Sofinnova Partners, acting as a leading investor, Gimv and Amundi Private Equity Funds announced today their investment in McPhy Energy, together with the historic investors in a second round of funding worth 13.7m. The funds will be used towards... [more]

For those of you interested in the sector under the sector in electric vehicles, the guts of Li Ion battery technology, the week just got more interesting than an overpriced, over hyped Tesla IPO.Check out a very quiet unnanouncement in A123's SEC fi... [more]

I'm happy for Tesla Motors. The company's initial public offering Tuesday was, despite the many doubters out there, a stunning success. The company closed its first day of trading at $23.89, which is roughly 40 per cent higher than its offering pric... [more]

by Richard T. StuebiIt wasn't long ago that most executive recruitment firms didn't know how to spell cleantech , much less develop specialized practices in the field.In 2000, when I and my fellow co-founder of a start-up company in the distributed ... [more]

This year picking the Top 10 Cleantech companies felt a little more challenging than 2009 and 2008. The sector is growing (and growing up), and struggling under its first cycles. Biofuels is a bit smashed up (as we've been predicting), water tec... [more]

A cry for more VC bloggers is crazy, right? There are already 150 or so who are actively blogging - which I estimate means 15% of all active VCs serve as bloggers.Yet, we need more. We need the life science and cleantech VCs to start blogging.I ... [more]

by Richard T. StuebiA few weeks ago, the American Energy Innovation Council released a report calling for a bipartisan commitment to increased governmental involvement in encouraging more research to spawn the new energy industry of the future.The fi... [more]

To start off with, I have to say like many people I'm deeply concerned with the oil spill at Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a generational environmental hit that cannot be overstated. Perhaps BP deserves more credit than it's getting for respon... [more]

by Richard T. StuebiOne of the more promising stories to emerge from Cleveland in recent years is the formation of the Evergreen Cooperatives, a holding company to fund start-up companies that:Employ disadvantaged citizens from some of the most pover... [more]

As people start ordering electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Roadster, and Chevy Volt, a vast network of charge points becomes more important. Drivers want to extend their range by hundreds of miles by charging at work, downtown, and on the ... [more]