Front Core Capital Witness As Only $1.1 Billion US VC Investment in Cleantech in Q2 2011
The Energy / Electricity Generation segment continues to dominate cleantech investment. The segment raised $311.6 million during Q2 2011 and raised a total of $686.9 million through the first half of 2011 - just shy of the $700.6 million raised through the first half of 2010.
- (1888PressRelease) September 03, 2011 - US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies decreased by 44% to $1.1 billion in Q2 2011 compared to Q2 2010, while deals fell 12% to 68. The decline in cleantech investment in Q2 2011 comes in comparison to the $1.9 billion invested in Q2.
The Energy / Electricity Generation segment continues to dominate cleantech investment. The segment raised $311.6 million during Q2 2011 and raised a total of $686.9 million through the first half of 2011 - just shy of the $700.6 million raised through the first half of 2010. Solar companies continue to draw the greatest support in this segment with $234.2 million, representing 21% of the overall investment in Q2 2011.
Cleantech companies in the Industry Products and Services segment raised the second largest amount in Q2 2011: $305.7 million with a decrease of 53% from the record amount of $655.3 million that was raised by this segment in Q2 2010.
In Q2 2011, the Energy Efficiency segment ranked third with respect to total amount raised, with $183.7 million, a 3% decrease from the $189.8 million raised in Q2 2010. However, the segment had 20 deals, the largest number of deals for the quarter.
Companies in the Energy Storage market attracted $150.3 million dollars, a 4% increase from Q2 2010. This was a 57% decrease from the total raised in Q2 2010.
Cleantech companies in the revenue generation stage of development drew the greatest amount of VC investment in Q2 2011 with $865.2 million, 79% of total dollars invested during the quarter. This is an 8% increase from investments in Q2 2010. Later stage companies also dominated the Q2 2011 VC investments, accounting for 67% of the quarterly total. Through the first half of 2011, $1.44 billion has been raised by revenue generating companies and $1.28 billion has gone to later stage companies.
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Zach Amiran, press-contact ( @ ) frontcorecapital dot com
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