Large corporates lead in energy efficiency projects, as compared to small firms, with longer payback expectations and more funds coming from in-house sources.
After closing a $1.5 million Series A-round this week, the company will seek $4 million in a Series-B funding in Q1 2014 to expand its wireless building efficiency and data service.
Venture-backed Choose Energy eyes huge growth for its service in deregulated energy markets, acquires Power2Switch.
At a speed-dating event for cleantech VC’s and entrepreneurs, top investors share the snap judgments that distinguish winning companies from also-rans.
Awards ceremony cheers the women who have helped develop the cleantech space, including leaders from Tesla Motors, Walmart, Grid Alternatives among others.
The change to the SBIR funding rules was spurred in part by the drying up of private-sector investment available to the cleantech space.
As clean energy grows globally, so, too, does the need to find ways to store it. Governments and corporations are backing a number of new storage breakthroughs.
Sail's joint venture partner, Stifel Financial, didn't come through with $100M in capital it committed to the project and is closing down its Canadian operations altogether.
The new venture capital fund will focus on early stage cleantech opportunities in South East Asia.