GreenBeat 2009: Meet your Innovation Competition judges
GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, is just around the corner on Nov. 18-19. And one of the key pieces of the event — perhaps the one we’re most excited about — is the Innovation Competition, a chance for startups and big companies alike to go head-to-head showcasing their boldest, most disruptive technologies and business models.
We can’t say too much about the more than 30 companies who applied to be a… Continue Reading
Venture capital report: Investments are flat, but good luck with those first-time deals
Despite the dreary economic climate, venture investments held relatively steady in the second quarter of 2008. But more of that money is going to later-stage deals, not funding young startups.
Venture firms invested a total of $7.4 billion in 990 deals during April, May and June of this year, according to the latest MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Although that’s well below the peak of $8.1 billion invested in Q4 2007,… Continue Reading
Cleantech speeding ahead — but will oil prices push it even faster?
Venture capitalists invested $2.2 billion in cleantech companies over the last year, excluding debt and other non-venture financings. That’s a significant 45 percent growth in 2007, and a more robust level than earlier expected.
The data comes from the new MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers released this morning. The report finds investment levels in cleantech are at a higher rate than what was reported a few months back by a competing research company, Dow Jones VentureSource.
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It’s official: Venture investment declined in Q1
Updated
Venture investment fell 8.5 percent during the first three months of 2008 compared to the final quarter of 2007, according to the new MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. The report is a big, comprehensive study that reinforces what everyone already kind-of knew, or at least suspected. It tracked a total of 922 venture deals worth $7.1 billion — in terms of dollars, that’s an 8.5 percent drop.
In a conference call… Continue Reading