Comments on: A Lotta “Walking Dead” Greentech Firms http://gigaom.com/2010/10/01/a-lotta-walking-dead-greentech-firms-out-there/ Thu, 23 May 2013 01:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greentech 2011: 4 Trends Not to Expect: Cleantech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/01/a-lotta-walking-dead-greentech-firms-out-there/#comment-560908 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:15:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=162135#comment-560908 [...] 1. Venture capitalists won’t invest in greentech like they used to. In 2008, VCs put $7.6 billion into greentech startups. But a lot of that money was headed to capital-intensive biofuel and solar startups — and many of those investments have had trouble making the leap to full-scale commercial competition in a weak economy. Now they struggle to find exits in a down economy, or are going back to investors for some carry-through investment. [...]

]]> By: Headwinds Too Strong for First Wind IPO: Cleantech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/01/a-lotta-walking-dead-greentech-firms-out-there/#comment-490330 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:00:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=162135#comment-490330 [...] Kachan & Co. found that an increasing amount of greentech investment this year has gone into shoring up startups that haven’t been able to engineer an exit via an IPO. The challenge is clear in the solar power field, where a large chunk of the $822 million invested [...]

]]> By: Ramana Gogula http://gigaom.com/2010/10/01/a-lotta-walking-dead-greentech-firms-out-there/#comment-288981 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:59:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=162135#comment-288981 Makes sense.

Even in this part of the world (India) Banks and investors are treading cautiously. India has a National Mandate to generate 20K MW of power with solar. The long timelines for ROI combined with unclear exit strategies are the main concerns.

In the case of Solar, there is an additional fear that the PV efficiencies may suddenly shoot up from the current 14-16% to a 30-40% with a technology innovation.

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