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Four Asia PE firms hone in on cleantech-only funds

June 8, 2009 - Best of the web - London-based Preqin finds Asia's first dedicated funds are assembling capital for everything from water infrastructure plants to bioethanol projects. Full Story »

Chery Auto drives China’s week of cleantech domination

June 4, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - China’s largest automaker brings in $425 million in private equity, while a Beijing-based water play heads to the NYSE looking for liquidity, plus we spot 59 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Energy efficiency rules week's cleantech roost

May 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Five startups secure $32 million for efficiency plays in manufacturing, lighting and solar. Details of this, plus we spot 40 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Extreme makeover: Solar edition?

May 14, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Developers of new inverters for solar projects lead the week with nearly $30 million in new funding. Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Nordic cleantech companies aim for world stage

April 30, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan - Not familiar with the state of clean technology innovation in Scandinavia? Fifty handpicked leading companies were introduced today to investors at Cleantech Forum XXII in Copenhagen. Full Story »

Swedish port city in green transformation

April 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Cleantech Forum XXII kicks off with a tour of the green building and technology advancements helping to make Malmo's Western Harbor a zero-emission part of the city. Full Story »

Cleantech upgrades the industrial sector

April 23, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Three companies with technologies to reduce energy use and emissions from existing industries pulled $86 million this week. Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Norway channels billions into cleantech

April 6, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - Government fund backed by oil profits, one of the largest in the world, to invest $3.1 B in clean technologies through 2013. Full Story »

Detroit financier eyes world's largest urban farm

April 3, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan - Businessman wants to start large scale farming of blighted land within Detroit city limits, raising questions about soil remediation, toxicity and other concerns. Full Story »

Google admits VC rumors

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has finally admitted there is validity to the long-standing rumors of a dedicated venture capital arm at the Internet giant.

Google has officially launched the VC fund, Google Ventures, with about $100 million to invest in technology startups in in software, cleantech, biotech, health care and the Web.

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