Like.com, a search engine that analyzes images for useful shopping information, has raised double digit millions in venture capital from Silicon Valley venture firm Menlo Ventures.
It’s also on a roll, in terms of both traffic and revenue.
Like.com lets …
FTL Solar, a New York-based maker of thin-film solar cells, has secured $250,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). In total, the company has received over $450,000 in funding from NYSERDA for R&D efforts.
The …
H2scan, a Valencia, Calif.-based maker of hydrogen sensing devices, has received $4 million in fourth round funding from Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, H5 Capital, Tri-Strip Associates, TGB Partners and Ravinia Venture Fund. Members of the Tech Coast and Pasadena Angels …
When we talk about concentrating photovoltaics (CPV), it’s the lenses, mirrors and tracking systems that focus sunlight onto solar cells that get all the attention. But why not the cells themselves? A little-discussed handicap in CPV is the near-monopoly two …
BT, the dominant British telecommunications company, has acquired Ribbit, a company that has styled itself “Silicon Valley’s first phone company,” for $105 million.
VentureBeat first heard news of the deal in July and reported it. At the time, the company’s …
Ethanol production has proved to be both cost and energy intensive, distilled with basically the same methods used in biblical times. The latest effort to crack that problem is by Northwind Ethanol, which claims that its low-cost method can efficiently …
Venture capital is streaming to India. The latest fund to add its chips to the pile is Accel Partners, a successful Palo Alto firm that already has outposts in the United Kingdom and China.
Accel, rather than beginning from scratch, …
Waste Remedies, a St. Louis, MO-based firm that helps businesses reduce their waste management costs and inefficiencies, has secured $7.25 million in second round funding from Advantage Capital Partners, working in partnership with Southwest Bank.
The proceeds will be used …
Coming in as the largest solar energy IPO since the debut of First Solar (FSLR) on the stock market, New Hampshire-based GT Solar (SOLR) priced its 30.3 million shares at $16.50 each this morning.
GT Solar makes equipment that’s used …
CarbonFlow, a San Francisco, Calif.-based developer of carbon trading software, has secured $2.9 million in first round funding. It was led by Clean Pacific Ventures, with OVP Venture Partners and New Zealand-based Meridian Energy, a strategic partner, also taking part. …
Athenix, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based maker of processes and products for agricultural and bioenergy applications, has raked in $10 million from existing investors Hunt Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Polaris Venture Partners, reports PEHub.
The company sells genes and …
Folsom, Calif.-based Marquiss Wind Power, a manufacturer of roof-top wind turbines, has scooped up Carson City, Nev.-based Cirrus Technologies, a player in the small wind sector. The holder of 7 patents, Cirrus is testing its turbine technology for a major …
GreenRoad Technologies, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based firm with offices in Israel and London, has added another $3 million in funding to its $14.5 million third round, courtesy of Amadeus Capital Partners. The European VC joins previous investors Virgin Green Fund, …
Deerpath Energy, a Marblehead, Mass.-based developer of micro-wind turbines, has raised $3.5 million in funding from RockPort Capital Partners. Little else is known about the wind startup, which was founded earlier this year by Kellogg Warner.
The company seeks to …
Water purification technology has drawn increased attention from investors of late. HaloSource just became the most recent company to receive funding, taking a round of $11.5 million for commercialize its device in the developing world.
HaloSource uses a chemical called …
At first glance, LanzaTech‘s plan to use bacterial fermentation to convert waste gas emissions into bio-ethanol doesn’t seem all that different from the waste-to-biofuel processes developed by other startups, like SequesCO and GreenFuel Technologies.
Trap a large quantity of emissions …
Following up on its recent $22 million haul, the Toledo, Ohio-based Xunlight Corporation has received another $4.9 million, courtesy of Ohio’s taxpayers. The company, a spin-off from the University of Toledo, is backed by Trident Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures and …
NexTier Networks, a company providing “data leak prevention” technology to help companies comply with their securitiy policies, said it is raising a round of capital.
The Santa Clara, Calif. company issued a press release saying it has built semantic analysis …
In another sign of the torrid growth of solar services — the industry that moves solar cells from manufacturers to their new homes on rooftops and in utility installations — Recurrent Energy has secured $75 million from a private equity …
In the solar cell market, there are three broad categories. Thin-film manufacturers produce cells that convert little of the sun’s energy to electricity, but are dirt cheap. Opposite thin-film, companies like Spectrolab and Emcore make highly efficient, but very expensive …
