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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: Robert Bosch Venture Capital and WHEB Partners investment in Torqeedo |
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Deal Date:
March 2012
Type of transaction:
Series C Venture Capital funding round
Deal Value:
€5.6 million
Details:
Torqeedo, which has developed technology for electric outboard motors for boats, has raised €5.6 million in Series C Funding in a round led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital and WHEB Partners.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: GSR Ventures et al investment in Protean Electric |
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Deal date:
July 2012
Type of transaction:
Investment round
Value:
US$84 million
Details:
GSR Ventures, New Times Group, Oak Investment Partners and the city of Liyang, Jiangsu Province, China have invested in Protean Electric to fund production of Protean's electric drive technology in a new manufacturing facility In China
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: Polaris Industries et al investment in Brammo |
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Deal Date:
July 2012
Type of transaction:
Series C investment round
Deal Value:
$13 million (first tranche of a US$45 million round)
Details:
Polaris Industries and other investors completed an investment in Brammo, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) technology and manufacturer of two-wheel EVs.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: Imperial Innovations, Invesco Perpetual et al investment in Nexeon |
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Deal date:
August 2011
Type of Transaction:
Series C investment round
Deal Value:
£40 million
Details:
Imperial Innovations, Invesco Perpetual et al invested in Nexeon, which has developed rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: GKN acquisition of stake in EVO Electric |
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Deal Date:
June 2011
Type of transaction:
Strategic investment
Deal Value:
n.a.
Details:
GKN invested in EVO Electric through the acquisition of a 25.1% stake in the company. GKN Driveline and EVO Electric announced that they would enter into a joint venture, GKN EVO eDrive Systems, which GKN will finance with funding of £5 million in debt and equity.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: GE, USB et al investment in Better Place |
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Deal Date:
November 2011
Type of transaction:
Series C equity fundraising
Deal Value:
US$200 million
Details:
New investors in the Better Place Series C round included GE and UBS AG, among others. Existing shareholders, including Israel Corp., HSBC Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Ofer Group and Maniv Energy Capital, also joined the round.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: Qualcomm acquisition of HaloIPT |
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Deal date:
November 2011
Type of transaction:
Acquisition
Value:
n.a.
Details:
Qualcomm acquired New Zealand-based HaloIPT, which has developed inductive power transfer (IPT) or wireless charging technology, in November 2011. Batteries in EVs fitted with an integrated receiver pad can be charged automatically while the car is parked or if it is being driven over transmitter pads buried in the ground.
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EV Deal of the Year Award 2012 Nominee: ABB acquisition of Epyon BV |
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Deal date:
July 2011
Type of transaction:
Acquisition
Value:
n.a.
Details:
ABB acquired Epyon, the developer of direct current (DC) fast-charging stations and network charger software, based in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, in 2011. The Epyon software reduces charging time to 15 minutes and enables charging to be tailored to different start conditions, power requirements and charging times.
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