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Startups: Is Ikea the Latest Cleantech Investor?

According to the Cleantech Group, Ikea, the world known Swedish home furnishing designer is launching Ikea GreenTech, which will invest €50 million ($77.17 million) into cleantech startups over the next more...
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25 Big Names Who Ditched Infotech for Cleantech

Katie has dug out the list of 25 prominent names from the world of IT and the high-tech as we know it and have moved on to changing this world into something more green. The list includes top names such more...
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Meet Startup Onzo the iPod of Cleantech

UK based startup is coming with cool designs to manage the energy of your home. Sigma Capital Group and Scottish and Southern Energy, each of whom put up £1 million and a company representative to sit more...
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A Summary of the VC activity in 2008

This is an Op-Ed piece by Drew Clark, Director of Strategy and co-founder of IBM’s Venture Capital Group. He summarizes the expected levels of VC activity in 2008 on various fronts from CleanTech, Web more...
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Tesla says it will raise $40M more

Tesla Motors, the hot company making an electric sports car originally scheduled to hit the market next quarter, is now saying the first release of cars won’t have the promised performance and will actually more...
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Al Gore, the Venture Capitalist

Nobel Prize (shared) winner Al Gore has joined Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park as a partner. He will focus on funding in the area of - well, what else - CleanTech. Interesting to see how the VC firm now more...
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Solar startup Konarka Raises $45M

Solar startup Konarka which makes photovoltiac arrays that power the buildings housing offices and residences, has raised a big amount of funding: $45 million to be exact. more...
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Finding the clean tech money

The third hottest sector to get VC money, CleanTech funders and fund-seekers can benefit from some salient points. more...
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Cleantech Startup Competition Winners Announced

The California Cleantech Open announced 6 winners in the categories of “Air,Water and Waste,” “Energy Efficiency,” “Green Building,” “Renewables,” “Smart Power,” and “Transportation.” more...
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Firelake Capital Management raising $100M for cleantech investment

Cleantech is getting another shot in the arm with Firelake Capital Management starting the Strategic Technology Fund II dedicated to fostering the Cleantech sector. Based in Palo Alto, this company has more...
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