cleantech investment

Tesla turns a profit

Tesla shares surged 12 percent in after hours trading on news that Tesla reached profitability in Q1 for the first time in its ten-year history with a profit of $15 million on sales of $562 million for the quarter, a record for the EV producer.[read more]

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Let's look at an “Innovation Carbon Price” that ties 20 percent of carbon tax revenue to public energy innovation investments and 80 percent to strengthening corporate tax incentives for training, research, and equipment investments.[read more]

EV market

Cleantech business model innovations that can scale, focus on the customer, and disrupt their industry will win in the current market -- as long as they have a strong team and financial rigor.[read more]

energy & investment

The venture community in energy and cleantech took a major hit in 2012 with poor short-term performance causing venture capitalists to reassess their investment thesis and capital allocations in 2013.[read more]

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Global progress towards low-carbon energy has stalled, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Strong, consistent policies are needed to unlock clean energy innovation.[read more]

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Some think solar and other renewable energy sources are not yet ready for prime time. But nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, we have the technology to get 100% of our energy from renewable sources.[read more]

crowdfunding

Could a spate of recent crowdfunding success stories, and new services to cater to them, give hope to cleantech/greentech entrepreneurs caught in an early stage capital squeeze?[read more]

Guest post by Chris SherwinBeing able to get across a green product’s essence to consumers and investors is a key that can turn it from a fringe interest to mass market success. Design can connect consumers with a cleantech product’s functions, values, and green character better than words can. This article shows the key role design...[read more]

Along with being a popular destination for tourists, the city of San Francisco is also a magnet for the cleantech industry—the most powerful one on the continent, according to Cleantech Group.  The company, which does industry research, analysis and events around the world, just named San Francisco the Cleantech Capital of North...[read more]

The first financial quarter of 2011 closed last week, and the early numbers suggest it was a record quarter for cleantech investment.[read more]

If reason drove the national energy and climate debate, we wouldn’t need more studies about costs and jobs. It seems fairly obvious that if you invest in a lower cost energy resource (such as energy efficiency), it will save consumers money. And if that lower cost resource depends primarily on American workers, rather than buying fuel...[read more]

Image via WikipediaTuesday was a big day for green tech investing news: Khosla Ventures announced it had successfully raised $1.1 billion in capital for renewable energy and clean tech investments and the Department of Energy and the Treasury Department announced the first round of "Recovery Act" funding of $502.6 million.Does this...[read more]

photo: Ausra In Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times, I write about green tech guru Vinod Khosla’s new $1.1 billion venture funds — the biggest first-time fund since the halcyon days of the dot-com era a decade ago and and a strong signal that investors see a bright future in clean and green technologies. CalPERS, the United States’ biggest...[read more]

Neal Dikeman at Cleantech Blog has a post on some basic rules for investing in clean energy technology - The Rules in Cleantech.I've now been asked enough times, that at the risk of destroying what little edge Jane Capital may have in cleantech, I finally got around to blogging our "Rules" in cleantech investing and business in general...[read more]

Ottawa-area venture capital firm Venture Coaches is preparing to launch a $100 million cleantech fund committed to investment in Canadian companies. According to the firm, the new fund will focus on companies engaged in the research, design, development and manufacture of "energy efficient materials; components; sub-systems, systems and...[read more]