Imperial Innovations brings portfolio value up 21 per cent to £188m
UK-based technology commercialisation and investment group Imperial Innovations, which invests in spin out technology firms, has brought its portfolio value up 21 per cent to £188.2m in its financial...
View ArticleUK’s Albion Ventures pumps £9.3m into Scottish hydropower scheme
UK-based venture capital investor Albion Ventures is investing £9.3m into the development of a 2MW hydropower scheme in Scotland, in partnership with Perth-based developer Green Highland Renewables.
View ArticleVolvo VC and Industrifonden make joint investment into MagComp
Volvo Group's Venture Capital arm is teaming up with Sweden's growth-company investor Industrifonden to make a joint investment into electromagnetic product developer MagComp.
View ArticleVersant launches fifth fund with biotechnology and healthcare focus
Biotechnology and healthcare-focused venture capital firm Versant has officially launched its fifth fund with a $250m target, NewNet has learned.
View ArticleSparq raises $2.75 from Ontario VC companies
Solar photovoltaic microinverter developer Sparq Systems has raised $2.75m in funding from three Ontario-based venture capital investors.
View ArticleKKR’s Green Portfolio exceeds $900m efficiency savings
Global private equity firm KKR has realised $917m in cost savings and added revenue and over 1.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) avoided between 2008 and 2012, according to its latest Green...
View ArticleAnterra Capital launches food & agriculture fund backed by Moonray, Rabobank
Amsterdam-based Anterra Capital is launching a new food and agriculture focused fund with backing from Moonray Investors and Rabobank, whilst also announcing an initial investment into Food Freshness...
View ArticleTerrajoule raises $11.5m in Series A funding
Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has backed an $11.5m Series A funding round for solar energy storage business Terrajoule.
View ArticleProject Frog raises $20m in Series D
Venture capital-backed sustainable buildings business Project Frog has picked up another $20m of funding through a Series D round.
View ArticleChemicals and fuels developer Coskata raises $2.85m debt
Illinois-based venture capital-backed Coskata, a biology-based renewable energy company, has raised $2.85m of a $4.65m funding round.
View ArticleSpanish energy efficiency company Optimitive raises €1.4m
Spanish provider of real-time energy saving services Optimitive has raised €1.4m in funding.
View ArticleSmart bike lock developer LOCK8 raises VC funding
London, UK and Berlin, Germany-based smart bike lock for bicycle sharing programs LOCK8 has raised a 7-figure sum of venture capital funding.
View Article5AM closes largest ever fund
California-based life sciences investor 5AM Ventures has closed its fourth fund on $250m, making it the largest vehicle ever raised by the biotech-focused firm.
View ArticleSolar sector corporate VC funding up 25 per cent to $10bn
The solar sector has seen a boom of corporate venture capital funding over the past year with 25 per cent growth, pushing total financing up to $10bn compared to $8bn in 2012.
View ArticleFlexible battery developer Blue Spark raises $1m from Early Stage Partners
Ohio, US-based thin and flexible battery developer Blue Spark has raised $1m from venture capital firm Early Stage Partners.
View ArticleAdapteva backed by Carmel Ventures and Ericsson in Series B
Massachusetts, US-based semiconductor manufacturer Adapteva has raised $3.6m in a Series B funding round joined by venture capital firm Carmel Ventures and Ericsson.
View ArticleCanadian government backs $200m VC investment fund
The Canadian government has reached a $200m first close for a new federally funded venture capital fund of funds.
View ArticleBaird Capital holds final close on second European fund
UK-based private equity firm Baird Capital has held a final close for its second European buyout fund.
View ArticleHalf of PE and VC funds exited market or relabelled since 2013
About half of the private equity and venture capital funds focused specifically on cleantech have left the market or relabelled themselves in the past two years, the IFC's Vikram Raju has said.
View ArticleBuyout-style returns from renewables ‘thing of the past’
Making private equity-style returns from infrastructure and renewable energy investment is a thing of the past according to Terra Firma's Radu Gruescu.
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