VC Investment in CSP The Start of a Trend

Speaker

Eric Wesoff Senior Analyst

Venture Power Report

Record Amounts of VC in RE

Busy Energy Investors

VC Investment in Solar

CSP Ascendant

Most Active Solar VCs

Ampulse CSG Solar Energy PV Flexcell Heliovolt Miasole Moser Baer MWOE Nanosolar PrimeStar Sierra Solar Signet Solibro Solopower Solyndra Sulfurfuel

6N Silicon Advent Solar Calisolar

Norsun RSI

SiC Processing Silicon Genesis

Solar Notion Solaicx

Wriota

Energy Recommerce Envision GreenSun Energy

GroSolar Recurrent Energy

Sierra Nevada Solar Solaire

Solar Century Solar City

Soltage Sun Edison

Solar Power Partners Sterling Planet Tioga Energy

Heliatek Innovalight Konarka

Orion Plextronics

QuNano Semprius

Solexant Stion

Sunviva

Concentrix Cyrium Day4

EI GreenVolts

Prism Solar Pythagoras

QuantaSol Solaria

Solbeam SolFocus

Soliant SV Solar

VC-Funded CSP, CHP, Stirling Start-Ups

Ausra Brightsource Energy

Heliodynamics

Infinia Sopogy

Skyfuel

SolFocus

VC Investment in CSP

Ausra H20 and trough-based CSP

$40M Round A

Khosla Ventures, KPCB

Brightsource Energy LuzII

Heliostat-based power towers

$50M

Round A

VantagePoint, DFJ, Bay Area Equity Fund

Heliodynamics Trough-based concentrators CHP

$5M Round A

Low Carbon Accelerator, et al.

Infinia Stirling engine $9.5M Round B

Idealab, Equus, Khosla, Vulcan, Power Play Energy

Sopogy Small CSP $3M Round A

Energy Industry Holdings, Kolohala, Tradewinds

Skyfuel Parabolic troughs, high temp storage

$1.6M Round A

SolFocus CPV CSP “skunkworks”

$70M B $32M A

NEA, Moser Baer, NGEN, Yellowstone, et al.

$3.5B of Dedicated Cleantech Funds (partial list)

Venture Firm Fund Size Fund Focus Altira Group $250M Energy Piper Jaffray $60M Cleantech fund of funds Israel Cleantech $15M Cleantech Emerald Technology $180M Cleantech Noventi $100M Greentech Environmental Tech $65M London-based cleantech Masdar Cleantech $250M Abu Dhabi-based cleantech Capricorn Ventures $100M Belgium-based cleantech NGEN $180M Materials science for energy and cleantech Expansion Capital $55M Mid and later stage cleantech DFJ Element $248M Clean technologies Nth Power $200M Energy Kleiner Perkins ~$200M Green technologies Renewable Ventures $100M Solar and renewable energy projects Rockport Capital $261M Materials, energy, process technologies Chrysalix $70M Clean energy Yellowstone Capital $10M Early stage renewable energy

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