(Self-promotion alert) Congrats to Greentech Media on their $2.75mm Series B. EGORA Holding and the MA Green Energy Fund co-led the round, which also included existing investors Lightspeed and Northpoint Private Equity, and with new investor King Hill Capital also joining in. Have to say, I'm impressed with the progress the company has made since launching last year -- and no, they didn't pay me to say that.
VentureWire had the first mention of two big deals today: Gevo, a developer of biobutanol, raised a $17mm Series C from new investors Burrill and Malaysia Life Sciences Capital Fund, as well as existing investors Khosla Ventures and Virgin Green Fund.
Also, Genomatica, which is "working to transform cells to produce chemical products" capped off a $20.4mm Series B, of which most was raised last summer. MDV led the round, which also included Alloy Ventures and DFJ.
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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