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Cleantech investment slows but many backers remain hopeful

San Jose Mercury News - Sat May 26, 6:27 pm ET

Some say cleantech investing is just shifting -- and becoming smarter as the industry naturally matures.

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NZ business slow to adopt cleantech philosophies
Scoop.co.nz - 46 minutes ago
New Zealand’s size and lack of scale compared with other countries means that our businesses are not as green in their actions compared with other countries.
Cleantech to Spacetech Event Set to Unveil Exciting New Technologies and Entrepreneurial Endeavors
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri May 25, 3:18 pm ET
ORLANDO, Fla., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Cleantech Acceleration Network (FL-CAN), Igniting Innovation (I2) Capital Acceleration Network, and MegaWatt Ventures proudly present Cleantech to Spacetech: ...
UniQuest promotes UQ innovation at world water conventions
University of Queensland - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
The University of Queensland’s (UQ) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest Pty Limited, will promote more than 20 "cleantech" innovations at two major international water industry events over the coming weeks.
As Governments Exit, Private Investors Return to Cleantech
Forbes - Fri May 25, 4:35 pm ET
What a week! At the start of the year we forecast that one of the big trends in 2012 would be the return of the private equity markets to the fuel cell and hydrogen industry.?? In fact, this trend has been far larger and is now having an impact on the entire cleantech sector. The ...
Hamilton-based fiber optics company Princetel is striving to be good to the environment
Hunterdon County Democrat - Sun May 27, 8:17 am ET
In 2010, when Princetel decided to expand into their current 41,500-square-foot facility, they purposefully chose land that the Environmental Protection Agency had designated a “brownfield,” property that has been contaminated by a hazardous substance, which Princetel cleaned up at their own expense.
Microsoft to incubate start-ups
The Hindu - Sun May 27, 6:37 am ET
Microsoft has announced the launch of a programme that aims at incubating and supporting 10 start-ups that are focussed on cloud technologies. The four-month incubation programme has been introduc...
Venture funding plunged last quarter
Contra Costa Times - Sat May 26, 9:36 pm ET
Venture capitalists poured $5.8 billion into 758 deals in the first quarter of the year, according to the MoneyTree report the association prepares with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Thomson Reuters. That was a double-digit drop in both dollars and deals compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, when $7.1 billion went into 889 deals.
Sangre Chronicle > Cimarron > Cimarron community split on liquor license
Sangre de Christo Chronicle - Sun May 27, 7:19 am ET
Some Cimarron residents do not want Cow Paddy’s to get a liquor license. Residents packed into Cimarron Village Hall for a public hearing regarding an application for a liquor license for a new business called Cow Paddy’s.
People & Changes
The Lakeland Ledger - Sat May 26, 11:27 pm ET
Matthew E. Wengerd of Lakeland recently joined Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate and Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty as a marketing strategist.
O'Brien: Steve Blank believes social might be killing Silicon Valley
San Jose Mercury News - Sat May 26, 6:16 pm ET
The influential entrepreneur and Stanford University instructors says investors are too busy chasing quick returns on social media startups to invest in innovations that have more impact, but take longer to pay off. To balance, Blank argues that there's some kind of role for the U.S. government to play in guiding innovation.