Lara Abrams Communications

Q4 ‘O5 Clean Tech Investment Figures

I just had an email pop into my inbox this a.m. from Cleantech. Turns out 2005 Cleantech investments hit a record $1.6 billion. That number surpasses semiconductors, making Clean tech the 5th largest North American venture capital investment category.

Further, according to the press release - "Cleantech investment accounted for 9.9% of all North American Venture Capital investment in Q4 compared to 7.8% in Q3 2005 and 5.5% in Q4 2004," said Nicholas Parker, Chairman and Co-Founder of Cleantech Capital Group LLC…"Cleantech is an increasingly attractive investment segment with latter stage deals continuing to receive the bulk of investment capital accounting for $361.4 million of the $502 million total", said Keith Raab, CEO and Co-Founder of Cleantech Capital Group LLC. Raab continues "The five largest investments in Q4 accounted for 32.3% of the total and were made in Nanosys for $40 million, $32 million in Cellfor, $30.2 million in Lilliputan Systems, and $30 million each in Advent Solar and Synthetic Genomics".