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Battery technology developer eyes strategic investors - 25 May 2012
Marine energy specialist aims to attract Series A investors - 25 May 2012
Israeli wind innovator needs seed financing to move out of lab - 24 May 2012 Chinese small-scale turbine producer reaches out to potential distribution partners - 25 May 2012
New funds to source multiple early stage investee companies - 25 May 2012
Energy efficient technology provider edges towards financing close - 25 May 2012
Battery technology developer eyes strategic investors - 25 May 2012Marine energy specialist aims to attract Series A investors - 25 May 2012Israeli wind innovator needs seed financing to move out of lab - 24 May 2012Energy savings company may raise cash for M&A activity - 24 May 2012US energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012
Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012 Chinese small-scale turbine producer reaches out to potential distribution partners - 25 May 2012
New funds to source multiple early stage investee companies - 25 May 2012
Energy efficient technology provider edges towards financing close - 25 May 2012
US energy storage company nears halve way point for $20m financing round - 25 May 2012
Serbian businesses to benefit from new energy efficiency funding scheme - 24 May 2012
Bahrain poised to attract $20bn in energy investments - 24 May 2012
The investment opportunities in the offshore wind sector are ‘immense’ even though utility balance sheets and state lending organisations are not providing enough funding for European targets to be met, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.
The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth annual LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability.
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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. 
Cleantech innovator Liquid Metal Battery has raised an additional $15m in funding, completing its Series B round, led by Khosla Ventures. 
Early stage cleantech investor Pangaea Ventures has closed an initial $50m towards the $100m target of its third fund. 
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Vallley energy investor, has made an undisclosed investment into US distributed energy business Gen110. 
Water treatment solutions and technology specialist Desalitech has secured an equity investment by Liberation Capital. 
Private equity, venture capital and development capital investments in the cleantech sector fell again this month, both in value and volume, but value was noticeably higher compared with the same period in 2011, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
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. 
Colorado, US-based energy efficient lighting company TerraLUX has closed $18.3m in venture funding with Generation Investment Management leading the round. 
Start-ups in the cleantech space should look to raise capital from strategic investors, rather than the traditional finance markets, according to industry experts. 
A Serbian marine energy innovator told NewNet it has established a business presence in the UK as it looks to attract venture capital funds to build a sea-based prototype of its tidal power concept. 
An early stage India-based venture fund is looking to raise $25m, having secured an initial capital injection from the International Finance Corporation. 
Private equity, venture capital and development capital deal-making in the cleantech sector fell for the third month in a row, continuing the downward trend since December’s high-point of $2.696bn. 
Venture investor Avindia Capital told NewNet it was targeting a €4m for its first fund, which will invest in the European renewable energy sector. 
A US cleantech innovator has closed new funding but is still some way to go to hit its $10m Series C target. 
US bioenergy company OriginOil has received an order from its French joint venture partner Ennesys to supply an algae harvester and other components for a test programme. 
A prominent private equity investor believes the sentiment for cleantech investing has been driven down by a number of macro factors, but conversely this can create opportunity for savvy financiers. 
Cleantech-focused venture capital investors are increasingly putting their money into energy efficiency and alternative process technologies, rather than renewable generation, a group of investors told NewNet. 
A major European development bank has revealed it will look to invest in up to eight green funds over the course of 2012. 
