Climate conscious investors, frustrated at the spray-and-pray approach of traditional ventures, are tipping money into a new $200 million climate-focused fund.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has joined Mike Cannon-Brookes Grok Ventures in backing an Australian company commercialising technology that could drastically cut costs and increase efficiency of solar panels.
World-beating Australian solar technology company SunDrive has completed a new $21 million (USD 13 million) funding round which will help commercialise its revolutionary solar cell technology that replaces silver with copper to improve solar panel efficiency and reduce costs.
CEFC launches specialist cleantech fund manager. Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced the launch of its first specialist fund manager, Virescent Ventures, with the goal to l