]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/cleantech-vc Blog Articles Tagged with 'cleantech-vc' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/145165?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc 10/29/2008 - New Leaf Capital, a London based investment manager, is aiming to raise $400 million to $500 million by the end of 2009 for a fund-of-funds specialising in wind, solar, energy efficiency and water...... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/145165?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/133701?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc VentureDeal issued its second-quarter VC funding reports, and the sector drawing the biggest increase in private financing is, not surprisingly, energy.During the period, 60 companies got $1.3 billion in backing. That represents a nearly 300% jump fr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/133701?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:25:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/113412?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc The automobile industry hasn't exactly built a reputation for incorporating game-changing green technology into mass production cars. Sure, everywhere you turn you see a Prius, especially here in Northern California, but that's an exception to the r... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/113412?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:24:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/113498?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc The automobile industry hasn't exactly built a reputation for incorporating game-changing green technology into mass production cars. Sure, everywhere you turn you see a Prius, especially here in Northern California, but that's an exception to the r... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/113498?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:24:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/103619?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Ran across this interesting article on Forbes.com full of useful tips for investors who know that human-caused global warming is hokum. I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've seen the word hokum written this century. The best line r... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/103619?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/99199?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Today's chatter: After our post earlier this month regarding the embiggening of cleantech venture capital firms, Jonathan Shieber at VentureWire today wrote about the ongoing fundraising efforts among cleantech specialist firms. He specifically ment... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/99199?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:32:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/96623?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc 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... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/96623?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/99995?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc 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... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/99995?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/88959?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc It's business plan contest season, and many of us cleantech VCs have been enlisted as judges for the various events. I've had the pleasure of being a judge for numerous contests over several years now, and so these events become an interesting yards... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/88959?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:47:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/84010?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Almost all VCs will say that they look to invest in disruptive technologies new products or systems where the value proposition is so markedly better in comparison to the incumbent choices that the market will have little choice but to go w... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/84010?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:41:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/81014?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc GTM this past week told us about several cleantech VC deals including:AqWise (wastewater treatment) took in $10mm from Israel Cleantech Ventures at around an $80mm pre-money.Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide took an approximate 25% stake in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/81014?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:26:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/78974?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Now that we're almost a month into the new year, it's time to corral and sort out all the various cleantech VC tallies that have been put out there.So: Why isn't there more talk about the health care tech bubble ?Check out the Dow Jones VentureS... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/78974?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:58:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/77613?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Apparently everyone got the memo that this was the week to announce the latest deals and other news General Motors announced an undisclosed amount of investment in cellulosic ethanol startup Coskata. The company may take in additional strategic i... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/77613?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:03:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Thanks again to all of you who participated in the Cleantech Investing Readers' Survey over the past week. Pretty good turnout, actually, esp. considering how many folks were on vacation and out of the office over the past few days As promised... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:16:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73806?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc The past few weeks have seen a few market updates put out by those who track cleantech venture numbers, so it's time to re-cap and review:First of all, it's the usual wide dispersion of figures, sometimes even from the same trackers, based on differe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73806?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:30:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/70291?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Cleantech hype is officially over the top, with the National Venture Capital Association trumpeting its ownfigures, compiled along with Thompson Financial, under the banner CLEANTECH VENTUREINVESTMENTS BY US FIRMS BREAK RECORD IN 2007 in a press rele... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/70291?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:09:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/71451?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Cleantech hype is officially over the top, with the National Venture Capital Association trumpeting its ownfigures, compiled along with Thompson Financial, under the banner CLEANTECH VENTUREINVESTMENTS BY US FIRMS BREAK RECORD IN 2007 in a press rele... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/71451?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:09:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73811?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Al Gore.If there was a Nobel Prize for PR, Kleiner would win it hands down. Time and again, they do a masterful job of getting reverential mass media attention for their partners and their portfolio companies. Some VC firms shun attention, but ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73811?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:35:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/45300?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc That's the verdict, at least, of a few recent news items. First of all, the National Petroleum Council released a study (pdf of execsum here) which projected continued energy demand growth which will require the use of every available energy resource... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/45300?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:50:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/30639?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc From a study released today by Lux Research, here's a picture that's worth a thousand words...A pdf of the press release can be found here, and there's much more to the report than the above graph. But it's always interesting to see how the scale of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/30639?rsstype=tag&tag=cleantech-vc Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:29:00 -0400