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Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013
UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013
Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013
Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013
Hannon Armstrong has cash to spend after IPO - 24 May 2013
Ohio launches energy efficiency fund - 24 May 2013
European tidal developer reveals fundraising plans - 24 May 2013
Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013UK innovator commercialising transport sharing solution has cash need - 8 Apr 2013Energy efficient engine developer needs cash to enter proving lab - 2 Apr 2013
Waste-to-oil technology developer seeks partnerships - 27 Mar 2013Tidal energy specialist to raise £5m to accelerate growth - 25 Mar 2013Australian water treatment company seeks partnerships - 20 Mar 2013 Hannon Armstrong has cash to spend after IPO - 24 May 2013
Ohio launches energy efficiency fund - 24 May 2013
European tidal developer reveals fundraising plans - 24 May 2013
Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Big data investor seeks additional fund commitments - 22 May 2013
Scotland details support for wave energy with £18m fund - 22 May 2013
Falck Renewables to sell minority stakes in UK wind projects - 22 May 2013
US DOE seeks feedback on fuel cell technologies - 22 May 2013
European investors seek commitments for listed solar fund - 22 May 2013
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Global private equity firm KKR looks set to exceed its target for its North America Fund XI by the end of the year, anticipating a September final close of $8.5bn after two years on the road. 
3i Group has made an offer for Barclays’ European infrastructure fund management business. 
Venture capital firm Divergent Partners is nearly halfway through with raising its third fund. 
Numis Securities has teamed with ex-Foresight team Bluefield Partners to launch a £150m UK-based listed fund targeting large-scale solar assets. 
GE Ventures has officially opened its doors to energy, software and advanced manufacturing start-ups from its new base in Silicon Valley with a $150m annual spend. 
Environmental infrastructure investor Foresight Group has launched its third solar EIS fund with a target of £20m but told NewNet that figure could well be extended if it continues to see high-demand. 
A trio of state-backed Qatari entities will establish an overseas fund to invest in energy and water infrastructure. 
Swiss bank UBS is reportedly raising a specific investment vehicle to invest in KKR’s $1.5bn asset-focused energy investment fund. 
Chinese investment group Fosun International is reportedly nearing a first close for a $1bn private equity fund focused on Europe and overseas companies seeking to build a presence in China, including those within the energy and resource sectors. 
Business management software specialist SAP has increased its commitment to its venture-focused fund of funds to $405m, from an original $155m, to invest in early-stage fund managers and entrepreneurs. 
Seattle, US-based early stage investor Divergent Ventures has doubled the target for its third big data and mobile technology-focused fund to $50m. 
Clothing retailer Patagonia said its recently-established $20m corporate venturing arm will be a way for it to use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. 
Californian IT investor Scale Venture Partners has closed its fourth fund on $300m and will continue its focus of investing in early-in-revenue technology companies in the cloud, mobile, SaaS and internet sectors. 
Grotech Ventures, a US-based early stage technology investor that has backed green businesses like Ziptronix and urjarnet, took 20 months to raise its latest fund but ended up closing it at an oversubscribed $225m. 
Warburg Pincus has managed to raise one of the largest private equity funds since the financial crisis after receiving strong support from existing LPs, which were attracted by the firm’s track record and its flexible strategy. 
MaRS, one of Ontario’s Region Innovation Centres, is now just $5m short of the $30m target it has set for its cleantech fund Tom Rand, managing partner, told NewNet with the team hoping to close it off before the end of the year. 
Clothing retailer Patagonia has launched a corporate venturing arm to invest in start-ups across the energy, water and waste sectors. 
Danish labour-market pension fund PKA has reportedly invested DKK500m (€67m) in the Actis Energy Fund 3 in an overall boost of its infrastructure spend. 
The London Pensions Fund Authority has confirmed funding levels of close to 95 per cent in the indicative results of the 2013 valuation of its £4.7bn fund. 
Environmental investor Mandarin Capital has hired German buyout industry veteran Markus Solibieda to head its new office in the country as it looks to expand out its existing Chinese and Italian operations. 
