Epyon raises funding to speed vehicle battery charging
Epyon, a developer and manufacturer of fast battery chargers for super-fast plug-in hybrid and full-electric vehicles, has raised a “multi-million” dollar venture round led by Chrysalix Energy.
Based in the Netherlands, Epyon’s chargers can supposedly reduce charging time to 10 to 15 minutes, versus five to… Continue Reading
ReliOn raises $23M for hydrogen fuel cells
Update for April 28: The total amount taken by ReliOn for this round came to $23 million, according to John Cook. Additional funding was provided by PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund and Robeco Clean Tech Private Equity.
Original post from March 31: ReliOn, a Spokane-based… Continue Reading
BridgeLux, a high-efficiency LED maker, adds on $40M
BridgeLux has secured a hefty $40 million round to use for product development and expansion, despite facing ongoing patent litigation from giant LED maker Cree.
BridgeLux, like Cree, makes the chip that is the light-emitting part of LEDs, which it then sells to other firms. The… Continue Reading
Purfresh adds on $5M for clean food and water
Purfresh, a Livermore, Calif. company that makes ozone equipment for purification of food and water, has added on $5 million to close out its $25 million third financing.
The company is busy expanding into Europe, although its CEO told VentureBeat a couple months ago that it… Continue Reading
Fat Spaniel bulks up with $18 million, plans expansion to Europe
Along with alternative energy generation comes a host of attendant technologies, from storage and transmission, to grid management, and measurement and analysis. Fat Spaniel is in that final category, with a set of tools used to measure power output of installations like solar cells.
The company… Continue Reading
Purfresh raises large financing round to make food safer
Purfresh is the new name of Novazone, a Livermore, Calif., company that disinfects and protects water and fresh produce, and which is expanding to cover more aspects of the food business.
Purfresh offers one of a number of companies rushing to find new, efficient ways to… Continue Reading
Akermin raises $5M for fuel-cell bioenzymes
NOTE: This item also appears in Monday’s daily briefing at VentureBeat Life Sciences.
Akermin, a St. Louis developer of new biocatalytic enzymes, raised $5 million in a second tranche of its first funding round. Investors included Prolog Ventures, OnPoint Technologies, Chrysalix Energy and the St. Louis Arch… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Featured companies: Akermin, Fluxion Biosciences, iCardiacTechnologies, Wellocities
UPDATED: Expanded items on Fluxion, Akermin, and Wellocities.
Fluxion Bio draws in $6.9M for cell-analysis tools — Fluxion Biosciences, a San Francisco developer of cellular-analysis tools, raised $6.9 million in a second funding round, VentureWire reports (subscription required). Investors included Kodiak Venture… Continue Reading
Fat Spaniel raises $3.5 million more for solar monitoring technology
Fat Spaniel, the San Jose start-up that helps energy and other companies manage the distribution and billing of energy usage, has raised $3.5 million more from Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s cleantech fund, DFJ Element, and Chrysalix Energy.
Fat Spaniel serves the distributed renewable energy area, including solar.
The… Continue Reading