Pension funds such as APG Asset Management, CalSTRS, and CalPERS, and banks such as Barclays and Bank of America recently announced big moves in environmental and clean energy investing....
Pollution is now the leading cause of social unrest in China, sparked by major environmental disasters such as the "airpocalypse”, which is driving the government to take big steps...
Seeing a huge wave of interest from clients, Morgan Stanley joins other prominent wealth managers in offering environmental and social impact investment products to its wealthy clients....
Hudson closed a $90M credit facility from an existing LP in its flagship fund to provide growth capital for its solar portfolio holdings; Element Power, Silicor Materials, and SoloPower...
Cleantech’s Investing Pulse Remains Strong in Distributed Generation, Data Analytics & Social Impact
Prolific VCs Rob Day and Josh Green and family office investors Eagle Cliff Partners and Prelude Ventures reveal key trends and where they are finding opportunities in cleantech’s...
Resource efficiency project finance fund raises $13.4M; New community solar facility opens in Mass.; Geothermal gets a boost with funding and new tech; Big corporate hungry for startup's...
New $400M PE Fund Launched to Focus on Asia Cleantech
The new fund is a partnership between the Asian Development Bank, ORIX, and Robeco and will invest in cleantech, resource efficiency, agriculture, and water startups across Asia.
Cleantech entrepreneurs need to be re-categorized; family offices and foundations are focused on solving problems; community owned solar peaking investor’s interest.
The U.S. and China led the increase, with a 41% rise in rooftop solar investment and a 33% increase in venture investment in Q2.
Efficiency financing provider gets $50M; MTPV Power raises a $11.2M Series B; Sewage-to-fertilizer startup nabs $7.3M in seed funding; Mass. Clean Energy Center ramps up grants for...