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The Week in Cleantech: Sept. 23 – 29
The cleantech space produced several new financing rounds, partnerships, and acquisitions last week. Here’s a recap of some of the top deals: Khosla Ventures announced that it would invest a further...
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This Deal Matters: Sapphire Energy Partners with Phillips 66 to Commercialize...
Sapphire Energy, the California-based developer of algae-based biocrude oil production technology, has formed a strategic joint development agreement with Phillips 66 towards the commercialization of...
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EPA Proposed RFS Changes + Impact on VC Investments and Partnerships
In November 2013, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a volumetric reduction proposal for renewable fuels under the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) for 2014. Specifically, EPA...
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Corp. & VCs on Liquid Fuels Vehicles vs. Electric Vehicles
It is widely agreed upon that our existing transportation infrastructure needs an overhaul in order to reduce the current level of vehicle emissions. Nevertheless, there has been much debate on the...
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Corporate Partnerships in Drop-in Biofuels
Two weeks ago, we posted a blog post that looked at investments in electric vehicles vs. drop-in fuels which showed a comparable amount of dollars having been invested into these two technology areas....
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This Deal Matters: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Invests $25 Million in...
Rennovia, the California-based developer of renewable catalyst and chemical technologies, announced last week that Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has committed to a $25 million equity investment to...
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Sugar Water: The Next Big Feedstock?
Feedstock is a critical but costly step in the production of Biofuels & Biochemicals that has imposed as a bottleneck to the entire industry. According to Cleantech Group’s i3 Platform, we have...
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This Deal Matters: LanzaTech Raises $60 Million; Corporate Investors...
LanzaTech, the Illinois-based technology developer of waste gas fermentation to liquid fuels and chemicals, announced it has raised $60 million in its first close of Series D growth equity round....
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This Deal Matters: Cool Planet Energy Systems Closes Series D Funding;...
Cool Planet Energy Systems, the Colorado-based developer of advanced drop-in fuels and biochar, announced a $50.7 million investment and the closing of the company’s $100 million Series D growth equity...
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On Commercializing Biofuels & Biochemicals
Over the past few years, the Biofuels & Biochemicals sector has experienced a prominent shift from a pure biofuels focus to a biochemicals-based commercialization strategy. We recognize such a...
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