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What's Working Now In Cleantech Investing panel in San Francisco

September 21, 2007 - Exclusive By Dallas Kachan, Cleantech Group
October 2, 2007 - 6:30am
October 2, 2007 - 8:30am

Law firm Hanson Bridgett presents a breakfast panel discussion with cleantech venture capitalists about how venture capital can be effectively and profitably allocated to cleantech businesses.

Topics to include:

  • What are the leading investment opportunities for solutions to address climate change problems?
  • How environmental and financial returns appropriately weighed and balanced by Cleantech investors? What matters most? Are there trade offs?
  • How are venture capitalists and their portfolio companies making a positive impact in the marketplace regarding environmental, social and governance issues?
  • What are the challenges for venture capital in implementing a cleantech or other sustainable business investment strategy?
  • What do a fund's limited partners care about?
  • What makes a Cleantech business attractive to venture investors?
  • Are Cleantech businesses really different than other tech businesses?
  • Is venture capital the best source of financing for Cleantech enterprises? When? Which business models, customers, markets and exit strategies are best aligned with venture capital?

Speakers are to include Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner of Technology Partners; Bryant J. Tong, Managing Director, Nth Power; and J. Alexander Sloan, Principal, Expansion Capital Partners.

Register here.

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