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New venture investment and funding activity shines a light on innovative cleantech companies in the Midwest.

Despite the clean tech VC slowdown, Agriculture Tech investing is booming. What’s driving this 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...

The pooling of small projects and more data is attracting a new set of clean tech investors, which may lead to project financing in other niche subsectors.

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...

Day recently spoke about what’s driving the “next wave” of clean tech, his new investment approach, LP’s surging interest, and words of caution for other VCs.

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...

Major institutional investors have recently announced that they've made significant commitments to green investing strategies.

The firm’s new energy efficiency PE fund buttresses access to data and financing, while disrupting key market segments by providing entry to HVAC and LED lighting solutions.

Cleantech VC's favoring later-stage startups; the growing role of corporates; energy efficiency getting its day in the sun; investors venture from cleantech to "sustainability."