Posts Tagged ‘ Khosla Ventures ’

VC land a coup & A123 loses its CFO

Black Coral Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Stata Venture Partners landed a coup when they announced that A123 CFO Michael Rubino was going to join their venture backed firm Digital Lumens. A123 – The consequence This move may be a blow to A123 but a great opportunity for Digital Lumens. We wrote about ‘The Past, the [ READ MORE ]

Efficiency, King of Power

A recent panel discussion with John Doerr (KPCB), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) and John Holland (Foundation Capital) in the WSJ caught my attention. The lesser known of the three panelists, John Holland, had a quote I felt trumped his two better known colleagues when asked what is “hot” in the CleanTech sector. Mr. Holland:  “We’ve [ READ MORE ]

Top 10 cleantech stories of 2009

In no particular order, here are my top 10 cleantech stories of 2009. Any other interesting stories that you think should be on this list? 1. Copenhagen Accord: From Hopenhagen to Nopenhagen The widely anticipated UN climate talks at Copenhagen in Dec 2009 ended with a whimper. After spending much time haggling about the main [ READ MORE ]

AltaRock suspends test project

On 2 Sep 2009, geothermal startup AltaRock Energy said it has suspended drilling at its demonstration project in California due to geologic anomalies. The startup said it encountered a number of physical difficulties at the site while drilling its first well. However, the company said it will keep developing its engineered geothermal systems (EGS) technology [ READ MORE ]

Khosla Ventures announces $1.1 billion cleantech funds

Finally, on 1 Sep 2009, Khosla Ventures has announced that it had raised more than $1 billion for 2 new funds focused on cleantech and renewable energy. Khosla Ventures III and Khosla Ventures Seed raised more than their targets of $750 million and $250 million respectively. The investors include the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, [ READ MORE ]

CalPERS invests $60m in Khosla’s closed $250m seed-stage fund

In my earlier blog, I mentioned that a Forbes article on 20 July 2009 reported that Vinod Khosla is near to closing $1 billion in new funds. He is on the verge of announcing 2 new funds with money from outside investors: $250m vehicle for seed-stage investments and a $750m fund called “KVIII” for larger [ READ MORE ]

Blackstone Cleantech Venture Partners

About: Blackstone Cleantech Venture Partners (BCVP) focuses on investing in established and emerging private companies that have a “green” technology component, at a stage where technology risk is expected to be limited and capital needs are increasing. Based in New York. www.blackstone.com/private_equity/cleantech.html Key Personnel: James D. Kiggen, Senior Managing Director Walter C. Vester, Principal Richard [ READ MORE ]

Advanced Technology Ventures

About: Founded in 1979, ATV (Advanced Technology Ventures) is a bi-coastal venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The firm works closely with entrepreneurial teams in several technology markets, including IT, healthcare and cleantech, to transform emerging-growth companies into market leaders. After nearly 30 years, ATV has established a track [ READ MORE ]

Oak Investment Partners

About: Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm with a total of $8.4 billion in committed capital. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in Broadband Internet and Wireless Communications, Information Technology and Software Outsourced Services, Consumer Internet/New Media, Financial Services Technology, Healthcare Information and Services, Clean Energy, and Retail. Since [ READ MORE ]

DAG Ventures

About: DAG Ventures is a venture capital partnership investing in and helping outstanding entrepreneurs create leading, long-term companies across a range of markets. With roots from the 1980’s in cable TV, infrastructure, media, and wireless industries, the partnership today is privileged to work with world-class entrepreneurs as they build tomorrow’s leaders in the information technology, [ READ MORE ]

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