Denver (14-July-2010) - Faegre & Benson LLP congratulates the 2010 semi-finalist companies selected for the Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open. Faegre & Benson is the lead platinum sponsor and the inaugural law firm sponsor for the event in the Rocky Mountain region.

Business teams from startup clean technology companies nominate their business ideas to compete for more than $1 million in prize money. Teams are then vetted to become semi-finalists. With the semi-finalist distinction comes the opportunity to receive business plan guidance and pitch business plans to a judging panel.

The Cleantech Open launched in California in 2006 and has since grown to a national platform. Faegre & Benson is also the lead platinum sponsor in the competition's North Central region.

Semi-finalist companies for the Rocky Mountain region are:

betterengines
BioVantage
DenDroCo
DIAL Emissions Monitoring
eQsolaris
Greenwall
Go Natural CNG
H.O.T. Water Company
infiniRel
INOTEC
NDCPower
PCMI
pureSilicon
Verdant Earth Technologies
VolumeWind

The Rocky Mountain awards ceremony will take place in October. To learn more about the Cleantech Open, please click here.