| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT Venture Capital 2009 Investments in Cleantech Fall 50% to $2.6 Billion as Investors Shift Focus to Energy Efficiency (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) US venture capital investment in cleantech companies in Q4 2009 decreased 45% to $564.5 million compared to the prior quarter while the number of deals increased 21% to 62, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. Â Investment in 2009 reached $2.6 billion in 193 financings rounds, a decline of 50% in terms of dollars and 16% in terms of deals ... |
| Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:06:12 GMT Teryn Norris: The Cleantech Revolution: "Largest Market Opportunity in the History of the Planet"? (The Huffington Post) Guess post by Ishan Nath A special three-part series in last week's San Jose Mercury News, entitled "The Cleantech Revolution," highlighted the enormous economic opportunity... |
| Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:33:01 GMT CleanTECH conference set (Solana Beach Sun) CleanTECH San Diego will host the CleanTECH San Diego Showcase, "Wind Power: Leading the Renewables Renaissance" on Feb. 10. The forum examines how investments in wind power projects and related technologies are leading all renewable investments in today's economy. Keynote speaker Jim McDermott, managing partner of US Renewables Group, will join representatives from EnXco and Helix Wind for a ... |
| Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:46:43 GMT State of Green Business Forum 2010: When GreenBiz Meets Cleantech (GreenBiz) What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy , Autodesk and Serious Materials , you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices. |
| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:46 GMT Biz Break: Google's romantic Super Bowl ad; plus: EA loss narrows (San Jose Mercury News) Today: Google buys an expensive TV spot on CBS's Super Bowl broadcast. Electronic Arts' loss narrows in its most recent quarter. A former Intel executive pleads guilty in an insider-trading case. |
| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:15 GMT Craton Equity Partners Invests in Petra Solar (dBusinessNews.com) LOS ANGELES -- Craton Equity Partners, a leading California clean technology fund, has made a $15 million investment commitment to Petra Solar, a clean energy technology company that provides solar and smart grid solutions for utilities. |
| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:18 GMT France's Areva buys Mountain View solar startup Ausra (San Jose Mercury News) French government-owned Areva, a leading maker of nuclear reactors, announced Monday it is acquiring Ausra, a Mountain View concentrated solar thermal startup backed by several Silicon Valley venture capitalists. |
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