ETV Motors powers up with $12M for longer-range hybrid engines

ETV Motors powers up with $12M for longer-range hybrid engines

ETV Motors, an Israeli company developing alternative powertrains for hybrid-electric vehicles, has raised $12 million in a first round of funding to fuel further research. If successfully launched, its “micro-turbine” technology could be disruptive, causing plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV) makers to abandon the internal combustion… Continue Reading

Graphene Energy raises $500,000 for ultracapacitor storage

Graphene Energy, an Austin, Tex. startup based on technology from the University of Texas and Virginia’s College of William and Mary, has taken a $500,000 seed round from Quercus Trust and 21Ventures.

Ultracapacitors (insulating layers between conductors that house electric fields) are being explored by a… Continue Reading

BioPetroClean raises $5M for biological water purification

BioPetroClean, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based water purification company, has closed its second round of financing with $5 million from 21 Ventures, which invested $3.5 million in its first round. The money will help the company set up a sales network and fund a number of… Continue Reading

Agent Video Intelligence raises $18M to analyze video footage

Agent Video Intelligence, a video analytics company based in Denver, Colo., has raised $9 million in a second round of funding. The round brings Agent Vi’s total funding to $18 million, all of it from 21 Ventures.

In Agent Vi’s case, video analytics means analyzing footage… Continue Reading

Juice Wireless, offering mobile content sharing, gets more funding

Juice Wireless, offering mobile content sharing, gets more funding

Juice Wireless, a company that lets you send photos, videos and other content to your social network pages from your mobile phone, has been on a rocky ride.

Not only does it face plenty of competition, but it changed tack a year ago and laid off… Continue Reading