Comments on: Clean Tech Venture Deals Rising

By: Gold und Silber lieb ich sehr ... und wozu Cleantech | Invest in Deinen Job mit Zukunft | Spirofrog Blog

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:28:34 +0000

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By: Clean Tech Investments Soar in 2007 | CleanBeta

Clean Tech Investments Soar in 2007 | CleanBeta — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:15:42 +0000

[...] TechCrunch had an interesting blog post about this in November when the National Venture Capital Association reported that venture capital firms had pored over $2.6 billion into clean tech from 168 deals in the first three quarters of 2007. [...]

By: Clean Energy Startup Infinia Raises $50 Million To Crank up Manufacturing

Clean Energy Startup Infinia Raises $50 Million To Crank up Manufacturing — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:27:59 +0000

[...] you thought clean energy financings were hot last year, 2008 promises to be scorching. Case in point: Infinia today raised a $50 million series B, led by [...]

By: Venture Capitalists Hunt Big Returns in Clean Energy | Calvin Harvey dot Com

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:46:36 +0000

[...] represented 10% of total venture capital investment through the first three-quarters of 2007. That $2.6 billion is about two-thirds of what Internet startups [...]

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TuxInfo en podcast wedoit4you.com | — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:45:04 +0000

[...] Inversiones en Clean Tech incrementando hasta llegar al 10% de la inversion de VCs este año [...]

By: Business Technology : Is Clean Tech the Next Bubble?

Business Technology : Is Clean Tech the Next Bubble? — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:01:48 +0000

[...] 2007, VCs invested $2.6 billion in companies that make so-called clean tech products, according to TechCrunch. To put that number in perspective, that�s more than VCs spent on clean tech in 2006 and 2005 [...]

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:24:26 +0000

Thanks to Microsoft!
Half of each of those amounts was me, acquiring innovation!

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:30:14 +0000

One last comparison note with respect to investments:

Delta Hydrocarbon BV – $500 million

Wind Energy – $63 million

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:27:12 +0000

Correction to my last post:

I don’t think many people associate oil-related production with clean energy.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:25:20 +0000

One thing though Erick, that’s how “clean energy” is defined. After looking at the press release I saw that the largest deal was to a company in the Netherlands called Delta Hydrocarbon BV. That company has “a focus in oilfield-production enhancement”. I think many people associate oil-related production with clean energy.

It’s also interesting to see the breakdown in investments among technologies, especially in the US. It’s great to see plenty going to solar, but wish I saw more than just $63 million going to wind energy.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:20:09 +0000

cleantech companies are going to need more cash than tech startups. labs are not cheap and nore are the staff to go in them, also you have to think about tooling production as well. If you get a win in clean tech then it’s more likely to be bigger than a website.

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:54:48 +0000

“start up a “clean” tech firm and we can make some of the venture money”

Just label an existing one clean, and put trees and bumble bees on the website. Al Gore won the nobel prize for this and he wastes more emissions than anybody else that reads TC. It’s all about presentation.

By: charles

charles — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:32:46 +0000

so basically, we need to start up a “clean” tech firm and we can make some of the venture money….Well i have been way off on all my businesses LOL (sarcastic remark) but still great to know what trends are there

By: Melissa Chang

Melissa Chang — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:32:30 +0000

Earlier this year, Technology Review published a story about Vindo Khosla, former partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield, who now has his own venture capital company that invests in clean energy technology. It’s a good read and adds some color to these statistics if anyone is interested.

http://www.tech...ergy/18299/?a=f.

By: Philo Cavecci

Philo Cavecci — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:21:34 +0000

This green tech will be a multi-billion $ scam just like the homeless industry and the welfare industry. Might just as well open the windows and dump buckets of money out.

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:10:40 +0000

“So far this year, VCs are putting two-thirds as much into clean tech as they are into Internet startups.”

cue the IBM butter knife/bread TV commercial
http://www.yout...h?v=rW3CvyeOhFg

… and somewhere in the world a risk capital banker pumps his fist like he just won a soccer tournament because he saw an “inspiring comment” on tech crunch and it just gave him the “bestest idea ever”.

“hey, wait a secund, I can put these together…”

By: JakeM

JakeM — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:04:37 +0000

I often wonder how these VCs are gonna make any money on clean tech…. for IPO, you need revenue these days (heh, things have changed!) and it’s hard to do an M&A in that space since there’s no big companies. It’s good that they’re trying to save the world but I doubt their LPs wanna waste their money on it.

By: Hi-Tech-IT

Hi-Tech-IT — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:01:10 +0000

Go Bernie!

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:59:03 +0000

It’s cool to see investments that solve problems the world is facing in the near future.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:37:35 +0000

Third. Yay.

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:07:33 +0000

2nd here.

By: Bernie Lomax

Bernie Lomax — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:01:14 +0000

First. Yay.