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Smart Wire Grid Raises $13.4M in Second Round of Venture Funding

March 14, 2014

The ARPA-E success story, which recently began negotiating contracts with customers, is seeking a total of $18 million in Series B venture funding for its innovative electrical grid...

Urban Farming Market Ripe with Opportunity

March 7, 2014

With a 60% increase in venture funding, Agriculture's cleantech needs comprise a broad array of products—from drones (yes, drones) to specialized LED lighting for plants.

VC Investors: If Cleantech is to Thrive, It Needs to Be Redefined

March 7, 2014

A panel of prominent VCs from Khosla, SilverLake and Kleiner Perkins discuss the redefinition of cleantech, the new crop of co-investors, and top investment themes for 2014.

Van Lierop: To Find Their Prince, Corporate Investors Keep Kissing Cleantech Frogs

March 7, 2014

Corporate investors from Waste Management, Saudi Aramco and Total Energy Ventures discuss sustainable innovation strategies and conventional energy tech in a panel led by Chrysalix's...

Distributed Energy Storage Market Sees its Second Startup Get in the Zero Down Game

March 5, 2014

Green Charge Networks raised $10 million to provide financing to commercial and industrial customers for customer-sited energy storage technology that uses smaller batteries and predictive...

Under Smog-Darkened Skies, China Declares War—on Pollution

March 5, 2014

China declares war on smog, a hot-button issue for that country, on the heels of its recent announcement that it would allow private investments for clean technology companies from...

Venture Capitalists: The Term “Cleanweb” Has Got to Go

March 1, 2014

Cleantech VC has clearly moved towards capital light, digitally enabled resource efficiency. But what to call it was recently debated in a panel that included Claremont Creek Ventures...

A Bright Spot for Solar Startups at SfunCube

March 1, 2014

Part accelerator, part incubator, Oakland's SfunCube, home to Mosaic, offers solar startups using data, analytics and finance to reduce solar’s soft costs a place to grow roots.

Energy Experts Weigh-in On Future of Climate Policy

March 1, 2014

An all-star panel of experts from the DOE, Alstom Grid, AEE, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Environmental Defense Fund offered their assessment of the promise and challenges facing clean...

Green Bonds are the New Black for Cleantech

March 1, 2014

After precedent-setting green bond issuances, the green bond market is set to go through a serious growth spurt in the next year, bringing in new investors which will help fund cleantech...