This profile was compiled by Preqin and was reproduced in Cleantech magazine in July 2009.
Fund Type: Venture/Early Stage
Geographic Focus: North America
Location: San Bruno, CA, US
Pure Cleantech Funds Raised: USD 585 million
VantagePoint Venture Partners is a large, technology focused venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, California. VantagePoint is geography and stage indifferent, providing capital from the seed-stage through to mezzanine rounds of financing. VantagePoint Venture Partners has recognised the opportunities presented by cleantech and has raised 2 pure cleantech focused funds to date. It also boasts the industry’s largest cleantech team with experts in the energy, water, materials and transportation fields. Its portfolio companies encompass a wide range of cleantech industries, ranging from next generation fuel cells, to proprietary waste-water recycle technology, to electric vehicles investments.
Cleantech Industry Focus:
Advanced Materials, Biofuels, Biomass, Efficiency Infrastructure, Electric/Hybrid Vehicles, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Hydro Power, Recycling & Waste, Solar Power,Waste to Energy, Wind Power
Recent Pure Cleantech Funds:
VantagePoint Cleantech Partners, Vintage 2006, USD 150 mn;
VantagePoint Cleantech Partners II, Vintage 2008, USD 435 mn
The Top Ten Cleantech Managers:
1. Riverstone
2. Generation Investment Management
3. VantagePoint Venture Partners
4. US Renewables Group
5. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
6. NGen Partners
7. Element Partners
8. TCW Group
9. RockPort Capital Partners
10. HgCapital
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