innovation
March 16, 2011 | CNET News

SustainX announced it's received $14.4 million in funding from GE subsidiary GE Energy Financial Services, Cadent Energy Partners, Polaris Ventures, and Rockport Capital.

NH’s SustainX brings in $14.4M from GE and others
March 16, 2011 | Mass High Tech

SustainX Inc., which is developing technology that uses compressed air for energy storage, has received a $14.4 million investment from GE Energy Financial Services.

Anti-Counterfeiting Startup Sproxil Completes $1.8M Offering
February 28, 2011 | Citybiznews

Sproxil Inc., which provides anti-counterfeiting technology for use with mobile phones and targeted at emerging markets, has completed a $1.79 million equity offering.

2010 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation
December 5, 2010 | Dartmouth News

Nearburg '72 pursues passion for speed racing
October 14, 2010 | The Dartmouth

Cathy Zoi Th'85 nominated for Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
March 27, 2009 | The Boston Globe