Banyan Tree Capital Advisors has closed its first India focussed fund- Banyan Tree Growth Capital LLC at $100 million.The Fund has been anchored by FMO and DEG, the development financial institutions of Netherlands and Germany respectively, it said in a statement. FMO - the Dutch development bank has also co-invested with the private equity fund in companies like Axiom Impex ltd- a synthetic rope manufacturer and Kalpena Industries, a manufacturer of PVC compounds.The fund makes structured private equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises. It has completed five investments in ...
Amid the poster-board displays and smiling, hand-shaking entrepreneurs at the Cleantech Open National Conference in San Jose last week, a trend emerged. A number of the 100 semifinalists vying for the 18 regional finalist spots in the competition hav...
Exclusive interview by Bill Roth, founder of Earth 2017 and author of The Secret Green Sauce with Steve Fludder, Corporate VP for GE ecomagination posted in Triple Pundit on GE ecomagination's plans to double cleantech investments and revenues. ...
By John Addison (7/26/10)Solar energy growth continues its strong growth. For the 30 years from 1979 to 2009, solar energy has grown 33 % CAGR (compound average growth rate). For this decade, over 40 percent is forecast. Although 2009 was hurt by a s...
