Cleantech Startups Need Big Brothers
Eric McAfee is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist, founding and funding companies in renewable energy, oil and gas, agriculture, networking devices and enterprise software. Given...
View ArticleAeroponics and Aquaponics – Amazing Concepts in Sustainable Agriculture
When I was first introduced to aeroponics and aquaponics many years ago, I remember scoffing at the guy on the phone who was pitching the idea that I make it one of my cleantech investment...
View ArticleWind Energy and Compressed Air Energy Storage Represent Environmentally...
In a discussion of one of our cleantech investment opportunities that happen to implement wind energy with compressed air energy storage, a friend writes, “compressed air as a storage medium is a...
View Article“The Hedge Connection” – Bringing Together Investors (“Allocators”) with...
When I write my column for the Hedge Connection’s blog which I call “The Cleantech Deal of the Month,” I try to do so with the sensibilities of the reader in mind. Suppose you’re an “allocator”...
View ArticleExactly, How Does Dead Soil Produce Unhealthy Food?
It’s common knowledge that drought, monoculture, overuse of chemical fertilizer and pesticides, and excessive plowing have created “dead soil” in which growing nutritious food crops is becoming...
View ArticleThe Arabian Sea: Poster Child for Environmental Disaster
Warming waters associated with climate change have had horrific effects on the biochemistry of our oceans, and in no case is this more evident than the Arabian Sea south of Pakistan, and separating...
View ArticleCleanTech Investment Opportunities Abound
A friend asks, “If you’re looking to add cleantech stock to your portfolio, is there anything to buy beyond Tesla Inc. (TESLA)? Are there any other decent cleantech investment opportunities?” I would...
View ArticleFrom Guest Blogger Derek Lotts: Greener and More Sustainable Construction...
Considering the state of our environment nowadays, it’s no wonder that people are increasingly turning to green or at least greener solutions whenever possible. The construction industry is no...
View ArticleWant Locally Grown Food? Doesn’t Get More Local Than This
This supermarket grows its own produce on the store’s roof. It claims to be the first of its kind, which it isn’t, but it’s a very cool idea. In fact, one of the companies that I represent in my list...
View ArticleBiomass Isn’t the Answer
One of the first cleantech investment opportunities I represented when 2GreenEnergy was launched in 2009 was a wood pelletization plant in Georgia that had a huge take-off agreement with several...
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