First published on the Cleantech Investor website, May 2012

Vattenfall has announced the establishment of Nautimus, a new Scottish engineering services company dedicated to marine energy. Abengoa of Spain and the UK’s Babcock are partners in the new company, which intends to fulfil a need for engineering, procurement, integration and construction services for wave and tidal projects, on behalf of utility clients.

First published on the Cleantech Investor website, May 2012

EDF and Idinvest Partners have created a venture capital fund called Electranova Capital, providing a minimum of €60 million for investment in innovative projects focusing on new technologies for energy production and usage. The fund will focus on growth companies in France and elsewhere in Europe and will take minority shareholdings.

First published on the Cleantech Investor website, May 2012

Four cleantech fund management groups were represented at the Cleantech Fund Manager Platforms in March 2012, at K&L Gates. Two of these manage funds with a particular focus on early stage cleantech opportunities: the Capricorn Cleantech Fund and the I2BF Venture Fund II. The other two groups, WHEB Partners and Climate Change Capital, currently tend to emphasise later stage investments (although WHEB Partners used to have an early stage focus). Click on the links below for summaries of the investment criteria of each of the funds – and the case studies of portfolio companies from each investor.

Summary of presentation at Cleantech Fund Manager Platform, March 2012

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www.i2bf.com

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I2BF Global Ventures was represented on the Cleantech Fund Manager Platform by David Waserstein. I2BF Global Ventures, which has teams in New York, Moscow, London and Dubai, was established in 2005. Its venture capital division manages over US$160m in clean technology venture capital across several funds.

Summary of presentation at Cleantech Fund Manager Platform, March 2012

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www.capricorn.be

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Belgian based Capricorn Venture Partners (CVP) – and the Capricorn Cleantech Fund (CCF) - were represented at the Cleantech Fund Manager Platform by Steven Levecke. CVP, which was founded in 1993, focuses on innovative technology companies. It has a total of EUR250m under management, of which EUR112m of committed capital has been allocated to the Capricorn Cleantech Fund. CVP also manages the Quest Cleantech Fund (a sicav, valued at EUR11.1m at the end of 2011).