fund news
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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30 March 2012
Venture investor Avindia Capital told NewNet it was targeting a €4m for its first fund, which will invest in the European renewable energy sector.
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28 March 2012
A natural resources fund has been launched by Pyxis Capital, with Ascendant Advisors appointed as the investment advisor.
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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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