Miartech, a Shanghai company which appears to be designing energy demand response capabilities into semiconductors intended for consumer products, raised $6mm in first-round funding from DFJ, DFJ DragonFund, and DFJ Element. It's interesting to see DFJ leveraging all three entities on the same deal.
German methanol-fueled fuel cell developer Smart Fuel Cell (say that three times real fast) announced a 15mm euro raise from "several renowned European institutional funders." The company's fuel cells are being used so far as auxiliary power on a line of motor homes, and are targeting a broad range of transportation and battery-replacement applications. The company had previously raised 9.6mm euro of funding, from investors including the 3i Group, Pricap Venture Partners, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, and Buchanan Industrial Technologies.
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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