Startups+New Products

Nest Labs: Is Innovation Your Company’s DNA?

March 28, 2013

Successful innovation only looks obvious in hindsight. Nest founder Matt Rogers discusses how to innovate when it’s hard.

$60 Mil in New DOE Clean Energy Fundings

March 28, 2013

The fundings will go toward the development of technologies that shift cars and trucks off oil and energy efficient manufacturing.

Mutual Fund to Focus on Clean Energy

March 8, 2013

The Suns Group revised its fund's investment criteria in order to meet increased investor interest in green energy technologies.

Audi Commits to Green Vehicles

March 5, 2013

Audi debuts models with new plug-in hybrid technology and innovates with cars that run on synthetic natural gas.

FarmLogs Bet Looks Small, But Potential Could Be Huge

February 5, 2013  |  1 Comment

Could FarmLogs, a company with five employees and barely $1 million in seed funding, revolutionize agriculture? A few savvy cleantech investors think so.

Who’s Filling the Energy Innovation Funding Gap?

February 5, 2013

As energy firms and governments spend less on energy innovation, efficiency and corporate partnerships are driving cleantech growth.

Mosaic Opens Crowdfunding Platform

January 10, 2013

On its first day, more than 300 people invested nearly a quarter of a million dollars in solar projects on Mosaic’s platform.

The Wackiest Cleantech Ideas of 2012

December 24, 2012

From green toilets to egg cars, our roving reporter Chris Maag seeks out some of the quirkiest, yet innovative, cleantech ideas hatched in 2012.

Future of Clean Energy Funding: Lux, New Energy Finance

December 19, 2012

Real innovation in renewable energy may lie in the business model, not the technology.

Forget Smartphones. Bring on the Smartfarms.

December 19, 2012

Solum Raises Money to Bring Big Data to Agriculture