After an anemic first quarter, venture capital investments in clean technology rose 73% in the second quarter to a total of $572.1 million, suggesting there is momentum for an industry expected to gain steam from government stimulus funding.
Archive for July, 2009
Rise In 2Q Cleantech Investment Bodes Well For 3Q
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Investments, Market research, Venture Capital, boic, tagged boic, Cleantech investments, Gerbsman Partners, Skyline solar, Venture Capital on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Treasury proposal could shut down smaller firms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Casey Quirk & Associates LLC, Date Certain M&A, economic crisis, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, National Venture Capital Association, NCVA, SEC, Senior lenders, treasury department on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a thought provoking article from PiOnline.
“Proposed registration, reporting and disclosure laws for alternatives managers — likely to be passed by Congress before year end — could force a swath of smaller managers to close and could have a devastating impact on hedge funds of funds, sources say.
Hedge fund, private equity and venture capital [...]
Zappo provide returns for Sequoia
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Market research, Strategy, Venture Capital, google, tagged Amazon, apple, boic, Cisco, Corevalve, Forbes, Gerbsman Partners, google, IPO candidates, IPO news, M&A Deals, Marc andreessen, medtronic, patric carlsson, Pure Digital Technologies, Sequia, Zappo on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Marc Andreessen, in a recent Forbes interview, noted there are hundreds of venture-capital outfits slogging it out right now, trying desperately to squeeze profits out of a terrible investing environment–but only a handful worth their salt.
Khosla’s Clean Tech VC Fund Beats the Odds, Raises $1bn
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Investments, Market research, Strategy, Venture Capital, boic, tagged CalPERS, Caufield & Byers, clean tech, Date Certain M&A, Gerbsman Partners, investment, investment banking, Investments, Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner, Perkins, Sun Microsystems, VC funding on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A widely used catch phrase – or some variation of it – appearing in the media since the official start of the crisis this fall, goes something like this: “the global economic crisis, has left the [add required sector, in our case clean tech] reeling, unable to tap crucial funding…. ” This generic phrase and its variations have been used over and over to describe a harsh reality, specifically how the credit crunch has left industries across the board at a standstill, unable tap financing to support their growth.
Dell looking for acquisitions; data storage experts scope out the candidates
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Strategy, Venture Capital, boic, tagged 3PAR Inc., aquisitions, boic, CommVault Systems Inc., Date Certain M&A, Dell, EMC Corp, EqualLogic, Gerbsman Partners, iSCSI storage systems, mergers, RBC Capital Markets, Symmetrix on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dell Inc. executives this week repeated their claims that the vendor is looking for acquisitions, without giving much hint about who’s on the shopping list. But data storage figured prominently in Dell’s analyst day presentations on Tuesday, and execs pointed to EqualLogic as a model acquisition.
