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ChargePoint Raises $50M Amid Growing Interest in Electric Vehicles

May 13, 2016

Former Kleiner Perkins partner Michael Linse's new investment firm takes the lead in the Series F funding round, which ChargePoint hopes will let it expand into Europe and China. Meanwhile,...

Green Charge Networks Plans Global Energy Storage Expansion After Engie Deal

May 16, 2016

Green Charge Networks CEO Vic Shao says Engie's acquisition of his company will accelerate its growth. The firm is getting ready to raise fresh capital to fund new distributed energy...

Earth Day Paris Agreement Signing Bolstered by Strong Commitments from Major Corporates, Institutional Investors and China

April 29, 2016

The global commitments made during the UN’s Cop21 Paris Agreement signing ceremony last week sent strong signals to the business community that it's time to take action on sustainability,...

Sustainable Finance News Roundup: GE Acquires Smart Buildings Sensor Firm DaintreeNetworks

April 30, 2016

U.S. Senate passes bill to modernize energy policy; New York commits $150M to clean energy; Community solar launches in New York; Siemen's new wind-to-fertilizer pilot project; Bayer...

Making the Business Case For Early Stage CleanTech Investment, Deployment

April 9, 2016

Early stage cleantech developers face pitfalls that doom many nascent products from becoming commercially viable, driving the development of new financing and partnership models. Speakers...

New Technology on Display as ARPA-E Preps for Funding Surge

April 11, 2016

We take a look at some of the new technologies displayed at last month's ARPA-E Innovation Summit, as well as funding initiatives over the past year and some of the numerous companies...

China Makes Unprecedented Commitment to CleanTech Investment

March 15, 2016

China committed to keep energy consumption within 5 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent by 2020, according to a draft of its new five-year plan, and will invest $440B annually...

News Roundup: JP Morgan Dumps Coal Financing

March 15, 2016

Favorable economics drive large companies’ clean energy push; DOE's ARPA-E reaches "holy grails in batteries"; U.S. and Canada take unified stance to tackle climate change; South...

1955 Capital’s Andrew Chung on Top Clean Tech Opportunities in China

March 1, 2016

Andrew Chung’s quest to become global matchmaker for sustainability got a big boost recently with his firm’s initial close of $200 million in anchor commitments. Chung reveals...

BrightFarms Raises $13.6M for New Urban Rooftop Hydroponic Greenhouses

January 21, 2016

BrightFarms raised $13.6M in venture funding and attracted project financing to build new commercial-scale rooftop hydroponic greenhouses that will supply produce to supermarkets in...