2006 European and North American Cleantech venture investment totals $3.6 billion

Cleantech Category Grows 45% Over 2005 Total

• ANN ARBOR, MI, February 15, 2007 – The Cleantech Venture Network® reported today that North
• American and European venture capital investment in the cleantech category totaled a record $3.6 billion
• for 2006, representing a 45% increase over 2005 cleantech investment of $2.5 billion, and a doubling over
• 2004 investment of $1.7 billion. About $775 million was invested in cleantech in Q4 2006, a 10%
• increase over the Q4 2005 investment of $704 million. The fourth quarter 2006 total was down 28% from
• the record $1.1 billion invested in Q3 2006.
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• Energy-related investment accounted for $2.6 billion, or 72%, of total 2006 cleantech venture investment.
• This represented a near doubling over the $1.3 billion invested in the energy category in 2005 and almost
• three times the amount invested in 2004. The Energy Generation segment totaled $1.7 billion, an 83%
• increase from 2005.
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• Nicholas Parker, chairman and co-founder of the Cleantech Venture Network®, noted that several factors
• to fueled investor interest in 2006 including high energy prices, growing awareness of issues such as
• global warming, favorable public policies and growth in available venture capital. “Energy was the most
• prominent beneficiary, but companies that specialize in transportation, water, air and environmental
• technologies and other categories also attracted venture capital,” Mr. Parker continued.
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• Cleantech Venture Network® researchers will be presenting in-depth research data on cleantech venture
• investing for North America, Europe and China at the Cleantech Forum™ February 19-22 in San
• Francisco.
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• About Cleantech Venture Network®, LLC
• 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 brings together stakeholders at the four
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• 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.