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Kenyan community-scale green innovator needs cash for solar lighting scheme - 14 Jun 2013Financing needed for 5MW solar project in India - 4 Jun 2013
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
Middle Eastern investors to finance green project developments - 17 Jun 2013
UK city to be innovation test-bed as European Green Capital for 2015 - 17 Jun 2013
UK competition will see £5m offered for future cities projects - 17 Jun 2013
Energy investor raising major capital pool - 17 Jun 2013
Australia to provide financial support for 150MW of clean power - 17 Jun 2013
Kenyan community-scale green innovator needs cash for solar lighting scheme - 14 Jun 2013Financing needed for 5MW solar project in India - 4 Jun 2013Nigerian 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 2013
Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013
Developer 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 2013Waste-to-oil technology developer seeks partnerships - 27 Mar 2013 Middle Eastern investors to finance green project developments - 17 Jun 2013
UK city to be innovation test-bed as European Green Capital for 2015 - 17 Jun 2013
UK competition will see £5m offered for future cities projects - 17 Jun 2013
Energy investor raising major capital pool - 17 Jun 2013
Australia to provide financial support for 150MW of clean power - 17 Jun 2013
US green investor aims to raise $125m for latest fund - 14 Jun 2013
Fitch rates MidAmerican’s $700m solar bond as BBB- - 14 Jun 2013
European investor to back green businesses, funds - 14 Jun 2013
Marine power innovator to move to public markets - 13 Jun 2013
Barclays, MSCI aim to tap into institutional investor interest in ESG - 13 Jun 2013
The most active investors in cleantech, renewables & sustainability discuss where the best opportunities lie in 2013
The majority of LPs (58 per cent) have increased their commitment to ESG management in the previous 12 months, according to the ESG in Private Equity report from Malk Sustainability Partners.
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Cleantech investors will likely broaden their focus in response to the recent fundraising struggles, according to EnerTech Capital managing director Wally Hunter. 
Vintage Investment Partners has raised $161m for its sixth technology secondary fund, which is ahead of the $150m target and double the size of its previous vehicle. 
Having hived off the Thermal Processes business unit into a separate company last October, Swiss manufacturing group Bühler has now sold its majority stake to private equity firm Cross Equity Partners. 
Global energy investor First Reserve has expanded the firm’s base of asset managers with the addition of 30-year industry veteran Robert Hanna. 
Offshore services company Forum Energy Technologies, which is backed by energy investor SCF Partners, has agreed to acquire Blohm + Voss Oil Tools from London private equity firm STAR Capital Partners. 
Multi-sector investor Abraaj Capital is reportedly planning a new $250m fund aimed at investing in North African small- and medium-sized businesses. 
Aspen Aerogels, a private equity-backed business that develops energy efficient aerogel insulation, has pulled its IPO plans in favour of a $22.5m private placement. 
Private equity investment in Africa with a strong commitment to sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices will create both stronger returns for investors and sustainable benefits for the local communities in which these businesses operate, a new report has stressed. 
Electric vehicle pioneer Better Place’s equity deal constituted more than half of the total quarterly value of Israeli private equity transactions in the first quarter as it secured $100m from institutional and corporate investors. 
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector declined for the third consecutive month in March 2013 after peaking at $3.05bn in December 2012 in the 12 months under review, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
Private equity firm Clairvest Group has invested a combined $15m Virginia-based waste-collection company County Waste through a number of investment vehicles. 
Global investment firm Silver Lake has raised over $10bn for it latest large-cap technology investment fund, Silver Lake Partners IV. 
UK private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has agreed a surprise deal to pick up the 76 per cent of German smart metering company Ista it does not already own for €3.1bn. 
Swedish private equity firm Segulah’s portfolio company, St Eriks has acquired water and sewage companies Kungälvs VA Teknik, Hydrokonsult in Töreboda and ASB in Mariestad. 
Buyout major KKR’s second Asian fund has now has passed the $5bn mark and has less than $1bn to go until the final close, NewNet has learned. 
Lower mid-market focused Deutsche Private Equity has closed off its second fund after hitting its €350m hard cap, NewNet has learned. 
Asset manager Brookfield has closed a $1bn private equity fund in one of the biggest fundraises in Canada in recent years and revealed to NewNet it is targeting a total capital raise of $5bn across a further six separate investment funds. 
Ensus, a UK biofuels producer which is owned by the Carlyle Group and Riverstone, said it is taking its bioethanol plant in the north-east offline due to adverse market conditions. 
US private equity firm Wind Point Partners has backed its portfolio company Hilex Poly in its acquisition of portions of the North American Flexible Packaging division of Netherlands-based Clondalkin Group. 
Jeff Bocan is stepping down from responsibilities with private equity firm Beringea to join one of its portfolio companies, mophie, as senior vice president. 
