Cleantech Venture Network announces 2004 Cleantech leader of the year award

Alternative Investment Market, London Stock Exchange Honored at Cleantech Venture Forum VI

• Howell, MI – March 23, 2005 - Cleantech Venture Network LLC, an organization that connects
• venture, corporate and institutional investors with “clean technology” entrepreneurs, announced
• today that Alternative Investment Market (AIM), London Stock Exchange, is the recipient of the
• 2004 Cleantech Leader of the Year Award.
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• The 2004 Cleantech Leader of the Year is awarded to a professional investor or service provider
• who has shown exceptional leadership in adding credibility or resources to the cleantech
• venturing field. The award is being presented at Cleantech Venture Forum VI taking place in San
• Francisco during March 22-24th.
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• “Strong public markets for emerging cleantech companies is crucial to their ongoing growth as
• well as to their venture capital backers who ultimately seek to exit their investments” said
• Nicholas Parker, co-founder and chairman of Cleantech Venture Network. “Today we recognize
• the important work of the Alternative Investment Market, London Stock Exchange, which has
• uniquely been critical supporter of a number successful public offerings from a diverse range of
• cleantech companies over the past year.”
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• AIM has emerged as a leading market for smaller, growing companies from all over the
• world. In 2004 AIM accounted for 65% of all IPOs in Western Europe. Currently there are more
• than 1,030 issuers listed on AIM with a combined market capitalization of £35bn. AIM has
• attracted over 110 international companies from 13 different countries: between them they have
• raised over £1.2 billion. AIM is coalescing institutional and brokerage interest around cleantech
• companies, facilitating the raising of capital for companies, exits for venture investors and
• liquidity in the market.
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• About the London Stock Exchange
• The London Stock Exchange is one of the world’s foremost equity exchanges and a leading
• provider of services that facilitate the raising of capital and the trading of shares. The London
• Stock Exchange is the most international equities exchange by trading in the world and Europe's
• largest pool of liquidity. By the end of 2004, the market capitalization of UK and international
• companies on the London Stock Exchange’s markets amounted to £3.5 trillion, with £4.7 trillion
• of equity business transacted over the year. The London Stock Exchange is a Recognized
• Investment Exchange (RIE) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is supervised
• by the Financial Services Authority.
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• About the Cleantech Venture Network, LLC
• The Cleantech Venture NetworkTM LLC is an organization that connects venture,
• corporate and institutional investors with "clean technology" entrepreneurs, through
• related information products, online services and the Cleantech Venture Forum series of
• events. We serve over 600 affiliate investor member firms worldwide. We have tracked
• more than $3.5 billion invested in cleantech ventures since 2002, of which nearly $300
• million has been raised by Forum-presenting companies. Further information can be
• found at www.cleantech.com or by calling (+1) 517-223-9607.
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• Cleantech Venture Network invites companies and investors engaged in commercializing or
• investing in clean technologies to apply for membership as a Company or Investor. Companies
• should contact Lauren Bigelow at lauren@cleantech.com and investors should contact Cheryl
• Blain at cheryl@cleantech.com.