http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/ Helping the Earth with Technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:14:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/#comment-26648 nina Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:10:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=24302#comment-26648 <p>vaime ra magariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p> vaime ra magariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/#comment-26078 Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : GE: Sticking With That Old-Energy Religion Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:42:32 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=24302#comment-26078 [...] GE’s Ecomagination unit gets plenty of attention for its push into “green energy,” and the conglomerate is the biggest U.S. maker of wind turbines. It’s also leading the charge into new energy technology like the smart grid. But old energy is just as important for GE, from U.S. oil and gas production to oil-fired power plants in Saudi Arabia. [...]

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/#comment-26019 Katie Fehrenbacher Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:37 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=24302#comment-26019 <p>Good point, though in such a difficult capital market companies would be really happy to get those funds.</p> Good point, though in such a difficult capital market companies would be really happy to get those funds.

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/#comment-26009 Not so sure... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:27 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=24302#comment-26009 <p>I don't really agree that obtaining funds from GE is "like "winning the lottery." Large commercial investors like Intel Capital and GE often have diverging interests as the company grows, and it's not unheard of that corporate investors will block a later round of financing when the interests of the parties are no longer aligned.</p> I don’t really agree that obtaining funds from GE is “like “winning the lottery.” Large commercial investors like Intel Capital and GE often have diverging interests as the company grows, and it’s not unheard of that corporate investors will block a later round of financing when the interests of the parties are no longer aligned.

]]> http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/beyond-the-valley-ge-is-the-ultimate-green-vc/#comment-25994 Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Green Ink: Budget Battles and the Perils of Toilet Paper Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:22:20 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=24302#comment-25994 [...] General Electric has become a green VC, channeling money from its Ecomagination unit into all kinds of clean-tech operations, at Earth2Tech: “We’re as hungry as we’ve always been,” GE says. Now that energy-efficiency proponents have won the stimulus lottery, the trick will be to identify all the buildings that need to be overhauled, in the NYT. [...]

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