In case you were thinking your vote counted in Kior’s annual meeting
The funny little thing about shareholder voting at biofuel company Kior. Read more »
Khosla and Condi Rice cozy up over emerging markets
Venture firms have a long history of partnering with high profile former politicians, to help grease the wheels of the regulatory frameworks. Khosla Ventures says it will work with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to help its startups in emerging markets. Read more »
C3 snaps up Efficiency 2.0 to tackle utility customers
Watch out Opower. Carbon and energy software player C3 — the quiet firm started by Thomas Siebel and which counts Condoleezza Rice as a director — has acquired another energy software startup Efficiency 2.0. Read more »
Condi Rice to join board of biofuel startup KiOr
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to join the board of biofuel startup KiOr in July. Not coincidentally, the news comes the week that KiOr is reportedly planning to official price its IPO, which could raise up to $241 million on the Nasdaq. Read more »
Siebel, Condi Rice-Backed C3 Looking to Raise Close to $50M
Energy resource management startup C3 has some major names from the tech and policy world in its corner, and is amassing close to $50 million in funding, according to an SEC filing today, but the company is still largely in stealth mode. Read more »
Condoleezza Rice on Cap and Trade: It's Easily Abused
The fact that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, now a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, isn’t a big fan of the current energy bill that passed the House on Friday is hardly a shocker. A cap-and-trade system can be “easily abused,” particularly on an […] Read more »
