"Smart grid" M2M wireless network developer Arcadian Networks announced the closing of the last tranche of their $90mm Series A round with an additional $30mm from Goldman Sachs. Other participants in the full round included Gilo Ventures and Clal Industries and Investments. For those with VentureWire subs, Jon Shieber had a nice write-up about the deal today, where he points out that Goldman Sachs has been doing a lot of smart grid investing lately.
In other news today, Michigan's non-profit group NextEnergy announced a mutual sourcing and support relationship with Nth Power. As part of the agreement, each group is pledging to send dealflow to each other, and NextEnergy will be helping any Michigan-based Nth Power portfolio companies to access in-state financial resources and business relationships. It's an interesting announcement, and shows one investment firm's answer to the challenges of coastal VCs interacting with more geographically-distributed clean technology startups. There are good clean technology solutions to be found all over...
Rob Day is a Partner with Black Coral Capital, based in Boston. He has been a cleantech private equity investor since 2004, and acts or has served as a Director, Observer and advisory board member to multiple companies in the energy tech and related sectors. Rob was a co-founder of the Renewable Energy Business Network (www.rebn.org), a non-profit organization which was acquired in 2009 by the Clean Economy Network. The views expressed on this blog are those of Rob, not necessarily the views of any of his colleagues and affiliated organizations. Contact Rob at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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