Leading experts in emissions markets gather in San Francisco during Cleantech Forum XII

All-star Program Explores the Opportunities Between the Environmental Financial Markets and Cleantech

• ANN ARBOR, MI, February 14, 2007 – The Cleantech Venture Network®, LLC, a Cleantech
• Group™ company, today announced that it is co-hosting on February 22 at the Fairmont Hotel in San
• Francisco a conference focused solely on the rapidly emerging emissions markets as part of Cleantech
• Forum XII.
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• The panels will include recognized experts in the emerging field such as Peter Fusaro, Bob Epstein,
• Bill Bumpers, Ashutosh Shastri, Alexander Rau, Randy Lack, Lenny Hochschild, Michael Rucker and
• Matt Chaney, who will discuss the intricacies and relationships associated with the emissions markets.
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• The Emission Markets event is held in conjunction with the Cleantech Forum™ XII being held at the
• San Francisco Marriott, February 19-22 and sponsored by the Cleantech Venture Network®, founders
• of the cleantech investment category in 2002.
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• “Current emissions markets are growing at 200%/year with the potential to grow towards $3 trillion
• worldwide in twenty years,” said co-host Peter Fusaro, Chairman of Global Change Associates. “With
• venture capital investing over $2.9 billion dollars in 2006 in cleantech, it is important that they
• understand that both emissions trading and renewable portfolio standards are going to become a
• significant part of the financing equation for cleantech projects.” This timely event is convening
• top-tier LPs with industry leaders and thought leaders in a constructive networking
• environment.
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• Nicholas Parker, Co-founder and Chairman of the Cleantech Group™ adds that “California has taken
• a leadership position on greenhouse gas standards and this conference will take a deep dive into how
• cleantech market drivers relate to carbon finance and carbon offsets.”
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• The Cleantech Venture Network reports that over $2.9 billion was invested by venture capitalists in
• 2006 in North America, a 78% increase over 2005. CVN researchers also report that in 2006 over $2.1
• billion was invested in the clean energy segment representing a 2.8X increase over 2005. The
• combination of venture capital, private equity, pensions, endowments, family offices and other
• investor activities suggests that cleantech is the next wave of innovation that can address global
• environmental and resource challenges.
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• About the Cleantech Venture Network®
• The Cleantech Venture Network® LLC is a membership group that catalyzes investment, business
• opportunities and relationships driving the growth of cleantech globally. The Cleantech Venture
• Network® founded the cleantech investment category in 2002 and provides investors, executives,
• government agencies and media accurate and consistent data on cleantech venture investments, M&A
• and IPO’s for North America, Europe and China. The network has over 7,000 cleantech investors and
• 7,700 companies worldwide that take advantage of the global Cleantech Forums™, comprehensive
• market research services and reports, online proprietary deal flow, and investor directory. In addition,
• CVN provides information services, including the twice-a-month market intelligence newsletter
• Cleantech Capital Alert™ and the quarterly Cleantech Investment Monitor™ report that tracks and
• analyzes all cleantech investments, M&As and IPOs in North America and Europe.
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