Cleantech Investing
Rob Day is a Boston-based principal with @Ventures, a venture capital group that invests in early-stage and mid-stage technology companies. The primary focus of @Ventures' fifth fund, formed in 2004, is on investments in the cleantech sector, including alternative energy, energy storage and efficiency, and water purification technologies.The views expressed on this blog are those of Rob and his friends and colleagues, not necessarily the views of @Ventures.Contact Rob Day at: cleantechvc@gmail.com
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Posted 24 weeks ago
Had the pleasure of attending Ernst & Young's Cleantech Ignition Session earlier this week in NYC. An invite-only group of about 30-40 transportation industry participants, including representatives
Posted 24 weeks ago
As the sector heats up, far more people than I can possibly help are approaching me with this consistent question. And while it's a bit frustrating not to be able to help out as much as I would like,
Posted 25 weeks ago
What's the largest single LP commitment to any single private equity fund in history?I have no data on the subject, but it would seem to me that if CalPERS does indeed make a $640mm commitment to Vino
Posted 26 weeks ago
Jonathan Shieber has a very good column in this morning's VentureWire, reporting on RockPort's big announcement about the close of their third fund, at $453mm. The column uses RockPort's fund, as we
Posted 26 weeks ago
As some readers will know from earlier posts, and perhaps as participants at past events, I help organize the Renewable Energy Business Network, or REBN.Last night more than 400 clean energy professio
Posted 26 weeks ago
The post last week about the current challenges of solar investments elicited a bunch of comments from colleagues split between yea or nay.Meanwhile, last week saw yet another wave of general medi
Posted 27 weeks ago
OK, gross overstatement in the title for this column, admittedly intended to grab attention.But something that's been becoming clear for some time now, and was reinforced for me at yesterday's fun Gre
Posted 28 weeks ago
First of all, comes the news today (from Jonathan Shieber at VentureWire) that Element has done a first close on their latest fund at $270mm, and that it's likely they'll fly past their $400mm s
Posted 28 weeks ago
Winning both the Ignite Clean Energy and the Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize recently, wind turbine innovator FloDesign is on a roll, and apparently they're closing in on a new round of financing,
Posted 29 weeks ago
Three interesting deals announced today:(Self-promotion alert) Congrats to Greentech Media on their $2.75mm Series B. EGORA Holding and the MA Green Energy Fund co-led the round, which also included
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