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Ugly Betty of Arabia  -  22 Oct 2007
HoweStreet.com,As part of its commitment to furthering development for alternative energy, the Masdar initiative has set up the Masdar Clean Tech Fund.

Canada: 1.5 Trillion Reasons Why Climate Change Impacts Are ...  -  22 Oct 2007
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription),In our previous column we looked at some global examples of how the emergence of Clean Technology (Clean Tech) has changed the way business and industry

Airstream trailer serves eco-nomads  -  22 Oct 2007
CNET News.com,The sustainability convention in San Rafael, Cal., brings together "bio-pioneers" including scientists, artists, clean tech investors and nonprofit

HelioVolt thin film boosts Series B to $101M  -  22 Oct 2007
Cleantech,The first closing was led by Paladin Capital Group and the Masdar Clean Tech Fund. Returning investor New Enterprise Associates as well as Solúcar Energia,

New Resource Bank Lands $10M Investment from State of Calif. for ...  -  22 Oct 2007
GreenerBuildings...loans for environmentally conscious projects, including alternative energy, clean tech, organic farming and sustainable home and office construction.

Investors slowly warming to clean tech  -  Oct 19, 2007
Globe and Mail,Canadian clean-tech companies are enjoying booming market opportunities at home and abroad, but have been getting the cold shoulder from the country's

US voices support for valley clean tech  -  Oct 19, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...the federal government continues to help Silicon Valley clean-tech start-ups get their products to market and export them overseas.

Venture Capital report: Med-tech firms get brunt of cash  -  Oct 20, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),The report also noted growing investor interest in "clean-tech" companies that specialize in alternative energy, pollution, recycling, power supplies and

GridPoint plots in $48.5M fourth round for clean tech software  -  Oct 18, 2007
TechJournal South,WASHINGTON, DC—GridPoint, developer of a platform that helps electric utilities balance supply and demand efficiently, has raised a $48 million fourth round

US to fund 23 clean tech projects in India  -  Oct 12, 2007
Sify,New Delhi: The United States announced grants for 23 clean technology projects in India under the aegis of Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and

Clean technologies propel venture capital funding  -  Oct 20, 2007
Seattle Times,There's a certain amount of "frothiness" in clean-tech investment, resulting in high prices paid for opportunities in the sector, Stolle said,

California Clean Tech Open Honors Young Companies' Excellence in ...  -  Oct 15, 2007
TMC Net,In addition, all 50 finalists will exhibit their technologies throughout the event, joined by sponsors and other supporters of the California Clean Tech

Top US pension funds show way to clean tech, invest $870 mn  -  Oct 14, 2007
Livemint,CalSTRS currently has no clean tech investments in India. The commitment of capital by the two pension funds has also resulted in the creation of private

Danish Pump Manufacturer Grundfos to Co-Sponsor Air, Water & Waste ...  -  Oct 18, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Antenna Group (for the California Clean Tech Open) Jasmine Harris, 415-977-1929 jasmine@antennagroup.com California Clean Tech Open, the nation's

Clean-tech investments skyrocket in first half of 2007  -  Sep 26, 2007
Bizjournals.com,US venture capital investors showed their enthusiasm for green or clean-tech deals with a huge increase in venture funding during the first half of this

Report: VC investments in clean tech surge  -  Sep 27, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Global venture capital investments in clean technology companies surged to $1.1 billion in the first six months of 2007, according to a report released this

State seeks clean tech ideas to back  -  Sep 26, 2007
Bizjournals.com,A committee tasked with increasing renewable energy sources in California is looking for a few good clean technology projects. The Economic and Technology

Editorial: Is our region ready to be a clean-tech mecca?  -  Oct 10, 2007
Sacramento Bee,Unless you are awakening from a Rip Van Winkle nap, you've probably noticed that the hottest field of California business is the so-called "clean-tech"

ABN Amro Asset Management launches Clean Tech Fund  -  Oct 3, 2007
Asian Investor (subscription),ABN Amro Asset Management has launched a Clean Tech Fund that will invest globally and will have an investment horizon of around three to five years.

Bush rejects opportunity to guarantee US clean tech dominance  -  Oct 2, 2007
IT Week,The US, and in particular California and Silicon Valley, is already the dominant force in the embryonic clean tech sector and with one swish of his pen Bush

The book to read on 'freedom from oil'  -  Oct 19, 2007
Grist Magazine,Well, I found the Clean Tech book in August, and now I've found the oil book. It is Freedom from Oil, by Brookings scholar and White House veteran David

OPIC Commits $33M To Clean-Tech Private Equity Fund  -  Oct 4, 2007
FINalternatives,The Overseas Private Investment Corp. has committed $33 million to a new private equity fund investing in environmentally-friendly technology companies in

Bush Proposes International Clean Tech Fund  -  Sep 28, 2007
Environmental Leader,At today’s meeting on climate change, President Bush outlined his climate change proposal which includes creating an “international clean technology fund,�

Greenbacks for Clean Tech  -  Sep 24, 2007
NJBIZ,...“We see climate change as the Big Bang for clean tech,� said Alan Kelley, managing director of venture capital partnership SJF Ventures in New York City.

VCs pumping money into clean tech  -  Sep 27, 2007
TechJournal South,Dow Jones forecast venture investments in clean tech would increase 35 percent this year over 2006. In the US, investments in solar technologies led,

Silicon Valley Revs Up Clean Tech Development  -  Sep 25, 2007
ClimateBiz,...showing that the valley has taken concrete steps to promote greenhouse gas emissions reductions, clean tech, energy efficiency and green building.

Zero-energy home initiative approved  -  Oct 18, 2007
Bizjournals.com,..."The clean tech aspect of our economy continues to grow with policies like this and you will see additional economic prowess in this region because we

'Clean & Green' findings  -  Sep 27, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,That's illustrated by an 80 percent increase in venture-capital clean-tech funding from 2005 to 2006. This benefits many Silicon Valley companies,

Florida venture capital drops in third quarter  -  Oct 19, 2007
Palm Beach Post,Though small compared to major sectors such as the software and biotechnology industries, so-called clean tech saw an 80 percent increase in the third

Venture Capitalists See Plenty of Green in Clean Technology  -  Sep 26, 2007
WRAL.com,Venture capitalists invested $264 million in 23 clean tech deals in the first quarter, according to their MoneyTree analysis.

Connect Effort Helping Local Entrepreneurs Pursue Their Passion  -  Oct 13, 2007
San Diego Business Journal,By HEATHER CHAMBERS San Diegans have caught the bug for alternative energy and clean tech, but questions remain of how startups will secure sufficient

Chevron Commits $75 Million To Technology Ventures Fund  -  Oct 15, 2007
CNNMoney.com..."We will be investing a third of our capital in upstream and downstream oil and gas technologies, a third in IT, and a third in clean tech or renewable

San Jose Mayor Reed Launches San Jose's Green Vision to Improve ...  -  Oct 5, 2007
Web Services Journal,Focused around three elements -- Clean Tech Innovation, Sustainability, and Green Mobility -- San Jose's Green Vision is a roadmap for the City to become

Eco-friendly city branding  -  Oct 18, 2007
Sacramento News & Review,More than 60 clean-tech companies are currently based here. True, some of these are two or three people operations, but others are biggies.

SkyBuilt Power Named to 'Ten to Watch List' of Leading Renewable ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
Primenewswire (press release),..."Our Ten to Watch lists at the end of each chapter highlight companies that are playing a significant role in the growth and innovation of the clean-tech

German chip materials recycler raises $75 million  -  Oct 19, 2007
EETimes.comCC Private Equity Partners, Masdar Clean Tech Fund, and Foursome Investments together with existing investors and the Heckmann family.

Conference circuit  -  Oct 21, 2007
Jerusalem Post,The subject matter of the conference will relate to the journey from start-up to market leader with discussions on trends, exits, private equity, clean tech

Green tech: Bay State a distant second to California  -  Oct 12, 2007
Boston Business Journal,In fact, Massachusetts is second only to California when it comes to the amount of investment poured into the clean tech industry -- but it's a very distant

European Tech Tour Names Most Promising Technology Companies in ...  -  Oct 18, 2007
Earthtimes,...internet and enterprise application software, design, enabling technology, manufacturing and test equipment, medical equipment and clean tech.

Peres to use Knesset opening session to attack Ahmadinejad  -  Oct 7, 2007
Jerusalem Post,...way to reducing pollution everywhere by introducing alternate energy, clean water, battery operated cars and a synthesis between high tech and clean tech.

San Jose mayor unveils green vision  -  Oct 5, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,His 10-point "green vision" calls for 25000 new clean-tech jobs, mostly from the solar industry, the planting of 100000 new trees and 60 miles of new trails

zouk ventures Leads a €53 Million Financing Round in SiC ...  -  Oct 17, 2007
Business Wire (press release),There is a geographical emphasis on Switzerland and neighbouring countries. www.corecapital.ch Masdar Clean Tech Fund is a $250 million diversified venture

Bill Joy: Better to be in green tech than Internet  -  Oct 17, 2007
CNet News.com BlogIn the past few years, some clean tech companies in electricity-grid demand management and solar electricity have successfully gone public,

US: San Jose mayor unveils 15-year green mobility roadmap  -  Oct 8, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),...such areas as energy consumption, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions. creating 25000 Clean Tech jobs as the World Centre of Clean Tech Innovation.

Today's Broadcast of American Venture TV 10.01.2007  -  Oct 1, 2007
American Venture Magazine (press release),Today's Special Featured: While the clean-tech sector is still a relatively small part of the VC pie, it's seeing growth that far outpaces overall VC

Solar power company receives venture capital funds  -  Oct 21, 2007
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette,Krein said SmartSpark will benefit from Battery Ventures' management expertise, industry contacts and operational knowledge of the solar, "clean-tech" and

Two Prominent Business Competitions Align in 2008 to Enhance ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Enterprise Forum of Cambridge was founded in 2004 and was the first business presentation competition in the country focused exclusively on clean tech.

Electric Car Maker Aims For the Top With Sports Car  -  Oct 14, 2007
Wall Street JournalTesla's fans -- many of them influential leaders of Silicon Valley's "clean tech" green-technology movement -- see Tesla as an icon of the broader effort to

Venture investing cools  -  Oct 20, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerThe clean tech sector -- including biofuels, wind and solar companies -- saw an 80 percent increase in dollars invested as $844 million flowed during the

Diversity key trait among companies at OCRI's 2007  -  Sep 24, 2007
Ottawa Business Journal,But clean tech isn't the only industry which will be making its presence known at the summit, says Ottawa Capital Network manager Dave Scollon.

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