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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsGreen building firm E-Stack has raised £1.1m from growth specialist MMC Ventures. MMC manages funds under the Enterprise...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. I've been laid up with a cold for the past week, so plenty to catch up on. DealsCellulosic biofuel developer TMO Renewables has...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsGreen cement developer Novacem raised something over £1m from Imperial Innovations, the London Technology Fund and the new...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. It's been a while since the last one, and there's been plenty happening. DealsEnergy-efficient electronics developer Nujira...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsWave power developer Aquamarine Power raised £10m to support offshore testing of its Oyster device. Investors include...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsWaste treatment group New Earth Solutions secured £5m from Ludgate Environmental Fund as part of an ongoing £15m fundraising...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsUK cleantech specialist Ludgate Environmental Fund has made a follow-on investment of Euro2.3m in portfolio company...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsAfter some 20 months of wrangling, UK renewables group Novera has been taken over by Infinis, a buy-and-build renewables...
View ArticleHermes to head cleantech UKIIF
Hermes Private Equity is managing a new £125m cleantech fund-of-funds anchored by UK government money.The fund is one of two in the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) scheme. The brainchild of...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsAberdeen-based marine contractor Subocean Group has raised £17m from LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group,...
View ArticleUK offshore wind developers named
The Crown Estate, which 'owns' the seabed around the UK, has named developers for the latest round of offshore wind power development. The nine development zones and successful bidders are:Moray Firth...
View ArticleClean Sweep 76
A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsBristol-based tidal power developer Marine Current Turbines has raised £3.5m in a deal led by Carbon Trust Investments....
View ArticleEIB energy head interviewed
Christopher Knowles is head of energy, environment and investment funds at the European Investment Bank. EIB has emerged as a major provider of project finance to the renewable energy sector,...
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A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsEmissions management firm AMEE has closed a $5.5m second round led by Amadeus Capital Partners. Existing investors including...
View ArticleClean Sweep 78
A round-up of recent news in clean technology and cleantech investment. DealsUK tidal group Marine Current Turbines has secured an extra £4.8m funding courtesy of engineering group Siemens. The funding...
View ArticleBudget wishlist for renewables
Industry group RenewableUK (formely the BWEA) has released a Budget Submission to UK Treasury (pdf 1mb) outlining the government support that the renewables industry wants to see - more money in a...
View ArticleA clean break
Because of a return to full-time employment, I'm winding up the Clean Ventures blog and am no longer freelancing. Thank you to everyone who has read and supported the blog over the past few years,...
View ArticleCleantech Investor takes over Clean Ventures blog
Cleantech Investor has taken over the Clean Ventures blogspot from Tim Chapman. Tim has been a regular contributor to Cleantech magazine for almost three years and we are sad to lose his input, but we...
View ArticleWHEB chosen by Environmental Innovation Fund
WHEB Ventures is the first fund to receive investment from the Hermes Private Equity Environmental Innovation Fund. WHEB Ventures focuses on Cleantech companies with solutions for resource efficiency...
View ArticleCleantech Survey
Results of the Cleantech Investment and Private Equity survey conducted by Cleantech Investor and Norton Rose earlier this year have now been published. The survey was conducted amongst both cleantech...
View ArticleFuel cells and venture investment
We've just published a special issue of Cleantech magazine on fuel cells. The entire issue is available as a virtual magazineThere are several features on venture investors including profiles of two...
View ArticleLeading VC offers tips for cleantech businesses
Dr Rob Wylie of WHEB Ventures provides ten tips for cleantech businesses in the latest issue of Cleantech magazine.Rob's Dos and Don'ts for the cleantech entrepreneur include:1. Be realistic about cash...
View ArticleBright start to 2011 for solar
Venture capital investment in solar got off to a strong start in 2011. In the solar thermal sector BrightSource Energy in the US and EnviroMission, an Australian company, both raised funding. In thin...
View ArticleStockholm Cleantech Showcase
Cleantech Investor organised an event at the residence of the Swedish Ambassador in London in partnership with STING Capital of Stockholm last week, showcasing cleantech companies. The event was...
View ArticleCleantech Clusters
The Cleantech Clusters event series was launched earlier this year by Rushlight Events and Cleantech Investor. The first three events have each featured a venture capital investor on the panel -...
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