Shaky housing market fails to make a dent in surging green building sector
You wouldn’t believe it from the sturm und drang rocking the housing and construction markets, but the green building sector is experiencing a quiet surge.
The green building industry, a catchall phrase meant to encompass any practice or technology that increases the efficiency with which buildings consume… Continue Reading
Craton Equity Partners wraps up $191.5M cleantech fund
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Craton Equity Partners announced on Wednesday that it had finalized the third and final closing of its $191.5 million cleantech fund. The firm plans on investing in small, undercapitalized companies with robust emerging growth prospects; the sectors it will target include: renewable… Continue Reading
GigaCrete, green building products company, raises $5M
GigaCrete, a Scottsdale, Arizona company that offers environmentally friendly cementious building products, has raised $5 million in a round of financing.
Craton Equity Partners, a Los Angeles clean-technology private equity fund, said it committed $3.5 million of the funding.
See the statement here.
It is just the latest… Continue Reading