fund news
25 May 2012
The Business Development Bank of Canada has invested $63m into three new venture funds hoping to back up to 35 young IT companies in the country.
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24 May 2012
Early stage cleantech investor Pangaea Ventures has closed an initial $50m towards the $100m target of its third fund.
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18 May 2012
AlphaMundi, a Swiss investment firm, told NewNet it is targeting $25m for the first close of its latest impact investment fund, which will finance renewable energy projects in Africa and Latin America.
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18 May 2012
Silicon Valley venture heavyweight Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has hit its $525m target for its 15th fund in what it described as an oversubscribed fundraise and will go on to invest in green technology, life sciences and digital consumer.
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17 May 2012
Eolectric Club, a newly-launched fund by Quebec project developer Eolectric and Fiera Axium Infrastructure, has made its initial investment into a Canadian wind farm as it embarks on sourcing further deals.
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15 May 2012
French utility EDF joined forces with Idinvest Partners to launch Electranova Capital, an investment fund for energy start-ups specialising in environmentally-friendly technologies. It told NewNet it hopes to reach up to €90m before the end of the year.
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14 May 2012
Seed stage investor First Round Capital has closed its fourth fund and said its plan to stick to its existing strategy resulted in recommitments from all of its Limited Partners.
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10 May 2012
Newly-launched Armstrong AM has received commitments of $66m towards its Asia-focused clean energy fund and told NewNet it hopes to reach a final target of $150m in early 2013.
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9 May 2012
UK-based merchant bank Strand Hanson has set up a venture division and CEO Simon Raggett told NewNet that it will look to source the best deals in the cleantech and energy sectors.
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4 May 2012
China Investment Corp and the Belgian Federal Holding and Investment Company have invested in the first close of Sino European private equity newcomer A Capital’s debut fund, a vehicle that will invest in European businesses looking to increase their presence in China and will focus heavily on environmental technologies.
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2 May 2012
The Canadian province of Manitoba is to launch a renewable energy fund as the province looks to leverage its natural hydropower advantage.
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2 May 2012
Cleantech investor Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF) has made three new investments in biomass, anaerobic digestion and waste heat recovery, and said it expects significant growth potential.
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30 April 2012
Ingenious Clean Energy said it has successfully closed the fundraising for ten Ingenious Solar UK EIS companies and revealed plans to launch a new renewable energy vehicle.
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19 April 2012
The New Democrat Party, the opposition government in the Canadian province of Alberta, is pushing for the launch of a renewable energy fund to support clean power and energy efficiency developments.
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16 April 2012
An early stage India-based venture fund is looking to raise $25m, having secured an initial capital injection from the International Finance Corporation.
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11 April 2012
Canadian venture capital firm SAIL Capital Partners has teamed with a subsidiary of Stifel Financial to launch a C$100m ($99.74m) cleantech-focused fund in Ontario.
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4 April 2012
A US investment firm told NewNet it was targeting $350m for its new green fund which will focus on waste-to-energy and biomass opportunities.
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3 April 2012
Energy and resources-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has closed its sixth fund, Denham Commodity Partners Fund VI, with commitments of $3bn.
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2 April 2012
A major European private equity investor focused on the environmental space is gearing up to launch its second fund.
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2 April 2012
Japanese asset manager Sparx Group is to launch a renewable energy fund to target domestic opportunities as the country moves away from nuclear power.
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