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Is the CleanTech Learning Curve Too Steep?

Katie Fehrenbacher delves into the depths of Venture funding into the CleanTech startups. The nature of cleantech venture investing — highly specialized science, huge project financing — is just difficult, more...
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Morgan Stanley Takes Stake in Cleantech Firm NGEN

Calling its investment “the first by a major Wall Street firm in a clean technology venture firm”, Investment Bank Morgan Stanley has taken a stake in the Cleantech sector by aligning with NGEN Partners more...
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VC Report: funding up, cleantech and life sciences strong

The MoneyTree Report is out: VCs tossed $7 billion at startups in the fourth quarter, a solid 12 percent rise over the same quarter last year, according to data published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the more...
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Investor coalition pledges $10 billion for 'CleanTech'

Over the next 2 years, $10 Billion has been pledged by the Ceres coalition includes institutional investors, a number of environmental and sustainable development lobby groups as well corporate representation more...
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VentureBeat lists 10 CleanTech startups looking for funding

From the annual CleanTech Forum in San Francisco, VentureBeat has made a nice list of 10 startups looking for funding: PVT Solar, Intrago, Sorbent Technologies, MicroPlanet, Hybra-Drive Systems, Industrial more...
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UC Berkeley: 4 Winning Cleantech Innovations

The Venture Lab Clean Technology Innovation contest is bringing four winning Cleantech innovations. The first prize was won by low cost fuel cell concept and walked away with a prize of $10000. UC Berkeley more...
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CleanTech venture Mascoma gets $81 Million

VCs are pouring it on - tons of money into CleanTech startups with big deals: Range, Mascoma, Coskata and others are all racing to raise huge amounts in an attempt to bring the world’s first full-scale more...
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Tendril Networks provides new devices for the CleanTech consumers

Joining a host of eco startups like ComVerge, Eka Systems, Silver Spring Networks, Trilliant and others, Tendril Networks is introducing new devices and gizmos for the consumer market to tap into the more...
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$40 Million funding for Cleantech startup Trilliant

Smart grid and advanced metering Cleantech startup Trilliant has pulled in $40 Million in funding, making it one of the largest investments in recent times. It is competing the likes of Ambient, Silver more...
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VC Scoreboard: Cleantech shines bright

The 2007 edition of the EETimes Venture Capital Scoreboard is revealing that the $2.6 Billion of VC investment in 168 transactions shows the spotlight on the current darling of VCs: Cleantech and photovoltaics more...
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