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There are 63 companies tagged `cleantech`; raised $4.4B from 295 investors

GreatPoint Energy raised $562M from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Citi Alternative Investments, The Dow Company, AES Corporation, Suncor Energy, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) in 5 rounds.

Report: GreatPoint Energy Grabs $420M from Chinese Investor    xconomy.com Series C Announcement    greatpointenergy.com Series B Announcement    greatpointenergy.com Series A Announcement    greatpointenergy.com

A123 Systems raised $502.9M from U.S. Department of Energy, General Electric, Alliance Capital Ventures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Bridge Venture Partners, Qualcomm, Sequoia Capital, Motorola Solutions, General Electric, and Procter and Gamble in 8 rounds.

A123 Systems gets $50M fundraise    masshightech.com Innovation in Manufacturing: A123Systems, Amprius Score Funds from Feds    earth2tech.com A123Systems Awarded $249M Grant from U.S. Department of Energy to Build Advanced Battery Production Facilities in the United States    ir.a123systems.com A123 Raises Another $69 Million    pehub.com http://mitsloanblog.typepad.com/inaki/2007/10/a123-systems-re.html    mitsloanblog.typepad.com http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/25/a123systems-raises-40m-more-for-car-battery-in-showdown-with-eestor/    venturebeat.com http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/investing-mutual-fund-investments/861378-1.html    allbusiness.com Battery Pumps Up Power Tools    redherring.com

Nanosolar raised $485M from OnPoint Technologies, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Grazia Equity, Beck Energy, GLG Partners, Omidyar Network, Lone Pine Capital, Energy Capital Partners, Riverstone Holdings, EDF Ventures, The Skoll Foundation, EDS, Carlyle Group, Benchmark, Capricorn Management, Firelake Capital Management, GLG Partners, Grazia Equity, Mitsui Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Swiss RE, Benchmark, Mitsui Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and OnPoint Technologies in 5 rounds.

Nanosolar Raises $70 Million in New Capital    nanosolar.com Nanosolar raises $20M to see if it can still compete    gigaom.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10027510-54.html    news.cnet.com http://www.nanosolar.com/pr5.htm    nanosolar.com http://www.nanosolar.com/pr4.htm    nanosolar.com

Stormfisher Biogas raised $350M from Denham Capital .

StormFisher Biogas and Denham Capital Management Announce $350 Million Partnership to Develop Biogas-Based Renewable Energy Projects    marketwire.com

Amyris Biotechnologies raised $308.6M from Temasek, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, TPG Growth, Votorantim Novos Negocios, DAG Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Growth, DAG Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Growth, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and TPG Growth in 7 rounds.

Amyris Secures $83.7 Million in Additional Financing    businesswire.com Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.: Series D $47.8M    onbiovc.com SEC Filing Via Liquid Scenarios Search2Model    liquidscenarios.com Amyris Closes in on $60M Round for Synthetic Diesel    earth2tech.com Amyris Picks Up Another $21M For Synthetic Bio    earth2tech.com Amyris Announces $70 Million Series B Round    amyris.com Amyris gets $20M from high-profile investors to find alternative fuel    venturebeat.com

GridPoint raised $252.1M from Altira Group, Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, Perella Weinberg Partners, Robeco, SIG Private Equity Investments, Goldman Sachs, Advantage Capital Partners, Altira Group, Contango Capital Partners, Skypoint Capital, and BDC Venture Capital in 7 rounds.

GridPoint Raises Even More Money    gigaom.com GridPoint Gets $120M, Buys V2Green    greentechmedia.com GridPoint, a well-funded smart-grid startup, raises $15M more    venturebeat.com GRIDPOINT RAISES $48.5 MILLION IN SERIES D AND APPOINTS DUKE ENERGY CTO AND US POWERGEN CEO TO BOARD    gridpoint.com Gridpoint    gridpoint.com http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5538818_ITM    goliath.ecnext.com http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/18292    alwayson.goingon.com

Suniva raised $219.4M from Warburg Pincus, Apex Venture Partners, HIG Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and Advanced Equities in 3 rounds.

Suniva lights up with $94.4M of $115M raise for advanced solar cells    techjournalsouth.com Suniva Raises $75M, Plans to Expand Factory    greentechmedia.com Suniva Raises $75M, Plans to Expand Factory    greentechmedia.com

SolFocus raised $193.2M from ATEL Ventures, Apex Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Yellowstone Capital, Demeter Partners, Apex Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, NGEN Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Yellowstone Capital, NGEN Partners, Moser Baer India, Ltd, New Enterprise Associates, NGEN Partners, Yellowstone Capital, and New Enterprise Associates in 7 rounds.

SolFocus Keeps CPV Fires Burning With $20M in VC    greentechmedia.com ATEL Ventures Provides $3 Million Equipment Financing to Solar Technology Developer    worldleasingnews.com Mo’ Money for Solar: SolFocus Raises $30M    earth2tech.com SolFocus Adds $19.28M to Series C    greentechmedia.com Solar concentrator collects $63 million in new funding    news.cnet.com Solar Energy Startup SolFocus nets $25 million in Series A financing led by NEA    solfocus.com

HelioVolt raised $191M from SK Group, Masdar Clean Tech Fund, Morgan Stanley, New Enterprise Associates, Paladin Capital Group, Solucar Energia, Noventi Ventures, Morgan Stanley, New Enterprise Associates, and Solucar Energia in 5 rounds.

SK Group and HelioVolt Corporation Announce Investment and Global Expansion Alliance    marketwatch.com HelioVolt Raises $8.5M in Debt, Close to Prime Time?    gigaom.com HelioVolt: Raising Funds to Get Out of Neutral?    earth2tech.com http://www.paladincapgroup.com/portal/index.php?Itemid=2&id=53&option=com_content&task=view    paladincapgroup.com http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50351    renewableenergyaccess.com

SulfurCell raised $158.7M from Intel Capital, Intel Capital, Climate Change Capital, AIG Investments, Demeter Partners, Zouk Capital, and BankInvest in 2 rounds.

Sulfurcell Gets $25M for CIGS PV From Intel Capital et al.    greentechmedia.com Intel Capital spreads its solar bets with Sulfurcell    news.cnet.com

Enerkem raised $142.2M from The Westly Group, Fondaction, Quince Associates, Valero Energy, Braemar Energy Ventures, Waste Management and Cycle Capital, Rho Capital Partners, Braemar Energy Ventures, Cycle Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, BDR Capital, Waste Management and Cycle Capital, and Rho Capital Partners in 3 rounds.

Enerkem announces total financing reached C$88 million in 2011    enerkem.com Waste-to-Fuel Startup Enerkem Raises $60M From Valero, Investors    gigaom.com AltAssets    altassets.com

ClearEdge Power raised $139.3M from ARTIS , Southern California Gas Company, Kohlberg Ventures, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Southern California Gas Company, and Applied Ventures in 6 rounds.

ClearEdge Power Raises $36M in Equity Financing    finsmes.com ClearEdge Power Raises $73.5M in Series E Financing    finsmes.com ClearEdge Power Wins $2.8 Million Grant To Evangelize Fuel Cells    techcrunch.com ClearEdge Power Receives $1M from Southern California Gas Co.    finsmes.com Northwest Innovation    nwinnovation.com ClearEdge Power Raises $15M    xconomy.com

Ausra raised $123.3M from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, KERN Partners, Generation Partners, Starfish Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KERN Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Vinod Khosla, and Ray Lane in 4 rounds.

AUSRA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FACILITY    solarindustrymag.com Ausra raises $24.5 million    bizjournals.com Ausra sucks up $30M more in venture debt for solar thermal    venturebeat.com http://www.ausra.com/news/releases/070910.html    ausra.com

Virdia raised $110.5M from Khosla Ventures, Burrill & Company, Tamar Ventures, Mississippi Development Authority, TriplePoint Capital, Burrill & Company, and Khosla Ventures in 4 rounds.

Officially Announces the Closing of $30 Million in Private Financing    virdia.com Virdia Receives $105M Financing    finsmes.com Virdia Receives $105M Financing    finsmes.com Khosla Invests Still More In Biofuels: HCL CleanTech    earth2tech.com

Intelligent Energy raised $90M from SSE Ventures, Evolution Placements, and Yukos International in 4 rounds.

Intelligent Energy Completes $35M in Funding    finsmes.com Intelligent Energy Snags $30M for Fuel Cell Deployment    greentechmedia.com Intelligent Energy raises up to £11.3    intelligent-energy.com

Recyclebank raised $85.1M from Physic Ventures, Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Paul Capital , RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, The Westly Group, RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, The Westly Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, The Westly Group, RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, RRE Ventures, and Sigma Partners in 4 rounds.

Recyclebank Raises Additional $14 Million in Series C Financing    recyclebank.com RecycleBank Adds $28M, Joins Up With Kashless    earth2tech.com RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms    corporate.recyclebank.com RecycleBank raises $13.1M to give people incentives to recycle    deals.venturebeat.com

SolarEdge raised $85M from Norwest Venture Partners, Opus Capital, Walden International, Genesis Partners, Vertex Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Opus Capital, Genesis Partners, Walden International, ORR Partners, Vertex Venture Capital, JP Asia Capital Partners , Vertex Venture Capital, Opus Capital, Genesis Partners, ORR Partners, Walden International, and GE Capital in 3 rounds.

SolarEdge Closes a $37M Round for Panel Electronics    greentechmedia.com $25M for SolarEdge’s Solar Panel Power Optimizers    greentechmedia.com GE Joins $23M SolarEdge Funding Round    cleantechbrief.com

Xtreme Power raised $48.5M from Sail Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sail Capital Partners, Dow Venture Capital, Sail Capital Partners, and The Texas Emerging Technology Fund in 5 rounds.

Xtreme Power Stores Up $10M On Way To Series D Round    pevc.dowjones.com TechCrunch    techcrunch.com Texas TechPulse    texastechpulse.com Xtreme Power energizes with funding    bizjournals.com Austin Business Journal    austin.bizjournals.com

SynapSense raised $39.5M from Crosslink Capital, Sequoia Capital, Aeris Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures , GE Energy Financial Services, Nth Power, Robert Bosch Venture Capital , GE Energy Financial Services, Emerald Technology Ventures , Sequoia Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital , American River Ventures, Nth Power, DFJ Frontier, Nth Power, Sequoia Capital, American River Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures , DFJ Frontier, Emerald Technology Ventures , American River Ventures, Nth Power, DFJ Frontier, American River Ventures, and DFJ Frontier in 5 rounds.

SynapSense Raises $16 Million To Help Data Centers Save On Energy Bills    techcrunch.com SynapSense Raises Additional $5 Million    synapsense.com SynapSense Raises $7M for Data Center Energy Efficiency    gigaom.com Synapsense Secures $10 Million Series B Investment To Expand Data Center Wireless Instrumentation Solutions    synapsense.com Company SynapSense Lands $1.5M    synapsense.com

GreenHunter Energy raised $37.6M .

GreenHunter Gets Another Extension On $37.6M Debt, Eyes Govt Help    fis.dowjones.com

Eletrogóes raised $30M from Darby Overseas Ventures .

Private equity firm Darby Overseas Investments invests $30m in Brazilian clean energy producer Eletrogóes    newenergyworldnetwork.com

Geostellar raised $28.5M from Flash Forward Ventures in 3 rounds.

Geostellar Avoids VCs in $14M Series B Deal with Corporate Investors    pevc.dowjones.com Geostellar raises $13M for solar analytics    gigaom.com

Prometheus Energy raised $20M from Kenda Capital and Black River Asset Management .

Prometheus Energy raises $20m in funding for liquid natural gas technology    newenergyworldnetwork.com

Lysanda raised $17.9M from Disruptive Capital Finance, Sustainable Technologies Fund, and Logispring in 2 rounds.

Lysanda Raises £10M in Funding    finsmes.com Emissions Monitoring Specialist Lysanda Secures $2M In Funding    cleantechbrief.com

Sopogy raised $17.4M from Enerdigm Ventures, Black River Asset Management, Tradewind Capital, and Darren T. Kimura in 4 rounds.

Windlab Systems raised $14M from Innovation Capital, Lend Lease Ventures, and Innovation Capital in 2 rounds.

Lucibel raised $13M from Aster Capital in 3 rounds.

Les echos    lesechos.fr Les Echos    lesechos.fr Private investors    enerzine.com

Blue Spark Technologies raised $12.7M from Early Stage Partners, Sunbridge Partners, and Sunbridge Partners in 3 rounds.

Printed Battery Company Blue Spark Adds $5M    fis.dowjones.com Blue Spark Gets $1.5M for Thin, Printed Carbon-Zinc Batteries, $3.5M More to Come    greentechmedia.com THIN BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES CLOSES $6.2 MILLION ROUND    sunbridgepartners.com

Microstaq raised $12.5M from Polygon Group, Yaletown Venture Partners, and Good Energies .

Funding led by Good Energies with continued backing from existing investors Yaletown Venture Partners and Polygon Group    earthtimes.org

Mission Motors raised $12.4M in 2 rounds.

Mission Motors Announces Series B Financing Led by Warburg Pincus    prnewswire.com Mission Motors races ahead with $3.4M for electric motorcycles    deals.venturebeat.com

Bridge Energy Group raised $11M .

Bridge Energy Group details $11M funding    masshightech.com

Actacell raised $9.8M from The Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Applied Ventures, Google.org, Good Energies, and Mercury Fund in 3 rounds.

ActaCell Awarded $3 Million From The U.S. Department Of Commerce’s National Institute Of Standards And Technology    freshnews.com earth2tech    earth2tech.com ActaCell Closes $5.8 Million Series A Financing; Investment Consortium Led By DFJ Mercury Includes Google.org, Applied Ventures and Good Energies    actacell.com

quietrevolution raised $9.5M from RWE Innogy .

Press release    quietrevolution.co.uk

VanDyne SuperTurbo raised $8M from Northwater Capital .

VanDyne SuperTurbo™ Raises $8 Million in Series C Equity Financing    prnewswire.com

Goal Zero raised $7M from Mercato Partners .

Goal Zero Powers Forward with $7M of Growth Capital from Mercato Partners    freshnews.com

PAX Streamline raised $6M from Khosla Ventures .

Khosla invests in turbine tech maker Pax    news.cnet.com

Simple Energy raised $2.9M from Vision Ridge Partners, Green Tree Equity, Jove Equity Partners, David G. Cohen, TechStars, Brett Jackson, Bart Lorang, Walt Winshall, Valero Capital, Green Tree Equity, Five Mill Ventures, Green Tree Equity, and Jove Equity Partners in 2 rounds.

SEC Form D    sec.gov Simple Energy Raises $900,000 In Seed Funding    techcrunch.com

OnGreen raised $1.4M from China Southern Hong Kong Investment and Blue Marble Ventures .

OnGreen Raises $1.4M in Series A Financing    finsmes.com

StartX raised $1.2M from Cisco, Founders Fund, AT&T, Groupon, and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2 rounds.

Stanford Student Startup Accelerator StartX Raises Another $400,000, Bringing Total Funding To About $1.5 Million    techcrunch.com StartX, The Accelerator For Stanford Students, Wins $800K Grant From The Kauffman Foundation    techcrunch.com

LineStream Technologies raised $1M from Early Stage Partners .

http://www.esplp.com/linestream.aspx    esplp.com

YouRenew.com raised $870K in 2 rounds.

BRD Motorcycles raised $800K .

BRD Motorcycles Raises Cash to Become the Porsche of Electric Racing Bikes    pevc.dowjones.com

RecycleMatch raised $620K from Capital Factory in 2 rounds.

Guzu raised $500K .

Ecogii Energy Labs raised $500K from Thomas Rosser .

RidePal raised $500K from 500 Startups, Amicus Capital, and Jeff Clarke .

RidePal, The “Google Bus For The Rest Of Us,” Scores $500K From 500 Startups & Others    techcrunch.com

CivicSolar raised $455K from Kerim Baran, Ariel Poler, Mark Goines, M. Cem Sertoglu, Jeff Fluhr, and Aydin Senkut .

CivicSolar bags $400K to help you choose the right solar panels at the best price    venturebeat.com

Xatori raised $400K .

Xatori - About Us    xatori.com

HEMS Technology raised $400K from Realtime Group, Sound Logic, and Randy Blankenship .

Smart Office Energy Solutions raised $400K in 2 rounds.

Ethical Community raised $357K from Giuliano Stiglitz, Kelvin Au, Mary Turner, and Robert Barnes in 2 rounds.

“Etsy For Eco” Ethical Community Raises $300,000+ In Seed Funding    techcrunch.com

Wattbot raised $350K .

Greentechmedia article    greentechmedia.com

Intelen raised $250K .

Intelen Seed Round    intelen.com

Breathing Buildings raised $174.5K from MMC Ventures and BPAEI .

BVCA Nifty Fifty    bvca.co.uk

QuadROI raised $160K .

Snugg Home raised $155K .

Carticipate raised $130K .

Material Mix raised $100K from Arch Grants and Capital Innovators in 2 rounds.

Arch Grants Awards First $750,000 in Grants    marketwatch.com Material Mix    material-mix.blogspot.com

eRALOS3 raised $100K .

Playground Energy raised $66K from Eleven and Eleven in 2 rounds.

THE FIRST 11 @ ELEVEN    blog.eleven.bg

Algal Scientific raised $65K .

1st place: DTE Clean Energy Prize    reuters.com

Zigswitch raised $50K .

Elecar raised $10K from Mike Del Ponte .

Sparkseed    sparkseed.org