A quick deal catch-up

Deals from the past couple of weeks:

• SensorTran, a developer of fiber optic based sensors (and full disclosure: a former portfolio company of mine) raised a $3.5mm insider Series C.  Advantage Capital Partners, Expansion Capital Partners, WHEB Ventures and Stonehenge Capital participated in the round.

• Lightwave Power raised a Series A from Quercus Trust and 21Ventures.  More info here.

• Thin-film solar manufacturer Konarka raised a $45mm round of financing from Total at what sounds to be more than a $180mm pre-money valuation.

• China’s Himin Solar Energy Group announced a $100mm financing from Goldman Sachs and CDH Investment.

• EnviroGene raised a GBP 1mm round of financing from RAB Capital, Finance Wales, and management.

• A “stealth” publicly-traded company? Even OTC, that’s weird.  Anyways, lighting company Vu1 raised a $5mm PIPE.

• Soltage announced an undisclosed amount of investment from Tenaska Solar.

• French battery recycler Recupyl raised a EUR 14.5mm round led by AGF Private Equity, and including Aloe Private Equity and INPG Enterprise SA.

• Eric W. reported that SolarEdge is close to raising a $20-25mm Series B.

• Infinite Power Solutions raised a $13mm insider Series B co-led by DE Shaw and Polaris, and including Core Capital Partners, Applied Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and a new unnamed strategic investor.

• Fuel cell company ACAL Energy raised a GBP 3.3mm financing from existing investors, “a leading Japanese corporation,” and entities affiliated with Solvay.

• Coskata raised a $40mm Series C.  Blackstone led the round.

• Unidym, a CNT manufacturer, raised an undisclosed amount including an investment by TEL Venture Capital.

• VentureWire reported that biodiesel producer Innovation Fuels raised a $10mm insider round.

• VWire also reported that Xtreme Power has raised $15mm including a recent round from Sail Venture Partner and Texas’ Emerging Technology Fund.

• PE Week Wire reported that Mariah Power raised an undisclosed amount of Series B from Noventi, Greenhouse Capital, BigSky Partners and Sierra Angels.

• Cleantech investors in the news:  Earth Capital Partners is looking for $5B in total funds…  A pretty interesting policy is encouraging French angel investors to put money into English startups…  Here’s an interesting column on investors putting money into rural Indian plays…  VWire reported that New Cycle Capital has raised a $30mm fund to invest in sustainability and domestic plays.

Other news and notes:  GreenTech Media has launched a new Solar Research Service...  Behind the scenes at the Cleantech Forum in Shanghai...  Finally, the new Obama energy/ climate/ environment team is a really big boost for the cleantech industry, good to see.

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