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CleanTech managed to shine in 2009
Investors put $4.1 billion in 277 clean-tech start-ups in 2008, 52 % more than '07. Seven of the top 10 biggest deals of the year in this sector. VCs favored solar energy and PV cos, which received $1.8 billion in 2008. Top 3 deals were Nanosolar, Solyndra, SolarReserve. Energy from other sources, ethanol, nuclear, getting $561 million. Cos recycle $304 million. Battery start-ups $224 million - likely rise in '09this year, as lithium-ion battery receiving attention. - Read More
Short term VC bets in energy
In the energy sector, this includes energy-efficient devices--including new sensors, controls and lighting--as well as the backbone infrastructure on which they run. "VCs are looking at bite-sized [technologies] that can pass savings onto [consumers] quickly," - Dec 2008 - Read More
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Green real estate is another hot bet for VCs
Another longer-term play (made longer yet by the severe real estate slump) is "green" construction, including building materials that cut carbon emissions or are more easily recycled. One standout, Cal Star Cement of Newark, Calif., has created a process to make cement using a fraction of the energy the process normally consumes. The company bagged $7 million in funding in 2006 - Read More
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Energy tech is a huge draw for venture funds
For funds with longer investment horizons (in the five- to eight-year time frame), energy technology is a huge draw. In the last nine months, VCs have invested $2.1 billion in renewable energy and related technologies, double the amount during the same period in 2007. - Read More
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Indian energy venture funding 2006
In 2006, venture capital and private equity funds invested over $250 million in 11 clean energy companies in India. These include Warburg Pincus' $66 million investment in coal benefication company Aryan Coal Benefiction, IDFC Private Equity's $60 million investments in Krishna Godavari Gas Network, Clearwater Capital Partners' $32.80 million investment in Diamond Cables, a power equipment company, and $27.80 million funding by Spinnaker Global Opportunity Fund in IG Petrochemicals - Read More
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Investment in algae for fuel research skyrocketing
The amount of money being invested in algae-to-fuel research by venture capitalists is skyrocketing. New businesses are snapping up graduate students knowledgeable about the aquatic plants before they've even finished their degrees, and they're hustling to form alliances with algae academics who for years toiled without much notice. - Read More
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Green Ventuer Capital Third Largest
Clean technologies are already the third largest sector for venture capital after information and biotechnology in the United States, while green venture capital in China more than doubled to 19 per cent of total investment in recent years.
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