http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/green-venture-capital Green Venture Capital - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1386163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health.Hydraulic fracturing is a process that drills v... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:10:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1386163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a vocal advocate for alternative energy and nuclear power, was in Silicon Valley earlier this week to talk about the role of clean energy in combating global climate change.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:20:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/1382791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak.My host is the U.S. State Department, whose Office ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/1382791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1381538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The past week has brought a spate of executive departures at renewable energy start-ups, Green Inc. reports.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:39:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1381538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1381473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the junior market of London Stock Exchange, saw the lowest level of fund-raising last year in its 15-year history. This was pretty much in line with the state of IPO markets all over the world. Marcus Stuttard... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:28:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1381473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1379948?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 We need a clean energy Netscape moment. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1379948?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/1378633?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I'm a fan of the work of SDForum, which organizes conferences and events related to SIlicon Valley innovation. The organization also has a Global Gateways initiative that seeks to build connections with technology centers around the world.As part of ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:35:08 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/1378633?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1375563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 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 Patna-based company engaged in rural electrification and power generation.With this funding, Acumen s total investme... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:05:50 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1375563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/1375154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 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 value on private companies because a lot of their financial data is private. But you can get some sense of their valu... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:03:52 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/1375154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1374580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd, the corporate venture capital arm of the Reliance ADA Group, is rebranding the company as Reliance Venture Asset Management Ltd.This move essentially signifies the company s new strategy of targeting sectors beyond... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:26:42 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1374580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1374029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 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 this morning.Yes, I'm attending the first ARPA-E Summit, and I'm glad I did. It's proving to be one of the best even... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:47:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1374029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1373097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Thomas Friedman reports:[Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican,] proposes putting a price on carbon, starting with a very focused carbon tax, as opposed to an economywide cap-and-trade system, so as to spur both consumers and in... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:00:28 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1373097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1371091?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 A year after the world s worst economic slowdown, Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister of one of the most resilient economies, elected growth but without losing sight of fiscal discipline.These macro themes outlined Mukherjee s Budget 2010-11 as he... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:19:14 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1371091?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1371093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 They say if one has to figure out where Private Equity money is headed, look for a country s macro numbers. Fund managers would perhaps appreciate Finance Miniter Pranab Mukerjee s pursuit of getting the math right. He is pegging the FY11 fiscal ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:23:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1371093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1370462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The chill of carbon dioxide canisters is coming to a building near you.... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1370462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1369818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 For some reason, I started looking over an experienced cleantech investor's presentation on distributed generation today. It's pretty fascinating. I'll pull out a few notable quotes and points: Micro-generation technologies are the wave of the fu... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:43:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1369818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 ZAP has received a purchase order from Samyang Optics Co. Ltd. of Korea for 100 electric SUVs to be built through a partnership with China auto manufacturer Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. (Earlier post.) Samyang, known for its camera lenses, is ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:10:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369273?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 According to a new report from Pike Research, fuel cell vehicles (FCV) will be commercially launched in most regions of the world by 2014, and cumulative sales of light duty fuel cell cars and trucks will surpass 2.8 million vehicles globally by 2020... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:56:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369273?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369277?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Clean Energy Fuels Corp. plans to expand its existing network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fueling stations in Southern California this year beyond its current two LNG stations located at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports complex. New or upgr... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:49:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369277?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1367811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 As solar energy companies based in China seek to grab a larger share of the U.S. market, the Department of Energy took a large step today to secure America s leadership position by announcing a $1.37 billion conditional loan to Oakland, California ... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:06:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1367811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1367157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Redwood Shores-based GreenRoad Technologies (fka Diagnostics Drive) has raised $10M from Generation Investment Management (Al Gore's VC firm). It previously raised around $32.5M from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus Capital... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:27:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1367157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1367079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 What do a trucker, an Israeli entrepreneur, Al Gore and Richard Branson all have in common? Proof that the real goldmines are old, neglected industries.The name of that proof is GreenRoad. While so many entrepreneurs bang their heads against a Web an... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:01:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1367079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1366891?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I've heard many cleantech investors say some version of the following: Don't invest in any company that's totally dependent upon utilities as its customers. The admonishment reflects a basic fact -- utilities move slowly. Terribly slowly. They... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:40:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1366891?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1365707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big sh... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:16:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1365707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1365627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jointly launched the Maritime Clean Energy Research Programme (MCERP), through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by MPA Chief Executive Lam Yi Youn... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1365627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1364730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 02/18/2010 - Chrysalix Energy, a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage clean energy technologies, announced today that its latest fund has increased to more than $100 million with an investment by the Oregon Investment Fund, LLC, an affi... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1364730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1363267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 President Obama announced that the Department of Energy has offered conditional commitments for a total of $8.33 billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at a plant in Burke, Georgia. The project is sc... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1363267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1363092?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Totally whimsical thought of no value this morning:At what point will we start seeing a wave of cleantech startups named with the same kind of randomness as Web2.0 startups appear to be?Mint, Foursquare, Meebo, Swivel, PopJam, StuffBuff, etc. These a... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:12:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1363092?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1363094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Like many of my cleantech investor colleagues, at one time or another I've ended up spending some significant time on opportunities in the green building materials space. Green building markets in the U.S. are expected to triple by 2013, LEED certi... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:32:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1363094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1361371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 United Technologies is interested in making bigger investments in alternative energy, possibly including a majority stake in wind turbine maker Clipper Windpower, a top executive at the diversified U.S. manufacturer said on Thursday.... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:51:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1361371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1360554?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Mississauga-based Electrovaya Inc., maker of lithium-ion Superpolymer batteries, is supplying batteries for a utility-scale energy storage project being spearheaded by CEATI International Inc. of Montreal, an advanced technology centre for utilities.... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:18:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1360554?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1360377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Canada-based Li-ion maker Electrovaya Inc. is the energy storage partner for a utility demonstration project led by CEATI International Inc., headquartered in Montreal. Other partners include major utilities and universities. The total project cost i... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:01:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1360377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1359585?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 When the first flakes of the second major snowstorm in less than a week began to fall on Northern Virginia, it occurred to me that I might not be in a position to post for a couple of days. I had intended a longer posting covering all the topics ment... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:55:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1359585?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1359255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Today, Google s social strategy took a big step with the launch of Google Buzz a new FriendFeed-like feature that s integrated into Gmail, mobile search, Maps, and more (you can see our live notes from the announcement here). Shortly after ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1359255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1358242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Harshal Shah, the CEO of Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd (RTVL) and a member of the leadership team at Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has a unique definition for the venture capital business. He believes VC firms are in the business of servic... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:41:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1358242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1358218?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Last month SecondMarket published data on private company stock sales that they helped complete in 2009. They ve now released last month s data as well.A total of a little more than $13 million in sales occurred, with the average transaction size... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:45:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1358218?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1357898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I've picked up on a couple of mentions lately of Senators on both sides of the aisle starting to work on revenue-neutral alternatives to the Waxman-Markey type of cap and trade climate legislation that has been the focus of attention ever since Obama... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1357898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1357665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) last week announced the development of Project Apollo, a $225-million, 25MW energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Project Apollo plans to utilize Westinghouse Plasma Corp. s (WPC) plasma gasification ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:14 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1357665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1356644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Many of the residents of Marin County California will soon have a choice as to whom they want providing their electricity. Upstart Marin Energy Authority (MEA) unanimously voted to approve a 5-year contract with Shell Energy North America to provide ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:52:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1356644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1355658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Haven't had much time to go through the various recent cleantech IPO filings, and so haven't talked about them much. Also just generally hoping they do well, for the sake of the overall industry.But in a meeting today someone put up some stats that... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:21:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1355658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1354771?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. First, the Environment... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:49:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1354771?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1353846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 As Donald Marron points out, At a time of unsustainable deficits, deficit neutrality is a remarkably lame vision for climate policy. He explains:Last year, President Obama proposed to raise $500 billion over ten years through a cap-and-trade syst... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:49:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1353846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1352612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 TPG Capital, the global private investment firm, has roped in Gunender Kapur on board as a senior advisor to the firm. Kapur will primarily assist TPG on investments in the consumer and retail sectors in India, said a company statement. Kapur was mo... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:24:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/1352612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1352526?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a new 10-year contract to build and operate two new CNG fueling stations and sell fuel to the company s growing CNG taxi fleet. Yellow Cab Chic... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1352526?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1352097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 A spate of articles on China over the weekend, including one in the New York Times entitled, China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy got me thinking about our reaction to such reports. The Times article included some important insights about... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:57:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1352097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1351719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 With strong interest from corporations eying the clean energy sector, 2010 could turn out to be a good time for private equity and venture capital firms to pursue investments.... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:05:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1351719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/1361355?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Aster Capital, formally Schneider Electric Ventures, is pleased to announce the first closing of its second venture capital fund with a commitment of EUR 70 million (US$ 100 million) from two industrial sponsors, Alstom and Schneider Electric. The mi... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:12:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/1361355?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1350803?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 In the State of the Union Address last Wednesday, President Obama said the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy and America must be that nation. At the same time, on the other coast, 75 c... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:01:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1350803?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1350658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Big news today in the state of Massachusetts, where state officials announced a plan to pour $2.2B into energy efficiency measures, including a target of tripling the number of home energy audits, etc. On a per capita basis, at least, it would put ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:50:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1350658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1350677?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 President Barack Obama announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 28% by 2020. On 5 October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, setting measurable environmental p... 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