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The i3 Market Intelligence Tool Records 4,000+ Relationships Since June

Whitney Michael
by | September 15th 2011
Posted in Cleantech Investment Insight

Today we announced that we have tracked over 4,000 relationships across the cleantech sector including joint ventures, customer relationships and technology partnerships in the i3platform.  i3 quickly built more than 15,000 clean technology company and investor profiles and continues to grow daily.

First launched in June 2011, the web-based tool, available at http://i3.cleantech.com, provides real-time updates on investments, acquisitions, IPOs, partnerships, and other daily events in the cleantech market.  I3 tracks industry movements in thirteen cleantech categories including biofuels, energy efficiency, solar, wind, energy storage, smart grid and water and wastewater.

Greg Neichin, Cleantech Group’s Vice President, Research and Advisory, says i3 is the result of close collaboration between Cleantech Group and its subscribers.  “We’ve been listening carefully to a variety of subscriber feedback and are constantly  enhancing our user experience to improve the quality and relevance of the content that we deliver to our clients.”

“Look out for improved communications, more stats and more control over preferences, as well as enhanced company and investor profile pages,” says Neichin. “We are very enthusiastic about the progress that we have seen to-date with i3 and even more so about the growth yet to …

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Water: Week in Review

artipatel
by | September 14th 2011
Posted in Cleantech Investment Insight, Water
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American utilities are garnering more-than-usual attention this week, especially with the completion of Tampa Bay Water’s 120 million-gallons-per-day water treatment plant (designed and built, and soon to be operated, by Veolia Water North America), and Corix’s move to purchase regulated water systems in Texas (from the Lower Colorado River Authority).  Details on these stories and more can be found below:

M&A/ Partnerships

Projects

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Water: Week in Review

artipatel
by | September 8th 2011
Posted in Cleantech Investment Insight, Water
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This week’s stories include many “new beginnings”, including Amiad’s new subsidiary in Brazil, OHL Medio Ambiente Inima‘s role in building Baja California’s new (and first) large-scale desalination plant, Sionix Corp‘s first B-O-O in the Bakken Shale Formation in North Dakota, and new products from companies including NanoH2O, Koch Membrane Systems, and Hydranautics.  Read below for more on these stories and other water news.

M&A/ Partnerships

  • Pipe-coupling specialist Victaulic is working with Spain’s MTS Pumps in a promotion

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Weekly Investment Highlights

Hans Chen
by | September 8th 2011
Posted in Cleantech Investment Insight, IPO Watch, M&A Watch, Venture & Private Equity Watch

Each week our research team tracks cleantech transactions across the globe. This week we recorded 14 VC/PE deals, five fund announcements, two M&As, three transactions of other types and two IPO-related stories. Below are some of the highlights.

Venture capital and private equity investments

Over $93 million of venture/private equity fund was raised by 14 cleantech companies, the two largest deals were:

  • California-based Clean Power Finance, a provider of integrated software solutions for the solar industry, raised $25 million in a recent round of financing led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Claremont Creek Ventures.
  • California-based Powergetics, a provider of Intelligent Energy Storage Systems that reduce power costs, raised $10.3 million in a planned $14.3 million financing round, according to a regulatory filing.

Funds

Fivefund managers made important announcements. Highlights are:

  • ENN Group, China’s largest private clean energy solution provider, announced that the company intends to invest $8 billion in clean energy projects in the United States over the next decade.
  • China-based ABC Capital launched its sixth RMB-denominated fund, the Suzhou ABC Venture Fund, targeting at RMB 1 billion (~$157 million). Focused sectors will include clean energy, advanced manufacture and biotechnology.

Other Transactions and Activities

We also tracked transactions such …

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Weekly Investment Highlights

Hans Chen
by | September 1st 2011
Posted in Cleantech Investment Insight, IPO Watch, M&A Watch, Venture & Private Equity Watch

Each week our research team tracks cleantech transactions across the globe. This week we recorded eight VC/PE deals, five fund announcements, four M&As, three transactions of other types and one IPO-related story. Below are some of the highlights.

Venture capital and private equity investments

Over $56 million of venture/private equity fund was raised by eight cleantech companies, the two largest deals were:

  • California-based Shocking Technologies, a maker of polymer nano-composite for protecting electronic products from electrostatic discharge, raised $15.2 million from Arch Ventures, ATA Ventures, Balch Hill Capital, Skylake Incuvest, Vista Ventures and publicly traded circuit protection company Littelfuse.
  • Illinois-based INEOS New Plant Bioenergy, a joint venture of INEOS Bio and New Planet Energy providing waste-to-energy project solutions, raised $15 million in a debt financing round, according to a regulatory filing.

Funds

Five fund managers made important announcements. Highlights are:

  • Renewable Social Benefit Funds and Xzerta Energy Group have formed a solar-focused safe harbor fund targeted at $200~400 million of projects. The Fund, named Sol Haven Fund, will be immediately reaching out to industry front line developers, EPC providers, integrators and installers.
  • The European Union’s financing institution European Investment Bank granted a loan to India’s second largest commercial bank, ICICI Bank,

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