Posts Tagged ‘ Israel ’

Start Ups vs. Large OEMs

Before one can invest in a technology or firm, an investor must first believe in the relevant sector. If this prerequisite is satisfied to a high degree, the next logical step is to decide how to best capture the upside of the sector. In Clean Technology many start up firms hope to be bought out [ READ MORE ]

Will Project Better Place really work?

Many people in the electric vehicle arena are very familiar with Project Better Place.  In short, the firm intends to circumvent the problems caused by the expensive batteries needed for EVs by employing a battery swap, or lease model, to charge users for their mileage rather than upfront capital costs of batteries. These next generation [ READ MORE ]

Saltworks Technologies Inc.

Strategy: Capitalize on the growing demand for clean water, taking advantage of the characteristics of dry, sunny areas where fresh water is typically under-supplied. There is little doubt as to the market potential and need for efficient desalinization systems. Product: Saltworks’ patent pending technology employs a Thermo-Ionic energy conversion system that uses up to 80 [ READ MORE ]

Israel – the Silicon Valley of the water industry?

There is an article in the November 2007 issue of Global Water Intelligence (you may need subscription) about Israel gearing up to be the “Silicon Valley” of the water industry. Here’s the list of Israel’s water technology VC investors, albeit an old list back in 2007: (In text: Arison Water Initiative, Aqua Agro Fund, IDB [ READ MORE ]

Israel’s Bio Pure Technology raises $12m for clean water technology

On 2 Sep 2009, Bio Pure Technology (BPT), a provider of industrial waste water streams treatment solutions, has raised $12 million in Series B financing led by US Venture Partners (USVP) and Pitango Venture Capital, with participation from existing investors Aurum Ventures and Elron Electronic Industries. BPT specializes in chemically-stable membrane-based separation solutions intended for [ READ MORE ]

Israeli BGU researchers to advance desalination technology through startup ROTEC

On 18 Aug 2009, the Jerusalem Post and Cleantech Group reported that new startup ROTEC plans to commercialize the technology out of Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of Israel that promises a faster, cheaper method of reverse-osmosis desalination to clean dirty groundwater. The researchers at the BGU have recently been awarded grants from the NATO Science for [ READ MORE ]

Israeli solar companies’ novel approaches and a solar startups list

The Economist wrote an article on 23 Jul 2009 about 2 novel approaches to making electricity from sunlight by 2 solar companies in Israel. GreenSun Energy, which is led by Dr Renata Reisfeld, thinks the way is to use less silicon. Traditional solar cells are made of thin sheets of the element covered by glass [ READ MORE ]

BrightSource Energy

About: BrightSource Energy, Inc. provides clean, reliable and low cost solar energy for utility and industrial companies worldwide. The BrightSource Energy team combines nearly three decades of experience designing, building and operating the world’s largest solar energy plants with world-class project development capabilities. The company now has contracted to sell more than 2.6 gigawatts of [ READ MORE ]

21Ventures

About: Founded in 2004 and headquartered in New York, 21Ventures invests in seed, early stage and PIPE (Private Investments in Public Equities) technology and publicly traded companies in the security, clean energy and mobile software markets. The fund’s primary geographic focus is Israel, where over half of the company’s investment capital has been deployed to [ READ MORE ]

Venrock

About: Venrock is a premier venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Israel.  Originally established as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, Venrock continues an eight-decade tradition of partnering with entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies. Having invested $2.4 billion in 437 companies resulting in 124 IPOs [ READ MORE ]

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