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Blackstone backs Coskata with $40MCellulosic ethanol startup Coskata has now raised more than $76M
- Blackstone Backs Cellulosic Ethanol Startup Coskata
The Blackstone Group has quietly led a $40 million Series C round for Coskata Inc., a Warrenville, Ill.-based developer of technologies for processing biorefuse into ethanol. The investment came out of Blackstone’s inaugural Cleantech Venture Partners fund, which is in the process of being raised. Jamie Kiggen, a Blackstone senior managing director, will join the Coskata board. Other return backers include Advanced Technology Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, GreatPoint Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company also counts General Motors as a strategic equity partner from its Series B round, but the troubled automaker did not participate this time around. To date, Coskata has raised over $76 million. Blackstone is one of many firms raising new funds to help industrial cleantech companies (biofuels, electric vehicles, etc.) bridge the gap between traditional venture capital
- Exit watch, week of Dec. 1, 2008
News and notes about CinemaNow, Circadiant and other VC-backed companies that were bought in the last week
- Staccato Merging with Artimi
Staccato Communications, a San Diego-based developer of ultrawideband and wireless USB communications components, has agreed to merger with Artimi Ltd., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor company developing single-chip solutions for high bandwidth wireless connectivity based on UWB. The deal is structured as a 50/50 stock swap, plus $20 million in a new round of equity funding from existing investors of both companies. Staccato had previously raised around $94 million from firms like Allegis Capital, Bay Partners, Charles River Ventures, Formative Ventures, Interwest Partners and Vision Capital. Artimi had raised over $50 million from Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Oak Investment Partners and Bank of Scotland Growth Equity.
- PE Week Wire: Friday, Novemebr 21, 2008
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- PE Week Wire: Friday, Novemebr 21, 2008
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- Week in deals, Nov. 17, 2008
Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week