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NVCA backs non-profit education venture fundThe US venture capital association has teamed with a non-profit founded by Kleiner Perkins partners to invest between $10 million and $20 million in bettering the US education system’s quality of human capital.
- Kleiner Perkins hires video game pioneer
The chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon, will join the Silicon Valley firm that helped launch the gaming company 25 years ago.
- Kleiner Perkins to deploy $1.2bn
The renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm is planning to capitalise on 'disruptive innovation' to solve crucial challenges in energy, healthcare and communications.
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- Kleiner Perkins backs electric car project
TH!NK North America will initiate sales of its zero-emission electric vehicle in North America by 2009.
- Al Gore investment firm closes cleantech fund on $683m
London-based Generation Investment Management will invest its Climate Solutions Fund in private and public companies dedicated to solving global warming.
- Kleiner Perkins launches $100m 'iFund'
Apple has passed over its original backers, Sequoia Capital and Venrock, and selected Kleiner Perkins to lead the company’s first product-focussed venture fund.
- NY pension launches $500m green initiative
As part of a growing trend among institutional investors, the $155bn New York State Common Retirement Fund will increase commitments to clean tech private equity.
- Al Gore joins Kleiner Perkins
Former US Vice President Al Gore has become a partner at Kleiner Perkins, as part of a joint venture to back greentech companies along with Gore’s environment-focussed investment firm, Generation Investment Management.
- Methane producer raises $100m VC funding(4)
GreatPoint Energy is backed by venture firms like Kleiner Perkins and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, but the company brought in institutional investors for its third round of fundraising.