Investment Opportunities

There are three classes of investments represented by In3:

1. Cleantech or "Sustainable Tech" early stage investments that are screened for management team qualification, protected and scalable IP, and strong competitive position. These situations tend to be relatively high risk with attractive valuations. Because so much depends on the management team's execution, we only accept ventures past the technical proof-of-concept stage, that are experiencing rapid growth and heading toward "commercial proof of concept." Industries include nanomaterials, renewable energy and biofuels, bio-based materials, zero waste "cradle to cradle" designs, and others.

2. Strategic investments -- boutique venture funds and corporate investors will want to help finance these ventures when they represent a strategic opportunity for their current or planned business interests. Technologies are similar to #1, above.

3. Expansion stage and project finance -- typified by lower risk profiles, these ventures or projects have virtually no technology risk, have strong revenue growth, and are looking to rapidly expand. Often there is an infrastructure buildout, real estate, or other development projects that can be collateralized. Industries include renewable energy projects, "green" real estate, manufacturing facilities and infrastructure development. Debt finance or convertible debt is most often used.

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Venture Overviews

In³ currently has the following ventures listed:
(Follow the link to view the venture's public overview - Registered investors might like to go directly to the Investor's Venture Overview area where more detail is available)

Venture	Technology Arena
Lubricants Made from Renewable Materials	Manufacturing (Advanced Materials)
Universal Building Material from Waste	Manufacturing (Building and Construction)
Nutrient Recovery Technology	Life Science
Thin Film Solar Cell Manufacturing Project	Renewable Energy (Solar/Photovoltaic)
Underground Imaging and Mapping	Earth Science
Room Temperature Superconductors	Renewable Energy (Conservation)
Recycling Nylon Carpet	Closed Loop (Industrial-scale Recycling)
Zero Waste Systems in Packaging and Logistics	Closed Loop (Shipping Logistics)

Lubricants Made from Renewable Materials

Products are formulated from non-GMO, renewable agricultural crops to replace petroleum lubricants with several performance advantages. The company already has a full product line, secured manufacturing capacity up to one million gallons per year, and and established base of satisfied customers. Through licensing agreements and joint ventures, the company will build substantial revenue at attractive margins over the next few years. Current round is to build infrastucture, expand the sales and marketing efforts, and turn prospects into orders.

• Registered investors can view the Cover Letter and Executive Summary in the password-protected Venture Overview.

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Underground Imaging and Mapping

A highly respected spin-off of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) has developed and owns the patent for 3D imaging and mapping information technologies that literally "see underground". This highly productive and cost-effective technology with global market potential is being applied to environmental cleanup and restoration (e.g., military base closure and combat zone cleanup), humanitarian de-mining, as well as infrastructure redevelopment, construction sites surveying, utilities maintenance and repair of buried objects such as pipes, cables, and other sub-surface phenomena. Each of these applications represents large market opportunities, but their business model calls for selling the information (precise maps) obtained through this enabling technology.

For the detection, accurate location and reporting of any buried objects -- or any substantive change in below-surface conditions -- underground information systems are positioned well for both private and public-sector markets. After more than a decade of successfully executing complex government contracts, the company now seeks equity partners to commercialize proven prototypes, to manufacture imaging systems, and for additional staff to implement these objectives.

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Room Temperature Superconductors

This company is commercializing the world's first room temperature superconductors. Trademarked as Ultraconductors™, these polymer materials conduct electricity at least 100,00 times better than gold, silver or copper. This technology is the result of more than thirteen years of published, peer reviewed, scientific research and six years of development. One of the many future applications is the storage of electricity that could replace batteries. Sales of superconductors at room temperature are predicted to be seven times those that require cryogenic cooling ($7 Billion as of 1997, with significant future growth projections).

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Recycling Nylon Carpet

This company pioneered a new methods for recycling nylon carpet materials using proven technologies and equipment. Three billion pounds of non-biodegradable carpet are sent to landfills every year in the U.S.; over 400 million pounds in California alone. The material recovered in the recycling process is reduced to pellets, which can be marketed to industries as diverse as plastics manufacturing, commercial felt padding, fuel enhancements for kilning and power generation plants, as well as for fabrication of "greenboard" construction material. The company has letters of interest from three major purchasers that would collectively absorb 90% of the first year's output.

• Registered investors can view the Cover Letter in the password-protected Venture Overview area.

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Zero Waste Systems in Packaging and Logisitics

Closed-loop shipping logistics company provides a patent-pending way to eliminate cardboard cartons while improving the quality of products shipped in several key industries. Cardboard containers account for a significant expense - for example, more than $100 million spent annually on boxes and inserts in the apple growing region of Yakima, Washington alone. At the heart of the solution is a unique tray design that protects the produce while providing structural stability. The net effect: significant resource and monetary savings, providing direct economic and environmental benefits. Further, the tray "suspension system" can be reconfigured, reused many times or composted; virgin fibers can end up at a paper mill for conversion into yet another use, providing zero waste. Internationally, controlled atmosphere (CA) permits movement of time-sensitive items such as apples and pears by boat or truck rather than by air, saving energy from expensive precooling and warehousing, while affording just-in-time delivery at significant cost savings.