Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Posted by Guest Contributor By Christie McCarthy Originally published on the Vista Solar blog Advanced nations are beginning to understand this phenomenon: that healthy economies cannot exist without the contributions of women; and to the extent that women thrive, countries thrive. As Secretary of State John Kerry says, “women’s issues are not just women’s issues, they’re family issues, they’re economic issues, they’re community issues.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Funding will Catalyze Goal of Deploying $1B in Solar Loans We are thrilled to announce that Better Ventures portfolio company SunFunder recently closed a Series A round with Khosla Impact and a group of existing angel investors. This is a big milestone for SunFunder and marks the next step on their journey to be the leader in emerging market solar finance.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Funding Will Advance Development and Commercialization of Water Condensation Technologies We are excited to report that Better Ventures portfolio company NBD Nano has closed a $5.2M Series A round of financing led by Phoenix Venture Partners , a leading venture firm in advanced materials innovations. Supply Chain Ventures and previous angel investors also participated in the round.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Funding will Scale Sales Acceleration Solutions while Creating Thousands of Fair Wage Jobs Worldwide We are thrilled to report that Better Ventures portfolio company LeadGenius (formerly MobileWorks) has closed a $6M Series A round of financing led by Sierra Ventures. Other participating investors include Kapor Capital, Bee Partners, Sam Altman, 500 Startups, and others.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Two Investments Completed and Actively Seeking New Deals We normally reserve this space for portfolio news, but we wanted to steal the limelight momentarily to announce that we held our first close for Better Ventures Fund II on October 2nd! We're thrilled to welcome a world-class group of investors into our second fund, including Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Tina Ju (Kleiner Perkins China), Arno Harris (Recurrent Energy), John McAteer (Google), Charly and Lisa Kleissner (KL Felicitas), Jason Seat

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Posted by Rosana Francescato What would you do if you found you were living a lifestyle but not a life? If you were Anne Martin, the Reinvention Mentor , you’d set about creating a life you could love – and you’d reinvent yourself. Martin told her law-to-lipstick story at a recent WCS event that had her audience persuaded we too can reinvent ourselves.

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