Analyzing CleanTech Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Tech mobiapp10
Founded
05/12

TechMobiApp10
Founded
05/12

Bijli Bachao
Founded
04/12

Melon
Founded
04/12

StayGreen Oil
Founded
03/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Harvest Power
Angel Funded
07/12

Silk
Angel Funded
08/12

S4 Worldwide
Angel Funded
08/12

Colored Solar by Gold Coast Solar
Angel Funded
07/12

Material Mix
Angel Funded
05/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

GOVECS
VC Round
09/12

OwnEnergy
VC Round
09/12

Noesis Energy
Series B
09/12

QBotix
Series A
09/12

Better Place
VC Round
08/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Actacell
Acquired
09/12

Spire Corporation
Acquired
03/12

Recurve
Acquired
02/12

eMeter
Acquired
12/11

Prenova
Acquired
11/11

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	-	1	12	1
2	San Jose (USA)	-	-	8	-
3	Waltham (USA)	-	1	4	-
4	San Diego (USA)	-	-	4	-
5	Fremont (USA)	-	-	4	-
6	Cambridge (USA)	-	-	4	-
7	Irvine (USA)	-	-	4	-
8	Boston (USA)	-	1	3	-
9	Sunnyvale (USA)	-	1	3	-
10	London (GBR)	-	-	3	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	33	23	185	10
2010	51	39	217	12
2009	98	25	204	12
2008	103	23	321	3
2007	84	7	82
2006	66	5	32
2005	33	1	15
2004	30		8
2003	28	1	1
2002	24	1

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	33	6	9
2010	51	8	3	1
2009	98	32	21
2008	103	23	90	3
2007	84	12	80	2
2006	66	5	68	1
2005	33	5	56	5
2004	30	4	46	1
2003	28	2	57	1
2002	24	1	30	5

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2011					3	2
2010				4	3	1
2009			5	9	1	2
2008		7	3	6	1	1
2007	1	5	1	2

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					1
2011				2	2
2010			1	1
2009		3	5	5	5
2008	8	9	18	2	4

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	4	Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
2	3	New Enterprise Associates
3	2	21Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, Finance Wales, Green Tree Equity, Low Carbon Accelerator, Northstar Equity Investors, Scottish Equity Partners
4	1	Arch Grants, CUBRC, Resul Funding, Symbid, TechStars, Undisclosed Strategic Corporate Investor, Alven Capital, Ambistia Ventures, Angels with Attitude, Asia Cleantech Capital Ltd, Atomico, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Berti Investments, Caixa Capital, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund, CIT GAP Funds, Claremont Creek Ventures, Clarendon Fund Managers, CommonAngels, CrunchFund, Doll Capital Management, Five Mill Ventures, Fjord Invest, Flywheel Ventures, Founder's Co-op, General Catalyst Partners, Imperial Innovations, Imprimatur Capital, Investa FÃ¶retagskapital, Jove Equity Partners, Keiretsu Forum, Kernel Capital Partners, Kima Ventures, LabOne Innovations, Lend Lease Ventures, Low Carbon Seed Fund, Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, Meidlinger Partners, MTI Partners, North West Fund, Northstar Ventures, Ontario Centres of Excellence , Parkwalk EIS Technology Fund 1, Redpoint Ventures, SamInvest Mitt, SC Greentech Ventures, Sierra Angels, Sierra Ventures, Slater Technology Fund, SoftTech VC, South East Seed Fund, Thames Valley Investment Network, The Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Valero Capital, Venture Investors, Venture51, Adrian Locher, Anil Hansjee, Antonio Branco, Ariel Poler, Armando Pauker, Aydin Senkut, Barney Pell, Bart Lorang, Ben Ling, Brett Jackson, Dave McClure, Ed Chandler, Eric Cummings, Jeff Fluhr, Jens Christensen, John Ward, Jose Vendeirinho, Karl Jacob, Keith Rabois, Kerim Baran, Kevin Donahue, Lon Chow, M. Cem Sertoglu, Marc P. Bernegger, Marc Randolph, Mario Rodrigues, Mark Goines, Matt Mullenweg, Miguel Garcia, Mike Del Ponte, Paulo Vendeirinho, Philippe Cases, Reid Hoffman, Sunil Paul, Thomas Rosser, Travis Bradford, Vivian Vendeirinho, Walt Winshall

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	23	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2	20	Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
3	18	Khosla Ventures
4	13	Element Partners
5	11	New Enterprise Associates
6	10	NGEN Partners, Nth Power, RockPort Capital Partners
7	9	Foundation Capital
8	8	Braemar Energy Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners
9	7	21Ventures, Firelake Capital Management, Good Energies, Mohr Davidow Ventures, The Westly Group, U.S. Department of Energy
10	6	Advanced Technology Ventures, Angeleno Group, Chrysalix Energy, Demeter Partners, Emerald Technology Ventures , Intel Capital, Siemens Venture Capital

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	2	First Solar, MEMC Electronic Materials, Tendril
2	1	A123 Systems, Amonix, Amyris Biotechnologies, Applied Materials, Bloomberg, British Petroleum, Cabot Corporation, Constellation Energy, Contour Energy Systems, Cooper Industries, DuPont, Ecova, Emcore, Energy Conversion Devices, ePod Solar, EPOD Solar, Inc. (EPDS OTC BB), ETH Bioenergia, General Electric, GT Advanced Technologies, IBM, JDS Uniphase Corporation, Johnson Controls, Masimo, Power-One, SAP, Sharp Electronics, Siemens, Soitec Group, Southwest Windpower, Stericycle, Sunlogics PLC, Terra-Gen Power, Trimble, Virgance

Analyzing CleanTech Startups Worldwide

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