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by Paul Straub on April 9th, 2013 
April 8, 2013 source: This article was originally published on PEHub
Many VCs have pulled back from funding energy technologies and cleantech startups, and have been replaced by corporate venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs and traditional VCs alike are finding opportunities where corporate partners provide a critical ingredient that substantially increases their likelihood of success.
During the past three years, players such as General Motors, BMW, and Shell have been among the 182 companies . . .
→ Read full post: Cleantech Startup Investing Out of Favor? Not So for Corporate Investors
by Claremont Creek Alerts on January 17th, 2013 
January 17, 2013 source: VentureBeat
Ashley Halligan, an analyst at Austin, Texas-based Software Advice — recently published an article on VentureBeat in December outlining the growing trend in VC-funded digital cleantech–shifting from typical hardware-based investing.
The article draws attention to interesting statistics including: there’s almost five million commercial facilities in the U.S. They account for nearly half of domestic energy consumption–but only five percent of the market has . . .
→ Read full post: VentureBeat article on Energy Management sector, a key market for Claremont Creek investments
by Claremont Creek Alerts on November 28th, 2012 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9GI9sVY2J4w
November 28, 2012. Source: Nobel Profit
Listen to venture capitalist Nat Goldhaber, managing director of Claremont Creek Ventures, share his insights around energy and policy in California in regards to clean tech investments. In this interview he focuses on a particular investment in solar with Clean Power Finance as it relates to the public utilities and our indigenous production as a relief from foreign oil, a strategy he sees as vitally important to circumvent . . .
→ Read full post: Nat Goldhaber video interview with Nobel Profit
by Nat Goldhaber on October 16th, 2012 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CBdznh-hU
An energy-independent United States is an achievable goal by 2025, according to new research commissioned by Claremont Creek Ventures. In order to achieve this audacious goal, the United States needs to clear an important set of hurdles. . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures Predicts Energy Independence By 2025
by Randy Hawks on August 27th, 2012 
August 27, 2012 source: originally published on
The average American generates 4.6 pounds of garbage every day, making the U.S. one of the biggest throwaway societies on the planet. E-waste, including cell phones, TVs, and computers, is a huge part of the problem. In 2009, this country generated 3,190,000 tons of e-waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The vast majority of that e-waste (82.3%) ended up in landfills and incinerators, with only . . .
→ Read full post: Cleantech Startups Turn Garbage into Gold With Reverse Logistics
by Nat Goldhaber on July 31st, 2012 
We’re sponsoring the SXSW Eco conference on October 3-5 2012 featuring sessions from experts in the public, private and academic sectors committed to finding solutions for a sustainable world. We’ve also submitted a panel suggestion: How Intelligence at the Edge Creates a Greener Grid. . . .
→ Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures supports SXSW Eco conference
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by John Steuart on May 24th, 2012 
I was struck recently by a piece in The Wall Street Journal by Pui-Wing Tam, The $1 Billion Club Gets Crowded, which highlights the amusing rate at which closely held, private US companies in the social media sector are garnering $1 billion-plus valuations. With 20 companies already fetching a 10-figure price tag— 15 of them since the beginning of last year— the bubble has swelled quickly. Even during the dot-com boom of the 1990’s, just . . .
→ Read full post: Me-too, In-Fashion Investing Fueling A Social Media Bubble
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