This profile was compiled by Preqin and was reproduced in Cleantech magazine in July 2009.
Fund Type: Venture
Geographic Focus: North America
Location: Santa Barbara, CA, US
Pure Cleantech Funds Raised: USD 500 million
NGEN Partners is an established leader in venture investing in cleantech and other technologies enabled by materials science. NGEN invests in emerging businesses that have differentiated and protected technology, validated large markets, customer visibility, and experienced management teams. By investing in post-prototype, early and mid-stage rounds, NGEN adds significant value to its portfolio companies, typically as the lead investor. NGEN Partners boasts a broad range of companies within its portfolio, representing the spectrum of clean technologies, from green resources, such as polymers and recycling, pollution abatement, energy efficiency and alternative energy. The firm interprets cleantech as economically viable products and services that positively affect the environment.
Cleantech Industry Focus:
Advanced Materials, Biomass, Efficiency Infrastructure, Electric/Hybrid Vehicles, Emissions Control, GeoThermal, Hydro Power, Recycling, Solar Power, Solid State Lighting (SSL), Water, Wind Power
Recent Pure Cleantech Funds:
NGEN Partners III (raising), Vintage 2008, Target Size: USD 500 mn;
NGEN Partners II, Vintage 2005, Size: USD 180 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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