fund news
28 March 2012
The UK government has launched a hunt for fund managers who can oversee a £100m vehicle to invest in non-domestic energy efficiency infrastructure projects.
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28 March 2012
A A$200m ($208.14m) fund launched by the Australian government is ‘open and ready for business’ and will start committing capital to domestic renewable energy companies looking to achieve commercial success.
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27 March 2012
An early stage cleantech fund has been launched by MaRS, an innovation centre based in Toronto, Canada, with a fundraising goal of C$30m ($30.25m).
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26 March 2012
Green investor Triodos Renewables is reportedly planning to open a follow-on from its Ampere Equity Fund, which it will use to up spending in the clean power space.
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22 March 2012
The Scottish government has launched a £103m green fund to further boost its fast-expanding renewable energy market.
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21 March 2012
The government of Quebec has more than doubled Cycle Capital Management’s latest cleantech fund by making a C$50m ($50.42m) investment.
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21 March 2012
Israel Cleantech Ventures told NewNet that fundraising for its second fund was ‘progressing well’ but denied reports that the close of the fund was imminent.
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20 March 2012
IDB, JICA to launch $600m fund for Central America, Caribbean renewables efforts
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16 March 2012
Ahead of its rumoured listing, US photovoltaics installer SolarCity has launched the second fund this month, this time in partnership with Rabobank.
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14 March 2012
US Bancorp has teamed with photovoltaic specialist SolarCity to launch a fund that will finance the build of solar power installations on privatised military housing.
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13 March 2012
A London, UK-based private equity firm is raising a renewable energy infrastructure fund, and has revealed it is seeing particular traction with family offices and sovereign wealth funds.
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12 March 2012
A UK investment firm has launched a sustainability-focused EIS fund, and told NewNet it is targeting a final close of £20m.
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9 March 2012
A European investment manager told NewNet that it will look to hold a second close of its cleantech fund in mid-2012, and hopes to reach its target of €100m before the end of the year.
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9 March 2012
Growth capital investor SJF Ventures has launched an impact investment fund to invest in cleantech companies as part of a $1.5bn drive to stimulate high-growth small businesses.
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7 March 2012
UK-based investment manager FourWinds Capital Management revealed to NewNet that it is still considering potential investments for its Waste Resource Fund.
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6 March 2012
UK-based alternative investment firm Future Capital Partners has launched its third renewable energy Enterprise Investment Scheme, and told NewNet it will continue its strategy of focusing on companies that do not rely on feed-in tariffs.
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5 March 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has given a €10m capital injection to a fund aimed at increasing energy efficiency projects being undertaken in Bulgaria.
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5 March 2012
Investment manager WHEB Group has added the sustainability investment team that recently left Henderson Global Investors.
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2 March 2012
A London-based investment manager told NewNet that its newly-launched EIS will have a broader focus than its previous funds, and will diverge away from its focus on feed-in tariff portfolio companies.
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1 March 2012
Guy Hands, founder of private equity firm Terra Firma, has revealed plans to raise a €1bn buyout fund that will focus on clean energy and agriculture.
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