The past few weeks have been busy for start-ups focused on developing enabling materials for the solar industry, showing that VCs continue to find materials advances as the key choke point in the industry. First, organic photovoltaic developer Plextronics picked up an undisclosed amount from Applied...
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Case Study | March 27, 2021
In January 2020, Sequoia Partner Bryan Schreier announced to the public that the venture capital firm would be "actively investing in climate tech" given that there was a moral responsibility and a "huge business opportunity." Soon afterward, Sequoia launched its Climate Fund, with a focus on ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | January 26, 2022
A joint venture involving the Shanghai Electric Company has decided to abandon a copper‑indium‑gallium‑selenide (CIGS) solar module production project, which could potentially see the joint venture lose up to CNY 1.42 billion in the investment. The project, which aimed to commercialize CIGS ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | April 11, 2022
The Portuguese utility company's venture arm will start investing in startups in the scale‑up phase with Series B and Series C rounds while maintaining its traditional approach of investing in seed and Series A rounds. The primary technologies of interest include renewable energy technologies, ... Not part of subscription