Of greatest concern is that as financing for cleantech gets tight, the brightest startups will struggle to find early stage capital and those companies nearing the path to commercialization will find it hard to find scaling capital.…
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Mascoma finally realizes going public is not a good idea
A startup hoping to make cellulosic ethanol finally pulls its IPO plans after a year and a half. The real question is why did it ever file to go public?…
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Ernst & Young released their cleantech venture capital numbers for the third quarter this morning, and the news was surprisingly positive with…
Read MoreWhen green government awards aren’t a leg up
Greentech has been like few other sectors in terms of its high reliance on government support. But, at the same time, a variety of companies are finding that accepting government support can sometimes be the wrong choice.…
Read MoreHow next-gen biofuels are faring on the stock market
Next-gen biofuel and biochemical companies Genomatica and Mascoma have filed notices recently indicating that they plan to go public some time soon. But how are the other next-gen biofuel companies that have gone public in recent months now faring on the stock market? Mostly down.…
Read MoreSome red flags & numbers in Mascoma’s IPO filing
Mascoma is the latest biofuel company that plans to go public. Here's a few red flags, and some other numbers, I found in the filing:…
Read MoreNext-Gen Biofuel Cheat Sheet: Where Are They Now?
Over three years ago I put together this table on 10 of Khosla Venture's biofuel bets. Given a couple of these companies have gone public, been sold off, or stalled, I decided to look back at these firms with this updated cheat sheet.…
Read MoreOil to the Rescue: Valero Backs Mascoma
For next-generation biofuels to make any type of dent in the fossil fuel industry, oil companies will have to get on board, and here comes one to the rescue for the struggling cellulosic ethanol sector. Oil giant Valero is backing cellulosic ethanol startup Mascoma.…
Read MoreGM Launches Venture Capital Arm, Starting With $100M
Rev your engines, auto startups -- there's a new VC in town. General Motors (s GM) announced this morning that it has created a new subsidiary to identify, develop and invest in innovative technologies in the transportation sector.…
Read MoreThe Best & Worst Biofuel Startups
Amid the rubble of the first generation of biofuel projects focused on ethanol derived from corn, a new landscape of biofuel tech…
Read MoreCorn Ethanol Crew Cries Foul Over EPA Emissions Ruling
A draft rule that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled Tuesday about how emissions should be measured has the corn ethanol industry…
Read MoreMascoma Snags $49.5M in Public Funds for Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
Cellulosic ethanol startup Mascoma announced today that it has raised $49.5 million to build its first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.…
Read MoreMartin Tobias: The Fate of Next-Gen Biofuel Startups
The 10 next-generation biofuel startups that got funded last quarter were 10 of the reasons that cleantech venture investments hit a recent…
Read MoreWorld Time Engine Knows Timezones
We’ve discussed the hassles of dealing with multiple timezones and distributed web-working teams before. New site World Time Engine (in open beta)…
Read More11 Companies Racing to Build U.S. Cellulosic Ethanol Plants
There are almost a dozen companies racing to build the first next-generation cellulosic ethanol plants in the United States over the next…
Read MoreApps Like TwitterFone Signal the Future?
Business Week speculated on Why Twitter Matters, suggesting that its ‘large and vigorous developer community’ has already positioned the service as an…
Read MoreBiofuel Investing Lull in 2007, Back Up in 2008?
While young cellulosic startups like Mascoma and Coskata are pulling in funding this year, in 2007, investments into alternative fuels were down…
Read MoreMascoma Backed by $61M and Big Oil Investor
On the heels of the news of its partnership with auto giant General Motors, cellulosic-biofuel startup Mascoma has added Big Oil to…
Read MoreGM's New Biofuel Bet: Mascoma
Looks like Coskata will have to share its automotive sugar daddy with another biofuel firm. General Motors announced a new strategic relationship…
Read MorePsystar – $400 Mac?
Want a Mac Pro so you can join the cool web working kids but can’t afford one? Miami-based whitebox computer manufacturer Psystar…
Read MoreNew York's "Amazon Tax" and You
New York has become the first (so far as I know) state to try to close the “Amazon Loophole” in its sales…
Read MoreHave You Made The Right Choice?
Espousing the productivity benefits of web tools and services is something we at Web Worker Daily do often because we experience it…
Read MoreOld school goes new school: Palm apps on the iPhone, Touch
We’ve made note of StyleTap before; it’s the Palm emulator that lets you run thousands Palm OS applications on Windows Mobile devices.…
Read MoreTop 10 apps for S60 devices… what would you add?
Jason Harris has a nice list of ten apps for S60 devices, so if you’ve got a new Symbian handset, you might…
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