Posts Tagged ‘venture capital’

7 November 2008

Intel Capital invests $20m in Trony Solar Holdings

Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation, is investing $20m in Trony Solar Holdings, a Chinese thin-film solar energy and solution producer.

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6 November 2008

Forestation business CellFor closes $10m financing

Conifer forestation business CellFor has closed a convertible note financing totalling $10m. The round involved participation from existing investors, as well as a number of new private investors, the company said.

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5 November 2008

Dutch venture capital firm SET Venture Partners invests in SolarTotal

Amsterdam-based venture capital firm SET Venture Partners, thorough its Sustainable Energy Technology fund, has made an investment in SolarTotal. The company, operational since 2006, sells and installs solar photovoltaic systems in Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.

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4 November 2008

Californian solar cell developer CaliSolar secures $102m investment

Californian solar cell developer CaliSolar has raised $102m in Series B investment round, according to reports.

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31 October 2008

Envia Systems raises $3.2m in venture capital funding

Californian battery technology company Envia Systems has raised $3.2m in first-round funding from US venture Capital firms Bay Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

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30 October 2008

US venture investment in cleantech hits record $1.6bn, Q3

The third quarter of 2008 saw US venture capital investments in cleantech hit a record $1.6bn, up 55 per cent from the previous quarter, according to an Ernst & Young analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource.

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30 October 2008

Energy-focused private equity firm Altira leads $15.4m Series B round in NxtGen

Energy-focused private equity and venture capital firm Altira Group has led a $15.4m Series B investment round in NxtGen Emission Controls. The company develops syngas technology for diesel engine combustion optimisation, focusing on making existing and new engines cleaner to meet global emission reduction regulations.

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30 October 2008

CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund holds second closing on $9m

The CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund I has held a second closing. The fund invests in early stage clean energy companies.

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30 October 2008

SolarCity closes $30m investment round

US solar installer SolarCity has closed a $30m investment round to aid the company’s expansion in the US. Thin film technology company First Solar invested $25m, with the remaining capital coming from venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson and DBL Investors.

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29 October 2008

Cleantech venture firm Navitas Capital, building contractor Webcor establish green construction agreement

Early stage venture capital firm Navitas Capital and Californian building contractor Webcor have established a strategic relationship for collaboration in green construction.

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29 October 2008

Cleantech venture capital firm RockPort hires Victor Westerlind

Boston-based cleantech venture capital firm RockPort Capital Partners has appointed Victor Westerlind as a general partner. Westerlind will work from the firm’s Menlo Park office.

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28 October 2008

Canadian venture firm Yaletown Venture Partners holds first close on clean energy fund on $65m

Vancouver-based early stage venture capital firm Yaletown Venture Partners, has held a first closing on its Yaletown Ventures II Limited Partnership fund on $65m. The fund has a target of $100m.

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28 October 2008

Venture-backed battery technology company Firefly Energy signs manufacturing contract with C&D Technologies.

Venture-backed battery technology company Firefly Energy has signed a manufacturing contract with electric power storage business C&D Technologies.

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27 October 2008

Venture-backed solar power company Heliovolt opens first US plant

US solar panel producer HelioVolt has opened its first factory for manufacturing thin film solar energy products in Texas, US.

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21 October 2008

US venture investment in cleantech hits $1bn in Q3

The third quarter of 2008 saw venture capitalists invest $1bn into 73 US cleantech deals, according to the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. This was an increase of 14 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, which saw $887m invested into 68 deals.

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21 October 2008

Biobutanol developer Cobalt Biofuels closes $25m investment round

Cobalt Biofuels has raised $25m in equity in a bid to accelerate the commercialisation of biobutanol, an advanced biofuel, co-led by venture capital firms LSP and Pinnacle Ventures.

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20 October 2008

US venture capital fund The Quercus Trust invests $4.7m in solar business Open Energy

US cleantech venture capital fund The Quercus Trust has invested $4.7m in Open Energy Corporation, a developer of clean energy solutions and energy management applications and products.

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20 October 2008

Commercial solar energy company Soliant Energy raises $21m

GE Energy Financial Services, the investment arm of GE, is to invest $2.5m in solar power company Soliant Energy, joining a group providing the company with nearly $21m in venture capital.

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20 October 2008

Wind energy developer OwnEnergy closes first investment round

New York-based wind farm development business OwnEnergy has completed a Series A round of financing, led by clean technology investor EnerTech Capital Partners, with early stage venture firm Contour Venture Partners and the New York City Investment Fund adding to their existing commitments As a result of the investment, Tucker Twitmyer of EnerTech will join the board of directors.

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20 October 2008

US recycling business CleanScapes closes $10m financing round

US venture capital firm SJF Ventures has invested $1.6m in investment in recycling and waste company CleanScapes as part of a $10m Series A financing. The firm made the investment from its SJF Ventures II fund.

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