Cobalt Biofuels and GOTV

This week saw only one announced cleantech venture deal.  Things have gotten suddenly very sloooowwww out there… And this week’s deal requires a mandatory: (self-promotion alert)...

Cobalt Biofuels, a developer of technologies for the production of biobutanol, announced a $25mm Series C co-led by LSP and Pinnacle Ventures, and including participation by new investors Harris and Harris, and existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, The Malaysian Life Sciences Fund and @Ventures.  For more information on what Cobalt’s up to, see this article.

Since that was the only deal over the past 5 workdays, let’s do some GOTV.

First, Get Out the Vote!  Google Maps has put together a really handy site to help you find your voting location—check it out, and make plans to be there on 11/4.

Next, Get Out the Venture (Capital)!  There are a lot of good events coming up, and the conference season has been compressed this year thanks to the election, so that November between the 4th and Thanksgiving is very crowded.  One event to check out is GTM’s inaugural Greentech Innovations conference in NYC on the 17th and 18th, with lots of companies presenting…

Other news and notes:  Thomas Friedman’s latest thoughts on cleantech...  Here’s a write-up on the Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations conference…  Finally, BlackLight Power was on our minds two years ago, and they’re back in the news again.