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Investors still crazy for cleantechBut many still plan to hedge their bets by investing in more capital-efficient companies
- Week in deals, Jan. 12, 2009
Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- PE Week Wire: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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- PE Week Wire: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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- Xobni Raises $7 Million
Xobni Corp., a San Francisco-based provider of email analytics software, has raised $7 million in Series B funding. Cisco Systems was joined by return backers Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Atomico.
Year in Review: Faux PasNew Year’s Resolution: Don’t Repeat Mistakes of ‘08
Year in Review: InternetVCs are still bullish about Internet, but they are now more interested in enterprise-related companies than consumer-facing startups
Year in Review: CleantechInvestors are still crazy for cleantech, but they plan to hedge their bets by investing in more capital-efficient companies
A Year To Forget: Time Line for 2008A guide to the key events and big stories of 2008
- Is Clean-Tech in Trouble? A Longtime Investor Shares His Perspective
Last week, the venture firm @Ventures put together a presentation critical of the clean tech venture industry. In the slideshow http://cleantechinvesting.greentechmedia.com/2008/12/11/whats-wrong-with-cleantech-venture-capital-577/ which has been making the rounds, @Ventures suggests there are a number of unsustainable trends in the sector right now, including a glut of late-stage funds putting excessive amounts of capital to work in companies with no exit opportunities on the horizon. (A full 80 percent of the “herd” is moving to late-stage and “balanced” investing, says @Ventures.) I thought it made sense to ask David Lincoln what he made of the presentation. Lincoln has been on the scene a lot longer than many of his peers in the industry, having cofounded EnerTech Capital in Wayne, Pa., in 1996 and before that, a private equity firm called Deven Resources that developed and acquired energy properties.