Leaving Green: Execs Quit Clean Energy Firms
The past week has brought a spate of executive departures at renewable energy start-ups, Green Inc. reports....

Green Kingpins Part 3: VC John Doerr of KPCB
We need a clean energy Netscape moment. ...

SDForum Helps Dutch Set Up Silicon Valley Incubator
I'm a fan of the work of SDForum, which organizes conferences and events related to SIlicon Valley innovation. The organization also ha...

Acumen Fund Invests In Cleantech Firm Husk Power Systems
Acumen Fund, a New York-based non-profit venture capital fund, is investing $375,000 (Rs 1.71 crore) in Husk Power Systems (HPS), a Pat...

SharesPost: Facebook Valuation Is $3.5 Billion lower Today Than in 2007
Facebook, Twitter, Zynga are hot companies and one day they will make hot IPOs. But what's their value?It's often difficult to put a va...

Reliance Technology Ventures To Turn Sector Agnostic
Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd, the corporate venture capital arm of the Reliance ADA Group, is rebranding the company as Reliance Ve...

Shift happens
I've stolen the title of this post from a very funny line delivered by Daniel Nocera (MIT, SunCatalytix) at the ARPA-E Summit in DC thi...

For some, a rose does not smell as sweet
Thomas Friedman reports:[Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican,] proposes putting a price on carbon, starting wit...

Budget 2010-11: Pranab s 9% Growth Rx
A year after the world s worst economic slowdown, Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister of one of the most resilient economies, elected ...