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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Cleantech VC investments down in Q1
Posted on April 15, 2008
Over the past week or so we've gotten a couple of data points indicating that VCs are pulling back a bit from the cleantech sector, or at least from some of the hotter sectors in the space.The Cleantech Group pointed to a big drop-off in Q1 cleantech VC totals in North America, Europe and Israel from $1.6B in Q4 down to $1.25B last quarter. They note that the Q1 total still represented a 42% increase on 1Q07 totals, but still, that's a more than 20% decrease in dollar totals from Q4, which itself was down from Q3. The drop-off was mostly led by (in)activity in North America, where dollar...
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