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After dipping in the fourth quarter of 2006, greentech investment has turned back up. According to the Cleantech Venture Network, North American investment for the first quarter of 2007 - the latest available - totaled $731 million, up 19 percent over the last quarter in 2006 and 42 percent over the first quarter of last year. Of course, investment was still 21.7 percent short of last year's third-quarter high of $933 million. But with three quarters of numbers left to compile, greentech insiders hope 2007 investments will still catch up with those of 2006, the year Ira Ehrenpreis, a general partner with venture-capital firm Technology Partners, dubbed the "coming-of-age" year for greentech.

Bread Winners: In 2006, China overtook Europe as the second-largest destination for venture capital in greentech.

Note: Numbers are in millions of dollars.
Source: Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young

On the Upswing: VCs made larger deals, and more of them, in greentech in 2006.

Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young

Was 2006 a Fluke?: Greentech venture-capital investments in North America dropped in the fourth quarter, but total 2006 investments rose 73 percent.

Cleantech Venture Network

Was 2006 a Fluke?: Greentech venture-capital investments in North America dropped in the fourth quarter, but total 2006 investments rose 73 percent.

Cleantech Venture Network

Mature Investment: Global venture-capital and private-equity financings in clean-energy companies more than doubled in 2006, with more money flowing to later-stage deals.

Note: Numbers are in billions of dollars.
Source: New Energy Finance

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