Cleantech
Foresight to raise £200m through Solar Fund float
Foresight Group is to list its Foresight Solar Fund on London Stock Exchangeтs main market with plans to raise ТЃ200m.
Sector focus: Is the sun setting on renewable energy?
Sector focus: Renewables
CM-CIC, Seventure in €23m Global Bioenergies capital increase
Industrial biology company Global Bioenergies, listed on the NYSE Alternext Paris, has raised €23m through the placement of 927,419 new shares.
Emerald Technology Ventures et al. back MetGen
Emerald Technology Ventures and several other backers have invested in a series-A financing round for MetGen Oy, a Finnish industrial biotech company.
Demeter and 123Venture back Cooltech Applications
Demeter Partners and 123Venture have joined existing investors in an €8m funding round for French magnetic refrigeration specialist Cooltech Applications.
Demeter et al. inject €7m into Ideol
Demeter Partners, Sofimac and Soridec have provided Ideol, a French developer of foundations for offshore wind farms, with €7m of funding.
Idea Capital closes energy fund on €100m
Italian private equity investor Idea Capital Funds has held a final close for its Idea Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Growth fund on its €100m target.
Omnes Capital injects €4m into Futuris
Omnes Capital has provided Futuris, an Italian developer of biomass-powered co-generation plants, with €4m of growth capital.
CDC leads €10m round for McPhy Energy
CDC Entreprises has invested €5m as part of a €10m round for French hydrogen storage specialist McPhy Energy.
Kernel Capital leads investment in SolarPrint
Kernel Capital has led a тЌ1m investment in Dublin-based photovoltaic technology developer SolarPrint.
EIF commits €20m to Aster Capital cleantech fund
The European Investment Fund has committed €20m to the French cleantech venture fund Aster II.
Fjord Capital's BioGasol secures €5m equity funding
Danish alternative fuel provider BioGasol ApS has secured тЌ5m in equity financing from existing investors including Fjord Capital Partners, alongside a тЌ10m grant from the Danish Energy Agency.
Cashing in on the drive for efficiency
Austerity politics can often seem at conflict with the idealised world of cleantech and renewable energy. With governments scaling back subsidies to reduce their deficits, it might seem that green investing will have slipped out of fashion. However, tough...
Electranova Capital completes first two deals
Electranova Capital, EDF's cleantech investment fund, has completed investments in French electricity management company Actility and Norwegian wind power business Seatower.
Demeter 3 Amorçage reaches €43m first close
France-based Demeter Partners has raised €43m for its new cleantech-focused venture fund, Demeter 3 Amorçage.
Connection backs Scottish wind farms
Connection Capital and Riverside are raising ТЃ5.5m for a Scottish wind farm project managed by Burcote Wind Ltd.
Albion injects £1.3m into Welsh hydropower project
UK-based VCT investor Albion Ventures has invested ТЃ1.3m to fund a hydropower project in Wales, in partnership with Welsh developer Dragon Hydro Limited.
Braemar Energy Ventures closes third fund at $300m
Braemar Energy Ventures has closed its oversubscribed third fund on $300m.
HgCapital completes financing for Wandylaw wind project
HgCapital has completed the financing for a 20.5MW wind project in Northumberland, England, in cooperation with its portfolio company RidgeWind.
EDF sponsors new cleantech VC fund
French energy company EDF has partnered with private equity house Idinvest Partners to launch cleantech venture capital fund Electranova Capital.
eCAPITAL invests in HTGF portfolio firm Smart Hydro Power
eCAPITAL has led a €2.7m capital increase for High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) portfolio company Smart Hydro Power.
Terra Firma's Infinis acquires three UK wind farms
British renewable power generator Infinis, a portfolio company of Terra Firma, has acquired a portfolio of three onshore wind farms from Broadview Energy Limited.
Caixa Capital Risc raises third fund
Caixa Capital Risc has raised its third fund, according to reports in the Spanish press.
Climate Change Capital acquired by corporate
Cleantech-focused PE house Climate Change Capital (CCC) has been acquired by NYSE-listed agribusiness Bunge.