"The Opportunity of Greentech Investments"

Investing in early stage companies offers one of the best potential returns of any kind of investment. If we add the Greentech wave effects the opportunity becomes unique. As Greentech gets transformed from a buzzword into a major industry whoever is able to tap into this growth potential stands to benefit immensely. What is considered a Greentech investment? What are the major drivers of Early Stage Greentech Investments? What are the risks associated? What to look for in early stage Greentech companies?
 

Sami Shiro is a systems engineer with a Masters Degree in Science and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Lehigh University. Mr. Shiro has experience in several fields, including banking, management consulting, manufacturing, information technology and real estate. He developed an expert system for the Futures and Options desk at Lehman Brothers in 1991. In 1992 he developed a decision support system for Banking Decision Services, a company that provided consulting services to most of Venezuela’s major banks. Sami also worked with Ernst & Young LLC as a management consultant in the US, based in Chicago, Illinois as well as in Latin America. He acquired a major stake in a small chocolate manufacturer, Chocolate St. Moritz, in Caracas, Venezuela, turning it into a multimillion dollar business with a full set of mass marketed products and raising it to the top three chocolate manufactures in the country. He led the development of a 192 unit luxury condominium in Aventura, Florida with over $100 million in sales. Sami is the publisher of Miami Greentech Blog (http://mia-greentech.blogspot.com/), where periodically he writes about green technology and its trends. He heads the Miami Greentech Meetup Group (http://www.meetup.com/mia-greentech/). He is also the manager of ABA Global Fund, SPL which engages in private equity investments in the Greentech market, continues to operate Chocolate St. Moritz and is involved in real estate management and investment. Mr. Shiro is fluent in Hebrew, Spanish and English.