Comments on: Khosla Announces $1B in Funds, Partner From Facebook

By: Vinod Khosla Boosted Funds to Over $1B

Vinod Khosla Boosted Funds to Over $1B — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:27:15 +0000

[...] The turn of the new year seemed to act like the flip of the light switch in terms of greentech venture investing — already in 2010 greentech startups, and particularly smart grid firms, are seeing a rush of investment. And it looks like Vinod Khosla — famed venture capitalist and barometer of the green markets — is feeling even more bullish in the new year, too. According to filings yesterday (here and here) Khosla Ventures has actually upped the size of its new funds, a large portion of which will go to cleantech, to a total of $1.3 billion, from a previous announced total of $1 billion. [...]

By: Khosla Ventures announces $1.1 billion cleantech funds « Clean Technology & Private Equity/ VC, Company and Fund Research

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:29:26 +0000

[...] Khosla Announces $1B in Funds, Partner From Facebook Khosla raises $1 billion for renewables, cleantech Khosla Raises More Than $1 Billion for Energy [...]

By: Norwest Closes $1.2 Billion Venture Fund

Norwest Closes $1.2 Billion Venture Fund — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:02:01 +0000

[...] equipment maker LifeSize is one of the few venture funds to close a mega fund. Khosla Ventures ($1 billion) and Greylock Partners ($575 million) are two other partnerships that have been able to raise [...]

By: Clean Energy Investing Goes Mainstream, Soros Pledges $1 Billion

Clean Energy Investing Goes Mainstream, Soros Pledges $1 Billion — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:58:18 +0000

[...] Move over Vinod Khosla, billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros has his own billion dollars ready for clean power. This weekend Soros told a conference in Copenhagen that he plans to invest more than $1 billion of his own money into clean energy technology. His announcement is the latest move by a high profile investor who hasn’t commonly been connected to the cleantech space (it’s going mainstream!) and it offers another proof point that cleantech has emerged during the recession as one of the few sectors worth investing in. [...]

By: Are Returns from Smart Grid Investments Too Weak for VCs?

Are Returns from Smart Grid Investments Too Weak for VCs? — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:01:38 +0000

[...] now that the firm has raised the equivalent of $1 billion in new funds, Tamer said the pressure to find technology that can deliver bigger innovation gains (at the cost [...]

By: Westly Group Drums Up Over $100M for New Cleantech Fund

Westly Group Drums Up Over $100M for New Cleantech Fund — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:56:22 +0000

[...] Khosla Ventures, which raised a significant chunk of its new $1 billion fund from the California’s CalPERS, the Westly Group counts pension funds among the investors in [...]

By: Stealthy Khosla-Backed Solar Startup SkyWatch Energy Raising $3.2M

Stealthy Khosla-Backed Solar Startup SkyWatch Energy Raising $3.2M — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:01:47 +0000

[...] filing in June. Khosla Ventures this week divulged it invested in the company as a side note to an announcement that it had raised $1 billion for two new [...]