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Emerald Technology Ventures
Emerald Technology Ventures is a global leader in cleantech venture capital and operates from offices in Zurich, Switzerland and Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2000, Emerald is a pioneer in this rapidly emerging sector and is focused on innovative technologies in energy, advanced materials and water. Since inception Emerald has managed three venture capital funds and two venture capital portfolio mandates totaling over EUR 300 million (USD 440 million). Emerald is currently investing out of its latest fund and is looking for energetic and passionate entrepreneurs with the vision to build world-class clean technology companies.
>> www.emerald-ventures.com
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BankInvest Group A/S, New Energy Solutions VC Fund
BankInvest's New Energy Solutions (NES), located in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a venture fund within the BankInvest Group, dedicated to the clean energy sector. It was first launched in 2002 with a EUR 50 million fund from which 12 investments were made. A second fund of EUR 110 million was raised in 2007 from which 3 investments have been made so far. New Energy Solutions invests in unlisted companies focusing on clean energy technologies that offer a considerable growth potential in a global market, with the view to exit through a trade sale or a public listing. Investment areas include solar energy, fuel cells, hydropower, tidal power, wind power, bio-energy, energy storage, sensors and power electronics, i.e. technologies that offer a smaller carbon foot print and increased energy conversion efficiencies when compared to traditional technologies. BI Technology is a founding member of the Energy Venture Forum.
>> www.biventure.com
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Energy Capital Management AS
Energy Capital Management AS (“ECM”) has invested in the Oil & Gas - and Clean Technology sector since 2001. ECM is the manager of the venture portfolio (i.e StatoilHydro Venture AS) owned by StatoilHydro ASA, an international 29 000 employee Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Norway. ECM’s investment focus is growth companies with distinct and unique technology propositions in the energy sector. ECM has today 25 active investments totalling over 150 MEUR under management. ECM will normally co-invest with other leading venture capital funds.
>> www.energycapital.no
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Swiss Re
Swiss Re is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. The company operates through offices in more than 25 countries. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking essential to enterprise and progress. The company’s traditional reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty, as well as the life and health business are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management. For almost a decade, Swiss Re has managed a portfolio of investments in sustainability related sub-sectors, including alternative energy and water.
>> www.swissre.com
>> www.swissre.com/sustainabilityreport
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WHEB Ventures LLP
WHEB Ventures invests in cleantech companies with high-growth potential, from initial product commercialisation through to expansion stage. A pioneer in the European clean technology sector, it began as an award winning clean technology incubator and corporate finance group in 1995, evolving into the UK’s first dedicated cleantech venture capital firm.
WHEB Ventures now manages two cleantech venture capital funds with £114 million under management; it is actively investing and is currently over half way through raising its second fund with a target of £150 million.
With nine investment professionals, based in London and Munich, WHEB Ventures provides cleantech entrepreneurs unparalleled experience and support in growing businesses, VC investment and sector knowledge. This is further enhanced through its sister companies, WHEB Asset Management which focuses on investment in quoted environmental companies and Ruston WHEB, market leader in Europe in senior level executive search in the cleantech sector.
>> www.whebventures.com
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Capricorn Venture Partners n.v.
Capricorn Venture Partners NV is an independent pan-European manager of venture capital funds that invest in innovative European companies with technology as competitive advantage. The investment team of Capricorn is composed of experienced investment managers with deep technology expertise and a broad industrial experience. Capricorn has longstanding industrial and venture capital experience in backing entrepreneurs with breakthrough technologies in the cleantech, life sciences, biotechnology, IT and material sciences sectors. Capricorn is currently investing out of the Capricorn Cleantech Fund, our third consecutive venture capital fund. The Capricorn Cleantech Fund focuses on innovative growth companies in Europe that own or develop breakthrough technologies in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, water, renewable resources and biorefineries, clean air, CO2 reduction and climate change, green chemistry and advanced materials, etc.
>> www.capricorn.be
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Frog Capital
Frog Capital is a London-based investment partner to some of Europe's most ambitious growth-stage companies. Founded and backed by one of Europe’s most significant family offices, Frog has been making investments across the cleantech sector and has recently extended their investment remit to include IT & digital media. Frog leads or partners on fundings of €2 million to €20 million for expansion capital, minority purchases, management buy-outs, or acquisitions. Occasionally, Frog invests in quoted companies. The Frog portfolio currently includes six cleantech companies, all in rapidly developing sectors. Frog has achieved one exit through a sale to Severn-Trent Plc.
Formerly known as Foursome Investments, Frog Capital launched its new identity in March 2009 and expanded its funds under management to €100m. The new branding reflects the firm’s individuality as well as the kind of metamorphosis it can effect in ambitious companies through the clever application of not just capital, but honest appraisal, strong networks, market knowledge, experience, and close teamwork.
>> www.frogcapital.com
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Rabo Ventures
Amsterdam based Rabo Ventures is a leading Dutch venture capital firm that focuses on fast growing companies in the cleantech industry. Rabo Ventures covers the European and North American markets. The team covers amongst others: clean energy, clean air, clean water, advanced materials, energy efficiency and environmental technologies. The Rabobank Group is a top 25 financial institution and a global leader in sustainability-oriented banking.
>> www.raboventures.com
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GIMV
Gimv is a European investment company with nearly 30 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels and currently manages around EUR 1.7 billion of assets (including third party funds).
Gimv makes venture capital investments in high tech sectors through its specialist teams in Cleantech, Technology and Life Sciences. Gimv undertakes buyouts and provides growth capital to established companies. Local teams in Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Germany concentrate on these activities. Gimv-XL provides growth financing to larger growth companies in Flanders.
Its DG Infra+ fund also focuses on infrastructure projects in the Benelux. Gimv operates in Central and Eastern Europe through several funds and joint ventures.
>> www.gimv.com
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Aster Capital
Aster Capital is the former Schneider Electric Ventures that has evolved to a multi-corporate venture firm with Schneider Electric, Alstom and other investors in its new EUR 100 million fund ASTER II that it launched early in 2010. We have a 10 year track record as early-stage investors in technologies and services that find application primarily along the energy value chain - primary energy conversion
- energy distribution and storage
- energy management
- energy efficiency at end use in transportation, industry, buildings and infrastructure
Our special value proposition is our access to our corporate sponsors. Post investment, we dedicate much time to creating business opportunities for our portfolio companies with Schneider Electric and Alstom. We see these large groups as opportunity for your business to develop a new potential application for your technology, to supply your product into a system or solution provided either by Alstom or Schneider Electric or as your sales channel in markets where you do not have own coverage. Having said that, we clearly wish our portfolio companies to remain independent. Our preferred exit is an IPO or a trade-sale to another player in the industry.
>> www.aster-capital.com
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Demeter Partners
Demeter Partners is a French PE management company exclusively dedicated to Cleantech investments. Demeter partners is currently managing Demeter 1, €105M and Demeter 2, € 203M, PE funds dedicated to French, German and SpanishSMEs running their business in the fields of eco-industries (water, waste,air & soil treatment) and eco-energies (renewable energies).
The 2 sponsors of the FCPR Demeter (CDC Entreprises, IFP Investissement) arealso sponsors of the FCPR Demeter 2. The Demeter 2 fund counts also ten orso faithful investors already present in the 1st Demeter Fund (Robeco,Cardif, CIC/Crédit Mutuel, CNP), as well as new investors (EuropeanInvestment Fund (EIF), Total, Crédit Coopératif, Dahlia, Caser, GDF-Suez).The portfolio is made up of 25 companies and various stages of development.
>> www.demeter-partners.com
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Espírito Santo Ventures
Espírito Santo Ventures is a venture capital firm of Espírito Santo Group, focused on technology based companies and innovative business projects with high-growth potential. With more than € 180 million in assets under management, Espírito Santo Ventures usually invests between €1 million and €10 millions in early-stage companies, operating in the cleantech, healthcare and IT areas. Our portfolio includes companies in Europe, North and South-America, and Australia. Espírito Santo ventures is currently finishing the investment phase of ES Ventures II, a € 85 million fund started in 2006, and is raising a new € 150 million fund.
>> www.es-ventures.com
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EDP Inovação, S.A.
Energias de Portugal (EDP) is a Portuguese based utility with activities in Iberia, rest of Europe, USA and Brazil, whose current market value is around M€ 15.000. Through its subsidiary EDP Renováveis, EDP is the fourth largest renewable power producer worldwide.
EDP Inovação, a subsidiary of EDP, promotes innovative projects within the EDP Group, assuming responsibility for engineering development and research of new concepts and technologies, with main focus on renewable energies, distributed generation, energy efficiency and information and communication technologies, prior to their installation and operation.
Our role includes the following activities:
- Technological supervision, acting as a central observatory for the core business technologies and assuring the opportunities searching for projects participation;
- Global project management, covering the business cases development, the economical analysis and financial structuring, and the management of the relationships with the key stakeholders involved (universities, technological centres, independent promoters, local and country authorities, consultants, etc).
Besides developing R&D / Innovation Projects, EDP Inovação is responsible for development and management of the Corporate Venture Capital fund of the EDP Group. This recently created fund is focused on investment in energy related cleantech companies, whose technologies may be interesting to create value within the EDP Group.
>>> www.edp.pt
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Yellow&Blue Investment Management B.V.
Yellow&Blue Investment Management B.V. (“Yellow&Blue”) is an independent venture capital firm specializing in development stage clean energy investments. Yellow&Blue was founded in 2008 by Nuon, a major Dutch power company, and is based in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Our team consists of experienced professionals with proven track records in both energy and venture capital. Our network is international and we actively work with large corporations, institutional investors and other venture capital firms.
Yellow&Blue focuses on development stage companies in three main areas:
Renewable Energy – Solar, wind biomass, hydropower
Energy Efficiency – Smart grids, energy storage, energy and buildings
Clean Fossil Energy – Fuel cells, co-generation, hybrid systems
We invest primarily in European companies that have working prototypes and attractive business plans. Quality of management, market opportunity and customer traction are among the most important investment considerations. The amounts we invest vary between €0.5 and €4 million.
>> www.yellowandblue.nl
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