cleantech financing

Investment in renewable energy surged again in 2011, according to two new reports issued by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21).

This has been in the works for a while, so I’m delighted to hear that cleantech evangelists Tom Rand and Murray McCaig have formally launched their MaRS Cleantech Fund and, after first close, have secured h

The North American wind industry is about to enter a renaissance period, according to a new report published by Pike Research.

New York Pacific Capital (NYPC) has created a private equity fund to the tune of US$45 million fund that it will base in China.

Clipper Windpower (LON:CPW) is in serious financial distress which could lead the company to be taken over by its largest investor, United Technologies Corporation (UTC).

VantagePoint Venture Partners has announced the launch of a US$100 million cleantech fund aimed at developing projects in China's Bohai Rim region.

As renewable energy and clean technologies continue to boom and establish stronger positions in the energy industry, new companies with groundbreaking concepts, technologies, and ideas are popping up almost daily.  In order to move from concept to commercialization, these startup companies require capital from investors.