Cleantech funding on an upswing

By Om Malik | Monday, July 23, 2007 | 11:49 AM PT | 0 comments |

The 5th annual Dow Jones VentureOne report and we thought it was interesting to see that it attributes emerging sectors like cleantech as one of the factors that made venture investment in 2006 the highest level since 2001. OK, so it’s still a small portion of total investment, but in 2006 the report says that there were 140 financing rounds for cleantech companies worth $1.28 billion — nearly double the size invested in 2005. Continue Reading.

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