Fundings+Deals

Urban gardens, farming apps and engineered edibles are tempting some top venture capital firms to invest in sustainable food tech startups.

The projects are in addition to a $300 billion planned investment in clean energy.

Total funding into the wind sector was $3.5 billion in Q2 2013, with the IFC investing in the most deals this quarter with three. There was $210 million invested in four venture capital deals as compared to $16 million in three deals in Q1. There were 36 project acquisition transactions accounting for a disclosed total of $2.1 billion in Q2 and 53 total YTD, compared to 72 in all of 2012. And six M&A transactions in Q2 accounted for $328 million.

A breakdown of PwC’s MoneyTree quarterly report on VC investments, fundraising, and trends in cleantech and corporate VC deals.

The launch of a test center in New York will commercialize new storage solutions just in time for FERC Order 784, a big step forward for grid storage.

Cleantech investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan to hear about—and potentially pounce on—cleantech’s Next Big Thing.

New promising storage technologies such as flywheels, ultracapacitors and flow batteries have recently won funding and are seeking more.

VC funding reached $189 million, up from $126 million last quarter. M&A totaled $1.27 billion. It was the strongest quarter for solar lease project funds, with third party finance...

Cleantech Group reports some cheerful news in their latest quartlery report, including a VC rebound, major corporate activity, new IPO filings, and certain sub-sectors soaring.

The industry must adopt innovative approaches to securing funding, says top clean energy investors.