28
Aug

BuzzCity grows in the low-end mobile ad market with new funding

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal

BuzzCity, a Singapore-based mobile advertising company, has picked up an additional $10 million for its combination approach of an ad network and social site, myGgamma.com The company is aiming to expand in the United States, but chances are, you’re not in its target market. Its idea is to reach out to audiences everywhere […]

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28
Aug

Another massive funding for thin film solar, with $104M to AVA Solar, a challenger to First Solar

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal, CleanTech

It may not be as much as the colossal $300 million financing that Nanosolar finally disclosed yesterday — the biggest ever for a solar company — but another thin-film manufacturer, AVA Solar, has broken into the nine-figure funding range today, with a challenge to industry giant First Solar’s dominance. AVA stands out a bit […]

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27
Aug

Nanosolar outshines the competition with a $300M financing

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal, CleanTech

Thin-film solar company Nanosolar has been sitting on a big secret for much of this year, it turns out: The company took a $300 million financing this March, and has remained mum ever since, only detailing it on the company’s blog this morning after VentureWire reported the funding.While Nanosolar hasn’t been entirely secretive about its […]

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27
Aug

Daptiv scores more funding for project management software, continuing on growth trajectory

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal

Still on its quest to become the Salesforce.com of project portfolio management (PPM), Seattle startup Daptiv has raised $9 million more to develop and market its platform to large companies. PPM, for those of you who haven’t spent much time in a cubicle, refers to the sets of goals, objectives and steps required for completing […]

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27
Aug

Miox raises $19M for water treatment

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Top stories, wire, deal, CleanTech

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27
Aug

Smart grid adoption could turn out to be slower than expected

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, CleanTech

Following a spate of hefty financings this year, culminating last week with Trilliant’s $40 million funding, it looks a bit like smart grid startups — companies that give the meters on homes and businesses the ability to communicate with utilities and other devices — are poised to take off. But for many of these firms, […]

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27
Aug

Air compression energy storage finally finds an investor

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal, CleanTech

An idea that has long been batted around by entrepreneurs and venture capitalists is finally getting its day in (or, more accurately, out of) the sun: pumping air into pressurized air cave systems. Then, the air is let out, and it spins turbines to generate electricity.
The method is used when its not gusty enough topside […]

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26
Aug

Carbon capture startups to get first big chance with Canadian project

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, CleanTech

Despite heavy opposition from environmentalists, economists and renewable energy supporters, it’s looking increasingly like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) will play a large part in various government plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The latest project to be announced — a full coal burning plant using CCS technology in Canada. Most CCS technology aims […]

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26
Aug

Algal biofuel firm Solazyme scores $45M

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Top stories, wire, deal, CleanTech

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26
Aug

Data shows US mobile data usage ready to pass the UK

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology

Before long, the United States may become the world’s top user of the web on mobile devices, according to analytics and billing firm Bango. The company is releasing figures this morning showing the US at almost 19 percent of the world total, just short of the top country, the United Kingdom, which has about 19.4 […]

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