Much has been written about cloud consolidation, with M&A roiling the cloudscape over the past few months: Cisco bought Metacloud, EMC bought Cloudscaling, HP snapped up…
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RIP KiOR: The Khosla-backed biofuel company finally files for bankruptcy
KiOR finally falls. Here's the back story and the lessons that should be learned.…
Read MoreVinod Khosla: A huge opportunity is removing the humans from IT
Innovation in enterprise IT is starting to bloom, and it's based on the idea of not planning, says VC Vinod Khosla.…
Read MoreTaking on Vinod Khosla
There were many responses to the 60 Minutes piece on cleantech. But I was interested to see Robert Rapier’s take on Vinod…
Read MoreAn open invitation to 60 Minutes to discuss energy
Those of us steeped in the energy business would be happy to discuss it with 60 Minutes. We're already creating many new jobs that address the need for more energy while staving off the impact of climate change.…
Read MoreEos Energy to soon crank out zinc-air batteries
Next-gen, low cost power grid batteries are emerging to help make the power grid more efficient, cleaner and more resilient. Eos Energy is the latest startup to begin the move to crank up manufacturing.…
Read MoreBill Gates, Khosla put up $100M for Kior’s next plant project
Struggling next-gen biofuel company Kior now has funding commitments from Bill Gates for its plant expansion.…
Read MoreBill Gates backs power grid networking startup Varentec
A startup building smart networking tech for the power grid has gotten an investment from Bill Gates.…
Read More13 battery startups to watch in 2013
Here's 13 rare battery startups working on next-generation manufacturing, chemistry and printing technologies. These battery companies could create innovation that could revolutionize electric cars, the power grid and how we charge up our gadgets and cell phones.…
Read MoreThe future of battery storage on the grid
As some investors focus on the demand side of the grid through demand response, smart electronics, and smart metering, others are making bigger bets on battery storage as the ultimate solution. The trick is scaling and becoming cost-competitive with peaking turbine plants.…
Read MoreEcoMotors raises $32.5M from Khosla, Bill Gates, Braemar
EcoMotors, a startup building an efficient engine, has raised a $32.5 million Series C round led by Braemar Energy Ventures, and including previous investors Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates.…
Read MoreKhosla joins Bill Gates & Total to back Liquid Metal Battery
Liquid Metal Battery, a startup developing a battery for the power grid that already counted Bill Gates and oil giant Total as an investor, has now brought on another high profile backer: Khosla Ventures.…
Read MoreSuper VC Mike Moritz diagnosed with rare medical condition, steps back
Mike Moritz, arguably one of the few super VCs has been diagnosed with a rare, incurable medical condition and has decided to take a step back from active daily duties at Sequoia Capital. He still intends to continue making investments and work with younger partners.…
Read MoreToday in Cleantech
Leading cleantech investor Vinod Khosla led a working group on green investing this morning at The Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics Conference. His…
Read MoreBill Gates: We need crazy energy entrepreneurs
We need "energy miracles," in at least five areas, and in each of these areas "we need at least two hundred crazy people who think their idea alone can solve this," said Bill Gates at the Wall Street Journal's Eco:nomics conference on Thursday night.…
Read MoreAlberta, Khosla loan biofuel company KiOR $75M
Next-gen biofuel company KiOR has long planned to raise more money to get its first commercial-scale biofuel facilities off the ground. On Friday morning the company revealed that it has raised a new $75 million loan from existing investors Alberta Investment Management and Khosla Ventures.…
Read MoreIndia’s Reliance backs nuclear startup TerraPower
Nuclear startup TerraPower, which is backed by Bill Gates, now has a massive Indian conglomerate on its side: Reliance Industries. According to Business Week, Reliance Industries, which owns oil, telecom and retail businesses, has invested a minority stake in TerraPower through one of its energy units.…
Read MoreBattery startup Seeo sets up pilot production
Seeo raised $15 million earlier this year, and we know how it’s spending some of that money. The startup has moved into a new home and installed a pilot production line that produces 4 megawatt hours of cells per year.…
Read MoreThe Valley’s next big battery play: QuantumScape
QuantumScape is the next battery startup you should know. The early stage company is commercializing technology from Stanford University, and was founded, and is being led by, Infinera co-founder and CEO Jagdeep Singh. Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins have invested in the startup.…
Read MoreDefining success for cleantech companies
Last week at the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference, cleantech venture capitalist Vinod Khosla answered critics of cleantech investing by proclaiming that Khosla Ventures…
Read MoreThe Solyndra cloud descends on cleantech
There is no escaping the dark spell cast by Solyndra’s bankruptcy in cleantech discussions these days. At two cleantech conferences in San Francisco this week, speakers gave their takes on the impact of the Solyndra controversy, from money flows to public perception.…
Read MoreVinod Khosla: Greentech has generated huge profits
The realization that many greentech startups need more capital and time than expected to commercialize their technologies has sacked some venture capitalists’ enthusiasm for cleantech. Vinod Khosla has a message for them: chin up! There's good money to be made and I’m doing just fine.…
Read MoreWind tech startup Danotek raises $15M
It's refreshing to see a little innovation going into the wind industry. On Tuesday, Danotek, a startup that builds a technology called permanent magnetic generators for wind turbines, announced that it has raised $15 million from high-profile investors GE, Khosla Ventures, CMEA Capital, and Statoil Technology.…
Read MoreNo DOE loan guarantee for KiOR, at least not this year
There will be no loan guarantee for recently public biofuel company KiOR, at least this year. According to correspondence with the SEC, KiOR put its application for 2011 on hold in May, with plans to roll it over to 2012 -- assuming the program gets funded for 2012.…
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