Irish cleantech firms seek opportunities in Silicon Valley
The CEOs of 12 Irish cleantech firms are prowling for potential investors and partners in Silicon Valley this week during Enterprise Ireland’s first-ever dedicated Clean Tech Trade mission. The mission...
View ArticleCleantech Connect Awards recognise fast-growing innovators
Four fast-growing and innovative firms last night won recognition last night at the inaugural Cleantech Connect 2009 awards ceremony. Held in London’s St James’, the event was organised by GP Bullhound...
View ArticleDespite some ‘green shoots,’ cleantech VCs see trouble ahead
There’s good news and bad news on the cleantech and environmental business front. The good news first: more venture capitalists and private equity investors see an initial public offering (IPO) being...
View ArticleSome guys and Holy Grails: 5 rules for spotting ‘cleantech porn’
Do you remember that wonderful moment when the internet was invented? Or when mobile phones suddenly appeared everywhere? Of course you don’t. That’s because these life-altering technologies didn’t...
View ArticleOpinion: Darling’s green bank idea is laughably small
Alistair Darling’s proposal for a green investment bank is a laughable gesture for the benefit of the growing green brigade. The public-private initiative would inject £2bn to boost offshore wind...
View ArticleVirtual design speeds green reality
Cleantech companies sell technology products and services that solve environmental problems, ranging from traffic monitoring solutions to bioplastics made from sewage sludge to new solar cell...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum: Cleantech rules
With cleantech and green technologies becoming ever more important at the global level, it’s no surprise that startups in those areas have taken a record number of spots in the latest list of...
View ArticleWhat does 2011 hold for China, US?
China, now a leader in everything from cleantech investment to carbon emissions, can expect to see its star keep rising in 2011. However, the business atmosphere there promises to show much more...
View ArticleNew US consortium plans $1.4bn in cleantech investments
A new US-based consortium plans to invest $1.4 billion of private capital in clean technology companies over the next five years. The Cleantech Syndicate is a group of 11 prominent families from across...
View ArticleGreen technology investors seek safer havens in 2011
As federal stimulus funding for cleantech development runs out, market activity is shifting to safer technologies with quicker and more predictable returns, according to a mid-year update from...
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