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Cleaner Footprint. Better Planet.
15 Dec
Clean Feet Investors II, LP Announces First $6.3M Closing

Avon, CT, December 15, 2020 Clean Feet Investors II, LP (“CFI II” or “the Fund”) is pleased to announce its first investor closing on September 25, 2020. This successor fund follows Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (“CFI I”) which has a successful track record of 39 consecutive quarterly pre-tax cash distributions to investors at double...

4 Dec
Star Peak Purchases Stem, Inc.

December 4, 2020 Stem, Inc. – Market Leader in AI-Driven Clean Energy Storage Systems – to Combine with Star Peak, Creating First Public Pure Play Smart Energy Storage Company Stem, Inc. to become publicly listed through business combination with Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE: STPK). Founded in 2009, Stem is an energy storage leader...

2 Nov
Avon Fund Seeks Profit in Green Projects

BJ HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL Updated: November 2, 2020 By Liese Klein Unlike most environmentalists, Bernie Zahren of Clean Feet Investors came to his activism through a career in boardrooms and executive suites. Now he wants to give small investors the chance to make money while fighting climate change. Clean Feet’s pitch is that you can...

2 Nov
Movia Robotics Receives $500,000 Investment from Clean Feet Investors I, LLC

HBJ Hartford Business Journal November 2, 2020 With new investment, Bristol educational robotics maker seeks growth CEO Jean-Pierre Bolat (standing) with his team at Movia Robotics in Bristol. By Liese Klein For some kids with autism, interacting with teachers and peers can be one of the biggest challenges they confront in school. Facial cues and...

6 Oct
Clean Feet Investors I, LLC Expands Investment Portfolio into Collaborative Robotics for Children with Special Needs

Avon, CT, October 6, 2020 Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (“CFI”), a fund managed by Zahren Financial Co, LLC (“ZFC”), is pleased to announce it has added Movia Robotics, Inc. of Bristol, Connecticut to its portfolio companies. Movia Robotics is a collaborative robotics company building systems and software to help people and robots work together....

31 Jul
Oz Griebel, CEO of CFI Capital Company, LLC for Clean Feet Investors II, LP

Avon, CT, July 31st, 2020 Dear Friends and Investors, It is with great sadness that we are informing you of the untimely passing of a member of our Management Team.  Oz Griebel was the CEO of CFI Capital Company as a part of the legal structure for the new Clean Feet Investors II, L.P.  He...

30 Jul
Zahren Financial Company, LLC Matches Investor Donations to NGO’s

Avon, CT, July 30, 2020 Zahren Financial Co, LLC (ZFC), the Manager of Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (CFI) Matches Investor Donations to Partnership for Responsible Growth (PRG), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Sierra Club Foundation (SCF), Sierra Club Connecticut (SCC) and People’s Action for...

15 May
Zahren Financial Co, LLC, the Manager of Clean Feet Investors I, LLC, Matches Investor Donations to the Partnership for Responsible Growth

Avon, CT, May 15, 2019 Zahren Financial Co, LLC (“ZFC”), the Manager of Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (“CFI”) announced that $20,000.00 was made in matching donations to the Partnership for Responsible Growth (“PRG”).  The Matching Investor Donation Program for Clean Feet Investors was a trial effort in 2017 to support one specific non-profit.  It...

25 Apr
ZFC, LLC, the Manager of Clean Feet Investors I, LLC, Matches Investor Donations to UCS, Sierra Club Foundation and Sierra Club CT

Avon, CT, April 25, 2019 Zahren Financial Co, LLC (“ZFC”), the Manager of Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (“CFI”) is proud to announce that $11,000.00 in matching donations was made to the Union of Concerned Scientists (“UCS”), Sierra Club Foundation (“SCF”) and Sierra Club Connecticut (“SCC”).  These donations, made by ZFC from the Management Fees...

6 Dec
ZFC, LLC, the Manager of ZFC Capital Partners I, LP and Clean Feet Investors I, LLC announces the closing of private placement venture capital offering

Avon, CT, December 26, 2018 Zahren Financial Co, LLC (“ZFC”), with headquarters in Avon, CT is pleased to announce the closing of a private placement venture capital offering in ZFC Capital Partners I, LP of $3,775,000 of investor subscriptions.  Certain proceeds after expenses have been invested in shares of the Series D Preferred stock of...