Tag: financing

Businesses, community groups, nonprofits and government organizations can access low-interest financing for projects that conserve energy, water, and promote environmental sustainability through King County’s Green Communities Initiative-–the first program of its kind the state.  The first application reviews will take place on April 22, 2013.  The Green Community Initiative offers access to Qualified Energy Conservation […]

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The Keiretsu Forum Northwest today announced that it invested $20.1 million in 34 companies last year, backing startups such as iCapEquity, Journey Gym, Minetta Brook, and Puralytics. All but three of the investments were new deals with technology companies receiving 43 percent of the funding.  The angel group, which added 85 members in 2012, says […]

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The numbers are in, and they ain’t pretty. They tell us that 2012 represented the worst year for cleantech investment since the dark days of 2009.  Depending on whose numbers you accept, investments in cleantech declined 28%, from $4.6 billion in 2011 to $3.3 billion in 2012 (PWC Moneytree, or MT for short), or 29% […]

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MicroGREEN Polymers has announced that the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians has made a strategic investment of $5 million in MicroGREEN. This round of funding, the first closing in a $20 million round, will enable MicroGREEN to expand its commercial production capabilities to produce a wide range of environmentally responsible cups and trays for consumer use. […]

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EnerG2 raised $9.3 million in financing, according to a SEC filing reported on Geekwire. “Our investors have seen the successful transition EnerG2 has made from its roots as an energy storage R&D company to a manufacturer of energy storage applications,” said EnerG2 CEO Rick Luebbe said. “These new funds will support EnerG2’s continued efforts with […]

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OneEnergy Renewables, which makes a software platform for trading renewable energy credits and uses the revenue to fund utility-scale project development, closed a $2.1 million equity round, says chief operating officer Travis Bryan.  The Seattle-company expects to be cash flow positive in 2013.  It recently commissioned a five megawatt dairy digester project in Oregon, and […]

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The Seattle Chamber is pleased to announce the second in their “How to do Business With...” series designed to help small businesses connect and do business with large corporations.

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Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy costs, has raised $2.5 million that it will use to embed its software in the industrial automation, utility, and smart grid infrastructure. The cash infusion also will help the company expand in Europe, and launch its Spara cloud platform next year.

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Financing the Future – The New Energy Equation After a surprisingly weak first quarter of clean energy finance activity in 2012, WCTA Gold Member Cascadia Capital was anticipating a nadir in the market and improvement later in the year.  The second quarter, however, continued to decline.  Cascadia continues to believe in the long term sustainable […]

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Washington State cleantech companies raised $31.3 million in venture capital during the third quarter of 2012.  Cleantech accounted for 20% of the total funds raised. VCs invested a total of $155 million in all sectors during the period.  The findings were from the MoneyTree survey. Here are the cleantech companies that raised venture funds in […]

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