Natural chemistry

India, EU lead the week’s agribusiness investments

November 5, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Agriculture’s funding streak continues with five deals, including a $365M acquisition. Details of this, plus 31 deals we spotted in the past seven days. Full Story »

India’s Avesthagen teams with Limagrain on seed tech

November 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New joint venture is expected to generate modified seeds to help farmers in India and other emerging markets combat drought, salinity and grow better quality produce. Full Story »

KGRA looks to harness low temperature geothermal power

October 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New Jersey power plant developer is one of 10 new companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o’ the week. Full Story »

Biorem ramps R&D in air emissions control

October 5, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Ontario-based company inks largest deal yet for the newest version of its advanced biofiltration technology that removes pollutants using bacteria. Full Story »

Chevron, P&G pony up for LS9's $25M round

September 24, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Strategic funding for California-based biofuel startup tops off a busy week for cleantech. Details of this, and we spot 25 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Gujarat researchers find new uses for banana plant waste

September 21, 2009 - Best of the web - Navsari Agricultural University is looking to turn banana pseudostem into edible candy, fiber for the textile and paper industry, and liquid fertilizer. Full Story »

Cleantech investors return from summer hiatus

September 3, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Khosla Ventures closes $1.1 billion for two cleantech-focused funds, while solar takes a chunk of this week's venture capital financing. Details of this, plus we spot 31 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Algae expert calls LiveFuels' biofuel-from-fish approach not 'impossible'

August 13, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Former NREL algae scientist John Benemann notes others are also pursuing bio oil from algae-fed aquaculture, as LiveFuels prepares to hit the street for a Series B round. Full Story »

BlackLight touts third-party validation of new energy source from hydrogen

August 12, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - New Jersey company says its proprietary chemical process can release latent energy stored in the hydrogen atom, potentially replacing fossil or nuclear fuels in power plants. Full Story »

Investors get messy with bugs, worms and nuclear fusion

August 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Weird science rules the week’s transactions as we spot nine VC rounds, plus 22 other deals in the cleantech sector. Full Story »
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