NextWave Greentech Investing: Ready For Prime Time

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Since the downturn, a small number of innovative venture investors have been developing new strategies for generating returns from the greentech macro-opportunity. We're now starting to see the early results of these efforts, and some of these strategies appear to be showing good results. The NextWave of greentech investing is now ready for prime time.

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NEXTWAVE GREENTECH �Ready for Prime Time�

You are here�

Some of the things people have said recently about greentech investing: �

1. “To do anything important in greentech just takes way too long and too much capital”�

2. “Greentech is a noble way to lose money”�

3. “Solyndra”�

That was then... �

• ...This is Now �

We’re building Real Companies with Real Growth�

HERESY!!!

Innovations the world needs�

Innovations that are a fit for

venture capital �

Shhh!!! Returns! (don’t tell anyone) �

Source: Cambridge Associates and NVCA

Hybrid (ProjFin+VC) and other flexible

investment approaches�

Focusing on market reinvention�

We’re bringing New Strategies with

pragmatic approaches to

Changing the World�

Many of the world’s Biggest Strategic

Acquirers are prioritizing these

solutions for Significant Top-line Growth�

Our sector is attracting the world’s Top Entrepreneurial

Talent�

By 2025, the global greentech market is projected

to be $5.7 TRILLION in annual revenues...�

Source: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Some big questions are still being argued over:�

1. Is “cleanweb” just a “corner case”?�

2. Is there a “lean startup” model for greentech hardware?�

3. What’s working that can be copied, and what successes are just unique bets by non-traditional investors?�

4. When will large corporates REALLY come out to play?�

The Next Wave of Greentech Investing

Is Here�Check out all of the post-event coverage: http://www.greentechmedia.com/

events/live/nextwave-greentech-investing/post-event