A few things of potential interest...

• A good tool for all you cleantech VCs and Founders out there: Joel Moxley, an EIR at Northbridge, came up with a pretty useful prior-art search engine, PriorSmart. Check it out.

• Must-read: A terrific article on Georges Doriot, "venture capital's grandfather".

• Here's a good interview with Susan Preston, GP at CalCEF's new Clean Energy Angel Fund.

Deals from the past week:

• Evolutionary Genomics, which is developing biofuel feedstocks with improved yields, has raised a round of financing (amount undisclosed) from Altira Group.

• Small-wind innovator Mariah Power has taken in an additional $500k in financing, from Greenhouse Capital...