Comments on: Venture capital investing steady, clean-tech up http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Valuation Game « Middle East Ventures http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-643764 The Valuation Game « Middle East Ventures Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:22:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-643764 [...] of capital chasing technology deals. As VentureOne and Ernst & Young have pointed out (read it here), VCs invested $7.1bn in 3Q07. Tech investing used to be the domain of seasoned VCs. It is now open [...] [...] of capital chasing technology deals. As VentureOne and Ernst & Young have pointed out (read it here), VCs invested $7.1bn in 3Q07. Tech investing used to be the domain of seasoned VCs. It is now open [...]

]]> By: VentureBeat » GE, Chevron act as cleantech VCs http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-593994 VentureBeat » GE, Chevron act as cleantech VCs Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:04:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-593994 [...] GE says it’s on track to raise the number to $1.5 billion by 2010. Compare that to the mere $844 million invested in U.S. clean-technology companies by the entire venture capital establishment last quarter, which [...] [...] GE says it’s on track to raise the number to $1.5 billion by 2010. Compare that to the mere $844 million invested in U.S. clean-technology companies by the entire venture capital establishment last quarter, which [...]

]]> By: VentureBeat » Medical-device funding is doing fine — but VCs are suddenly fleeing biotechnology http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-590984 VentureBeat » Medical-device funding is doing fine — but VCs are suddenly fleeing biotechnology Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:11:52 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-590984 [...] Partners here, while Matt Marshall noted problems at Sequel Venture Partners in Boulder, Colo., here — and while there’s not exactly an avalanche of such issues, these announcements might [...] [...] Partners here, while Matt Marshall noted problems at Sequel Venture Partners in Boulder, Colo., here — and while there’s not exactly an avalanche of such issues, these announcements might [...]

]]> By: market research companies http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-590816 market research companies Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:43:43 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-590816 Great numbers - not really surprised to see tech investments are heading down as still not understand of Web 2 / Social Media's revenue model. Great numbers – not really surprised to see tech investments are heading down as still not understand of Web 2 / Social Media’s revenue model.

]]> By: Don Jones http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-590060 Don Jones Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:51:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-590060 One thing that is interesting is that the clean-tech sector doesn't have the many deals, but relatively large amounts invested, in many cases with private equity firms providing additional firepower to the venture capital firms involved. So the large dollar growth in clean tech seems to be from expansion stage rounds, not in early stage new ideas getting funded, which would imply a continued dearth of very new clean technologies getting funded. It's almost like many of the large clean tech deals were taken off the shelf, dusted off and funded, now that oil is so expensive. One thing that is interesting is that the clean-tech sector doesn’t have the many deals, but relatively large amounts invested, in many cases with private equity firms providing additional firepower to the venture capital firms involved. So the large dollar growth in clean tech seems to be from expansion stage rounds, not in early stage new ideas getting funded, which would imply a continued dearth of very new clean technologies getting funded.

It’s almost like many of the large clean tech deals were taken off the shelf, dusted off and funded, now that oil is so expensive.

]]> By: SonnoProfondo » Blog Archive » Cresce l’investimento in Venture Capital http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-589416 SonnoProfondo » Blog Archive » Cresce l’investimento in Venture Capital Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:36:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-589416 [...] essere tornati ai massimi, con valori paragonabili ai tempi del 2001. Ne parla diffusamente VentureBeat in un interessante articolo, e fa una certa impressione guardare certi numeri per chi è abituato [...] [...] essere tornati ai massimi, con valori paragonabili ai tempi del 2001. Ne parla diffusamente VentureBeat in un interessante articolo, e fa una certa impressione guardare certi numeri per chi è abituato [...]

]]> By: Buzz Pressure » Blog Archive » The state of VC, doom and gloom or boom? http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/comment-page-1/#comment-588716 Buzz Pressure » Blog Archive » The state of VC, doom and gloom or boom? Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:40:26 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/venture-capital-investing-steady-clean-tech-up/#comment-588716 [...] by the NVCA, PwC and Thomson Financial. VentureBeat did a great job summarizing the stats in their post. But I’ll take a crack at the numbers from my [...] [...] by the NVCA, PwC and Thomson Financial. VentureBeat did a great job summarizing the stats in their post. But I’ll take a crack at the numbers from my [...]

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