Sector Focus: Biologicals and Precision Agriculture Present Biggest Opportunities in Ag Tech
Despite the clean tech VC slowdown, Agriculture Tech investing is booming. What’s driving this trend?
The Clean Tech Investor Elite Are Choosing in Favor of AgTech Market
Portland Oregon-based startup HoneyComb was the top choice for investors from Khosla Ventures, Claremont Creek, Chrysalix and other VCs for its drone-powered agricultural surveying...
New AgTech Venture Capital Fund Forms, Signals Emerging Trend
The AgTech Innovation Fund is sparking interest from food industry corporate LPs, and its fund managers see big opportunities in biopesticides, fertilizers, and the recycling of agriculture...
IT Advancing Clean Tech Business Models
As cost reductions have created a bigger addressable market, the clean tech sector has generated more consumer and business data, enabling companies to use big data tools and software...
Blackstone Forms New Fund Focused on Water in Emerging Markets
The new fund, called Global Water Development Partners, will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in desalination and wastewater treatment projects to help emerging market countries...
#3: Consultants See Uptick As Institutional Investors Eye Non-Traditional Cleantech
After a drop-off in demand over the last several years, institutional investors are starting to dip their toes back in the cleantech market. Top story of 2013.
Endowments, Family Offices Increasingly Eyeing Cleantech
Clean transportation, big data, clean water, and agriculture are major investment themes with non-traditional institutional investors.
Sandbox and Cultivian Team Up on $150M AgTech Fund
A team of investment-and food-industry veterans has announced the launch of a new venture fund in Chicago.
Consultants See Uptick As Institutional Investors Eye Non-Traditional Cleantech
After a drop-off in demand over the last several years, institutional investors are starting to dip their toes back in the cleantech market.
Fundraising Environment Sparks A Cleantech Revolution
As VC funds open, close and shift focus, a new cleantech picture emerges. We provide perspective on a comprehensive list of recent fund moves.