Israel Cleantech Ventures is an Israeli specialized venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Glen Schwaber, Jack Levy, and Meir Ukeles.[1] It was the first Israel focused clean technology venture capital fund intent on providing growth capital to Israel's energy, water and environmental technology sectors.[2][3] It raised $75 million for its first fund in 2007 from investors that included Robeco and Piper Jaffray,[3] as well as institutional investors and family offices.
[edit] Portfolio Companies
- Aqwise — Working on increased treatment capacity and nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants.[4]
- Better Place — California-based company founded in October 2007 by Shai Agassi that aims to reduce global dependency on petroleum through the creation of a transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles.[5]
- BrightView Systems — founded in 2007 to develop and bring to market process and production optimization technologies for the thin-film photovoltaic industry to enable solar-cell manufacturers to maximize panel efficiency and reliability as well as attain high-volume productivity.[6]
- CellEra — Working on disruptive low-temperature fuel cell technology.[7]
- CRE (Citrine Renewable Energy) — Developing systems converting biogas into high value biomethane.[8]
- Emefcy — Utilizing microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology to produce electricity from the treatment of wastewater.[9]
- FRX Polymers — has developed and is commercializing a family of novel non-halogenated (and therefore environmentally friendlier), transparent, high melt flowing, fire resistant plastics. FRX’s products are suitable as polymeric flame retardant additives and as “stand-alone” inherently flame retardant engineering plastics.[10]
- Metrolight — Based in Netanya with an office in Franklin, Tennessee;[11] the company has established products on electronic ballast solutions for HID lighting systems.[12] It was 2008 Israeli Company of the Year at the Eagle Star Awards Gala by the American-Israeli Chamber of Commerce.[13]
- Pythagoras Solar — Founded by Gonen Fink, Dr. Itay Baruchi, and Precede Technologies. Based in Hakfar Hayarok with an office in San Mateo, California, the start-up works with photovoltaic technology and builds "Medium" concentration solar cells using silicon.[14][15]
- Scodix — leading provider of Digital Enhancement Presses for the printing industry[16]
- Tigo Energy — hardware and software that brings new levels of power output efficiency, management and control to photovoltaic solar installations[17]
[edit] References
- ^ Israel Cleantech Ventures management profile.
- ^ Israeli Greentech Companies Make Their Pitch, Jeff St. John, Greentech Media, November 11, 2008
- ^ a b Israeli funds look to clean technologies, Jessica Steinberg, International Herald Tribune, October 18, 2008; accessed December 22, 2008.
- ^ Aqwise company page.
- ^ About Better Place.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.cellera.biz/ CellEra website
- ^ ICV Portfolio Page
- ^ Emefcy company site
- ^ [2]
- ^ VC firms looking for next wave of innovation, Linda Bryant, Nashville Business Journal, November 23, 2007.
- ^ Metrolight
- ^ Eagle Star Award company profiles
- ^ Pythagoras Solar Company Page; accessed 22 December 2008
- ^ 150 Solar Start Ups, Eric Wesff, Green Tech Media, December 4, 2008.
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
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