Posts Tagged ‘venture capital’

29 September 2009

South Korean energy storage technology company Nesscap secures $9m of venture financing

South Korean ultracapacitor manufacturer Nesscap has secured $9m in bridge funding from local and international investors. The round was led by London venture fund I2BF, a specialist in diversified clean energy investments in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

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29 September 2009

UK launches new £20m fund for clean energy technologies

The UK Government has launched a new £20m government-backed venture capital support fund for clean energy technologies.

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25 September 2009

Renewable fuel company LS9 closes $25m in venture funding

Renewable fuel company LS9 has completed a $25m round of funding. Participating investors included CTTV Investments, the venture capital arm of Chevron Technology Ventures; Flagship Ventures; Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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24 September 2009

US solar company Sungevity raises $6m in venture funding, appoints new senior executives

US online solar provider Sungevity has raised an additional $6m led by Greener Capital, a San Francisco cleantech venture capital firm and has appointed three new senior executives.

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21 September 2009

Cleantech venture capital firm Emerald Technology Ventures adds Whitney Rockley, promotes Charles Vaslet to its partner team

Cleantech venture capital firm Emerald Technology Ventures, has added to the firm's General Partnership. Whitney Rockley comes to Emerald with a strong cleantech venture capital track record as well as industrial technology operations experience.

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1 September 2009

Venture capital firm Khosla Ventures launches two new cleantech funds

California-based venture capital firm Khosla Ventures has launched two news funds, Khosla Ventures III and Khosla Ventures Seed, which together have raised in excess of $1bn.

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26 August 2009

NewNet Industry Profile: Duncan Grierson, Sterecyclep

Duncan Grierson discusses the challenges in gaining venture funding for a cleantech start-up, the growth of opportunities in the waste and recycling space across Europe and the need for governments to provide drivers to encourage investment in emerging environmental technologies. 'It is extremely important for governments to put in place these broad economic drivers. But it would be a mistake for governments to make technology choices. Once the financial drivers and mechanisms are in place, then governments should leave the market to decide which are technically and commercially the best technologies to build out.'

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26 August 2009

Venture capital cleantech fund Cleantech Invest reports a rise in six monthly financial results

Cleantech Invest AG, a stock exchange listed Venture Capital fund focusing on clean technologies spanning the German-speaking region, has posted its financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2009, showing a rise from the previous year.

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24 August 2009

Former president of Lux Research joins venture capital Venrock to focus on energy and environment

Venrock, a multinational venture capital firm originally established as the venture arm of the Rockefeller family, said that Matthew Nordan, co-founder and former president of Lux Research, has joined the firm as a vice president to focus on energy, environmental and materials technologies from Venrock's Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

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18 August 2009

US green materials company Novomer raises $14m in venture financing

Early stage venture capital firm OVP Venture Partners has led a $14m Series B funding round for US green materials company Novomer, according to reports.

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17 August 2009

Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates appoints PM Pai to energy team

New Enterprise Associates, a global venture capital firm, has appointed PM Pai as venture partner.

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12 August 2009

Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings secures $25m venture financing round for geothermal technology

Nabao Renewable Energy Holdings, a Chinese developer of heating and cooling technology, has closed a venture capital round on $25m, according to reports.

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11 August 2009

Energy efficient technology company VirtenSys receives $16m in venture funding

VirtenSys, a provider of virtualisation technologies for servers and storage platforms, has secured $16m in funding to grow the company's revenues and broaden its markets and operations worldwide.

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10 August 2009

UK technology innovator Imperial Innovations invests in green building materials company Novacem

UK technology commercialisation and investment company Imperial Innovations Group, has invested £500,000 in green building materials company Novacem, as part of a £1m venture investment round.

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7 August 2009

Zephyr Monthly Cleantech Report – July 2009p

Private equity investment in cleantech companies soared in July, almost tripling to $266m after crashing to $92m in June. However, despite these gains deal value was 84 per cent weaker year-on-year and was almost ten times down on the 12 month high of $2.584bn achieved in November 2008, according to this monthly cleantech report prepared by ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing exclusively for NewNet.

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6 August 2009

TMO Renewables secures £11m in venture financing to roll out biofuel technology

TMO Renewables, a developer of a new process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol, has completed a round of financing totalling £11m from a range of blue chip institutional shareholders and private investors.

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6 August 2009

UK cleantech company Novacem raises £1m in venture capital funding for green cement

UK cleantech company Novacem has raised over £1m in venture capital funding. Investors include seed investor London Technology Fund and early stage science investor Royal Society Enterprise Fund.

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5 August 2009

Neal Isaacson joins venture-backed clean energy company Ze-gen as CFO

Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing advanced gasification technology to convert waste streams into synthesis gas, has hired Neal Isaacson as chief financial officer, replacing George McMillan who has filled this position on a transitional basis since January 2009.

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5 August 2009

EcoSystem Corporation executes deal for $76m equity financing

EcoSystem Corporation, a producer of renewable fuels, has closed its pending $76m equity financing with five investment funds.

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5 August 2009

Energy management company Power Assure raises $2.5m in venture funding from venture investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Power Assure, Inc, a developer of power management solutions for data centres, has completed its Series A round of funding, raising $2.5m from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and individual investors.

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