08 May 2009

1. • U.S. offers $790 million to Next-Gen Biofuels
   

2. • CPower gets $10.7 million for Energy Management projects
   

3. • Gov. Patrick awards $968 million in loans for drinking and waste water
   

4. • CATIC to Finance $300 million for U.S. Wind Farm Projects
   

5. • Deeya Energy Raises Oversubscribed $30M Series C
   

6. • Capstone Turbine announces Equity Offering
   

7. • Powerlt Lands $6M for Industrial Energy Efficiency
   

8. • Q-Cells Joins Solar Peers in Raising Money by Selling Shares
   

9. • Transonic Combustion Completes New Round of Venture Funding
   

10. • Eucalyptus secures $5.5M funding to build private clouds
    

11. • Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Proposed $200.0 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering
    

12. • Google-Backed 23andMe Adds $11 Million In Funding
    

13. • Despite Recession, ExactTarget Raises A Whopping $70 Million For Marketing Software
    

14. • Craigslist Competitor OLX Scores $5 Million For Online Classifieds
    

15. • Avatar Startup FUHU Raises $6.25 Million, Strikes Deal With Acer To Put Widgets In PCs
    

16. • Prop. 1B Would Give Schools $9.3 Billion
    

17. • PE, Venture Funds Eye Offbeat Sectors To Ride Out Downturn

1. • Prudent Energy Announces $22million Series C Fund Raise

Websites

1. • EVCJ
   

2. • PE Hub
   

3. • VCA Online
   

4. • Venture Beat

Blogs

1. • Greentech Media
   

2. • Ludwigs
   

3. • WSJ

Organizations

1. • EVCA
   

2. • LAVA
   

3. • MAVA
   

4. • NVCA
   

5. • SDVG
   

6. • Venture Capital Institute

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Insider’s Links

1. • Next Up
   

2. • Next Knowledge
   

3. • Next Green
   

4. • Next Media

17 April 2009

1. • World Bank Approves $75 Million for Energy Modernisation in Rural Uganda
   

2. • Carlyle to keep pace of spending in China, India
   

3. • A123 Systems Raises $69M
   

4. • Ex-Im Bank Approves US $61M for SolarWorld
   

5. • TWSA receives $13.3M for treatment plant
   

6. • Luxim Completes $12 Million Series C Funding Round
   

7. • FERC approves $10B grid upgrade for wind projects
   

8. • Ember Raises $8 Million for ZibBee Smart Grid Technology
   

9. • Nuventix Gets $8 Million for LED Cooling Technology
   

10. • Collective Media Nabs $20 Million Funding
    

11. • SoundCloud Raises €2.5 Million For Professional Music Collaboration Hub
    

12. • Goom Radio Raises Venture Capital
    

13. • Networking Startup Raises First Venture Round
    

14. • ExtraHop Raises $5.1 Million in Series A Funding
    

15. • Money for Pre-K
    

16. • Rosetta IPO Prices Above Range; First In Nearly A Year
    

17. • Bridgepoint Raises $141.8 Million in Second U.S. IPO This Year
    

18. • Stimulus Funds Pay For Special Education
    

19. • Senate Supports $63 Million Increase for K-12 Education
    

20. • PE Appetite for Education Firms Soars

News Archives

24 April 2009

1. • Jiangsu Zongyi planning private placement to fund thin-film plant
   

2. • Ausra Gets $25.5M to Pursue New Dreams
   

3. • USDA awards $144 million for rural infrastructure projects
   

4. • Ex-Im Bank Approves €11M for AMAT Exports
   

5. • Startup Gets $5M to Do More With Alt-Fuel Waste Product
   

6. • Chinese local government establishes LED venture fund
   

7. • Powerspan Corp. Closes Over $50 Million in New Financing
   

8. • As VCs struggle to survive, Trinity closes new $300M fund
   

9. • AT&T Invests More Than $1 Billion in Wisconsin From '06 - '08
   

10. • AKTEL IPO possible in 2010
    

11. • Foodista Raises $550,000 From Amazon And Other Angels
    

12. • Meru Scores $30 Million In Funding
    

13. • There's No Good Reason to Regulate Venture Capital
    

14. • Post-Secondary Schools Get Temporary Funding Boost
    

15. • Illinois schools get $1.4 billion in federal stimulus
    

16. • Gaming VC '08 profit up 2 pct
    

17. • Venture Capital Investments Plunge 61% amid Frozen IPO Market
    

18. • Venture Capital Investing Hits 11-Year Low In 1st Quarter
    

19. • First Reserve to put 10% of USD 9bn fund into renewables

01 May 2009

1. • EPS Gets $30 Million for Energy Intelligence Systems
   

2. • Silver Lake Invests $60 million in Power-One
   

3. • HSBC raises $154 million for Environment Infra Fund
   

4. • Jadoo to Recieve $1.8 million in Stimulus Funding
   

5. • WebEx Founder Backs Chint Solar, Contributes to $50M Round
   

6. • Media6° Nails Down $9.8 Million In Funding
   

7. • Marin Raises $13 Million For Search Engine Optimization Software
   

8. • Twitter-based Shopping Service Launches, Raises $4.7 Million In Funding
   

9. • Posit Science Raises $5.6M For Brain Fitness Software
   

10. • $2.7M Grant to Boost K-12 Biology
    

11. • House passes K-12 bill that allocates $13.7 billion, keeps funding steady
    

12. • Intelliworks Closes Series D Funding Round Led by Existing Investors and MMV Financial
    

13. • ‘Green Technology’ Firm Based On MSU Science Lands $21M In Venture Capital
    

14. • School Districts To Get $660 Million
    

15. • Associated Content Lands $6 Million for Publishing Platform

NeXt Innovation News

1. • Sinovel plans $500m IPO in Shanghai
   

2. • Startup GreenRoad gets funding from Gore, Branson
   

3. • Konarka Gets $20M More for Organic Solar Cells
   

4. • New $90 million fund will extend SolarCity integration service to new states
   

5. • EV Infrastructure Developer ECOtality Gets $300 Million Credit Line From Chinese Partner
   

6. • LDK Solar acquires Best Solar’s crystalline module manufacturing plant
   

7. • Company Promising Electricity from Heat (and Vice Versa) Gets $2.7 Million
   

8. • Solarbuzz is taken over by the NPD group
   

9. • Silver Spring Selects Bankers For Planned IPO
   

10. • Solutia to Acquire Solar-Supplies Firm
    

11. • Adenyo lands $30M to expand mobile marketing platform globally
    

12. • Cloudmark Secures $23 Million in Growth Equity Funding from Summit Partners and Nokia Growth Partners
    

13. • Exponential Entertainment raises funding for Hollywood Player casual games
    

14. • Perfect Market Raises $6 Million
    

15. • Kwedit Raises $3.3 Million
    

16. • MySpace co-founder DeWolfe moves into social gaming with MindJolt acquisition
    

17. • Playdom eyes a bigger Facebook presence by acquiring Offbeat Games
    

18. • HomeAway Buys Up BedAndBreakfast.com
    

19. • NetBase Lands $9M in Venture Capital Funding
    

20. • Audience Closes $15 Million In Series E Funding
    

21. • Arkayne Inc., Closes Funding Round, Prepares to Launch First Two Products
    

22. • Altor Secures Series B Funding from New Investors DAG Ventures and Juniper Networks® as Well as Founding Investors Accel  Partners and Foundation Capital
    

23. • Force10 Networks Files For IPO
    

24. • Sony acquires LittleBigPlanet game maker Media Molecule
    

25. • Hedge Fund Offers to Buy Novell
    

26. • Google Buys Online Photo-editing App Picnik
    

27. • Data Storage Startup Pivot3 Lands $25 Million
    

28. • PanTerra lands $4M for cloud SaaS products
    

29. • T-Venture Makes Strategic Investment in Lantiq 
    

30. • Mashery gets $5.5 million in a third round of funding
    

31. • Language learning community busuu.com secures first round
    

32. • Lebedev Says Deal for U.K. Independent to Close Soon
    

33. • ReachLocal Acquires SMB Live, Looks To Build Digital Presence, Reputation Management 
    

34. • Mobclix Acquires iPhone App Sales Analytics Software Heartbeat
    

35. • Baidu Nabs $50M Investment for Online Video Venture
    

36. • MOG raises $9.5 million for all-you-can-eat music subscriptions
    

37. • eBay acquires a site that sells products from the developing world
    

38. • The Advisory Board Company To Acquire Concuity
    

39. • Kaplan IT Learning Acquires Atlantic Link Limited and Atlantic Link, Inc.
    

40. • EdServ to acquire SmartLearn WebTV
    

41. • Promethean World Launches IPO
    

42. • 361 Degree gets $1 m funding

Video Archives

Charles Leadbeater - On Innovation

15 May 2009

1. • GE Sees $1 Bln Potential In Advanced Batteries
   

2. • VC spending for alternative energy tumbles 63 pct
   

3. • Australia Investing $1.3b in Solar Power Initiatives
   

4. • U.S. funnels $26M to Mass. wind research
   

5. • U.S. to Slash Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cells
   

6. • Suzlon Energy Repurchases Bonds USD 39 Million
   

7. • Enphase Gets $22.57M New Funding
   

8. • ExactTarget Sends Social Email -- and Receives $70 Million in Venture Capital
   

9. • BlogHer Secures $7 Million
   

10. • Medialets Raises $4 Million In First Round For Mobile Ad Technology
    

11. • Microsoft Bond Sale: $3.75 Billion Offering
    

12. • House Approves $6.4 Billion for Green Schools
    

13. • UNC Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund Only One Managed By Students
    

14. • Obama: Spend $5 Billion to Fix Schools
    

15. • EveryZing Closes $8.25MM Funding Round, Signs Agreement with NBC Universal
    

16. • Obama Wise to Invest In Education To Help Economy

22 May 2009

1. • DOE Lifts Smart Grid Stimulus Cap To $200M
   

2. • Facebook Seeking Funding at $8 Billion Valuation
   

3. • Skyline Solar Plans Fund-Raising, Product Launch in Fall
   

4. • Daimler Takes 10% Stake In Tesla Motors
   

5. • Biogas leader agri.capital raises €60M for EU growth
   

6. • Enphase Secures US $22.5M in Financing
   

7. • SolarBridge Seeks Up to $15M, Launches Microinverters in 4Q
   

8. • SDTC calls for applications to $500M Biofuel fund
   

9. • VIP E-Com Service Geelbe Raises $1M Round, Eyes Latin-America
   

10. • Facebook Raising $150M For Staffers' Stock Buy Back
    

11. • Loop'd Network Secures Additional $800,000
    

12. • GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund Invests in BlogHer
    

13. • Intel Capital To Invest In 2 Digital Content Companies In Jordan
    

14. • Education Online Services Corp Announces $5 Million Financial Aid
    

15. • VoxPop.TV Announces Series B Round of Financing
    

16. • India’s First Education-Focused PE Fund Has Back-To-Basics Tack
    

17. • Target Provides More Than $18 Million in Education Stimulus
    

18. • Progress Energy Invests $600,000 in K-12 Education in the Carolinas
    

19. • Fund Raising Challenge
    

20. • SIU Scores $168M In Capital Bill

Innovation at Google

29 May 2009

1. • Rediff has picked up a 26% stake in Examville.com
   

2. • Geothermal and Solar get more than $460M in stimulus funding
   

3. • Banking Big Names Hand $840M Loan To REpower
   

4. • SAIL-backed cleantech start-ups to secure $3B in Government funds
   

5. • Allegheny To Issue $650M in Debt
   

6. • CoBank & Iowa Lakes Electric Close US $43M Wind Financing
   

7. • UltraCell Adds $3.8 Million in New Funding
   

8. • Tigo Energy Reaches Key Milestones, Raises $10 M 'B' Round Financing
   

9. • OutSmart Closes $2 Million in Seed Funding
   

10. • Itron issues stock offering of 2.75M shares
    

11. • GreenRoad nets $15M for driving software
    

12. • Telesphere secures $15 million in financing
    

13. • Heyzap Closes Seed Funding Round For Its Flash Gaming Widget
    

14. • OpenX Closes $10 M Series C
    

15. • Celtra secures $1.2 M in Series A
    

16. • Nelnet Completes Initial Placement Through Straight-A Funding
    

17. • Teach For America Receives $2 M From Wasserman Foundation
    

18. • Ontario Post-Secondary Institutions Receive Funding
    

19. • Marklogic Raises $12.5M More For Publishing Infrastructure
    

20. • Ottawa Post-Sec Institutions Get $160M For Infrastructure
    

21. • Tasmania Secures Funding For E-Learning Projects

05 June 2009

1. • Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures Invest in HCL CleanTech
   

2. • Tigo Energy Gets $10M for PV Efficiency
   

3. • Turbine Air Systems, Inc. Receives Growth Equity Financing
   

4. • Allegheny Announces Completion of Senior Notes Offering
   

5. • MasTec Announces Pricing of Convertible Note and Common Stock Offering
   

6. • Greylock Partners Invests in Israeli Content and New Media Co
   

7. • Grab Networks Raises $12 Million For Video Syndication
   

8. • Sequoia Puts $4.1 Million Into GameGround
   

9. • Best Buy strikes up digital media investment fund with Fuse Capital
   

10. • Offerwire Scores $3.5 Million For Home Service Deals Site
    

11. • TV Recommendation Engine Gets $8 Million Recommendation
    

12. • XCast Labs Closes $2.7 Million Financing
    

13. • Venture Firms Back ‘Hybrid’ IPOs to Help Startups Sell Shares
    

14. • Sugar Inc. Raises $16 million
    

15. • Cliqset Debuts Second Iteration Of Social Identity Platform, Raises $1.5 Million
    

16. • my6sense Raises $2M for Digital Intuition, Native iPhone App Imminent
    

17. • Career Step Partners with Piedmont Community College
    

18. • Michigan Collects $1B To Boost Education
    

19. • State Secures $666M In Education Stimulus

12 June 2009

1. • Venture capital picture is changing
   

2. • Catch The Wind Raises CDN $21.8M
   

3. • Semprius Gets $6.4 Million for Advanced Semiconductor Technology 
   

4. • AlertMe Raises £8M for Home Energy Management
   

5. • Tendril Secures $30 Million Series C Funding
   

6. • The Changing Face of Venture Capital in Greentech
   

7. • Solazyme Closes $57M of Series C Funding
   

8. • Four Asia PE Firms Hone in on Cleantech Funds
   

9. • Survey: Venture Capital Firms Look Outside U.S.
   

10. • Gather Announces New Equity Financing
    

11. • OpenX battles Google for online ad cash
    

12. • Forterra Raises $1.2M for corporate virtual worlds
    

13. • Answers Corp. Announces Exercise by Redpoint Ventures of $7 Million Second Tranche Warrant
    

14. • Colorado Gets $509M For Education From Part Of Stimulus Plan
    

15. • Arizona Gets $681 Million In Stimulus Funding For Education
    

16. • Wimba Closes $6 Million in Series C Funding Led by ABS Ventures
    

17. • $891M In Stimulus Aid Will Help New Jersey Education Budget
    

18. • State Gets $542m In Fed Money For Schools
    

19. • Norwalk To Receive $2.4M In Special Education Stimulus
     

19 June 2009

1. •  BOKU Receives $13M From Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures
   

2. • AlertMe Raises More than $13M for Home Energy Management
   

3. • FuelCell Energy to sell $24M in shares
   

4. • Myers Motors Gets Seed Funding for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
   

5. • Venture Capital Industry Moves Quickly To Jump-Start IPOs
   

6. • The Daily Start-Up: Obama Calls for Regulation of Venture Capital
   

7. • Extreme Reach Confirms Latest Round At $2.6M
   

8. • ‘Cash-Flow Positive’ Startup Animoto Raises $4.4 Million Funding Round
   

9. • New Funding For A New World: eRepublik Raises €2 Million
   

10. • I Love Rewards Closes Series B Round with $8.7 Million in Financing
    

11. • Zoosk Raises $6 Million in Third Round of Funding Led By Canaan Partners
    

12. • AdWhirl Scores $1 Million For Dynamic Ad Platform For The iPhone
    

13. • LogMeIn plans to raise $100 million in IPO
    

14. • Kleiner Perkins Caulfied & Buyers May Raise iFund’s $100 Million Cap
    

15. • U.S. Education Secretary Announces Funds
    

16. • State Doles Out $250M in Education Stimulus Money
    

17. • Pearson VUE Selected by Citrix as Exclusive Test Delivery Partner
    

18. • Pearson eCollege, Education Online Services Corp. Partner to Increase Access to Online Education for Diverse Populations
    

19. • Carnegie Learning® Math Software for 2009-2010 School Year Enhances Individualized Learning

26 June 2009

1. • Missouri gets $23M in stimulus for green projects
   

2. • PV Microinverter Firm Enecsys Receives $10M in VC
   

3. • $15.4 Million In Stimulus Funds To Bolster Clean Energy Programs, Green Collar Jobs
   

4. • Tesla Gets $465M Federal Loans For Model S, Powertrain Production
   

5. • Smart Awarded £2.5m Funding From Technology Strategy Board To Create Further Electric Car Trials
   

6. • Semprius Raises $6.4M Series B Funding
   

7. • Cello Energy: Quiet Khosla-Backed Cellulosic Ethanol Company Emerges
   

8. • Clean Energy to issue $54M in stock
   

9. • FuelCell Announces Closing of $24M Registered District Offering
   

10. • GROU.PS Finds $1 Million For DIY Social Network Platform
    

11. • Glubble Scores $1 Million, Simplifies Photo Sharing With Your Family
    

12. • ClickFuel Raises $2.5M
    

13. • Virsto Software Completes $7 Million Round of Funding
    

14. • Nokeena Networks Secures $6.5 Million in Funding
    

15. • Yapta.com Closes $2 Million Series B Financing
    

16. • Ooma Gets $18.3M In New Funding
    

17. • Reductive Labs Secures $2.0 Million Funding Round Led by True Ventures
    

18. • AdMeld Optimizes $8 Million In Funding
    

19. • LiquidPlanner Finds $1 Million For Project Management Software
    

20. • Geodelic Raised $3.5 Million For Location-Aware Recommendations
    

21. • New Business Model In Hand, Tagga Raises $400,000
    

22. • Social Media Payment Platform oneTXT Scores $2 Million
    

23. • Rhode Island Competing for $100M in Federal Education Funding
    

24. • Presidium Learning raises $2M follow-on investment
    

25. • 2tor Raises $10 Million To Help Universities Manage Online Degree Programs

03 July 2009

1. • Indian Cleantech Companies Raised a Total of $131 Million Last Quarter
   

2. • Cleantech Group: Solar Startups See Venture Capital Fall in 3Q
   

3. • SDCmaterials, Inc. Closes Series B Round With Investment From Volvo
   

4. • Solix Biofuels Completes $16.8 Million in Series A Funding
   

5. • SPG Holdings LLC Secures Funding
   

6. • Suntech Signs $50 Million Convertible Loan Agreement with IFC
   

7. • Oncor Makes $317M Smart Grid Stimulus Pitch
   

8. • Stimulus Cash Boosts Solar Plans
   

9. • Magma Energy heats up geothermal with $87M IPO
   

10. • Department of Energy Sets Funding Criteria for Smart Grid Applicants
    

11. • SunPower, Wells Fargo Team to Finance $100 Million in Solar Projects
    

12. • Bling Nation Secures $8 Million in Series A Funding
    

13. • StyleCaster Closes on $4 Million Series A Funding Led by Internet Entrepreneur Dan Gilbert
    

14. • A.H. Belo leads funding for online property broker
    

15. • Government releases $4 billion in broadband stimulus funds
    

16. • MojoPages Raises $5M in Series A Funding From Austin Ventures
    

17. • High Gear Media Secures $5.5 Million Series B Funding
    

18. • $6 Million for Sense Networks? Makes Sense
    

19. • iSend, LLC, Completes Series A Financing
    

20. • CloudSwitch Secures $8 Million in Funding
    

21. • 178.5 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for West Virginia to Save Jobs and Drive Reform

10 July 2009

1. • $3 Billion For Cleantech & Alt Energy
   

2. • SolFocus Raises $30.6M More to Close C Round
   

3. • Phoebus Energy raises $1m to develop innovative heating system
   

4. • Nextreme Raises $8 Million in Corporate Funding
   

5. • inge Secures €5 Million of Growth Capital
   

6. • SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. Garners $3 Million Investment For Carbon Nanotube Products
   

7. • BayTech Leads €5 Financing In Water Treatment Company
   

8. • ADB loans $24M to Inner Mongolia wind farm
   

9. • Blue Energy Canada Rolls In $500M For Tidal Power
   

10. • Miles Electrical Vehicles Gains More Funding
    

11. • Nordic Windpower catches $16M from the DOE for turbine tech
    

12. • SPG Holdings brings in $13 million for solar projects
    

13. • Venture-Backed Start-Ups Seek Stimulus
    

14. • CoTweet raises $1.1M to help companies figure out Twitter
    

15. • Image Licensing Network GumGum Grabs $2.6 Million And Is Growing Fast
    

16. • Jolicloud Raises $4.2M From Atomico, Mangrove; Zennström Takes Board Seat
    

17. • Core180 Gains Additional $1.25 Million in Financing
    

18. • Nibi Software Group Secures Funding, Adds Executive Expertise
    

19. • Wavelink Receives Investment from WestView Capital Partners
    

20. • InfoNow Secures $5M Series B Financing
    

21. • Twinity scoops a further €4.5m to develop 3D cities
    

22. • People Capital gets $500K for p2p loans
    

23. • Educomp raises Rs 607 crore through QIP

17 July 2009

1. • Neo-Neon lights up with $30M from Tsing Capital
   

2. • Solar Alchemy: Voltaix Gets $9M for Thin Film Chemicals
   

3. • Green Energy Technology Plans US$100M GDS Sale
   

4. • DIY Solar: GreenRay Raises First VC Funds
   

5. • Zenn raises $8.2M as it takes bigger stake in EEStor
   

6. • ATEL Ventures Commits Financing to Cleantech Company, Enerkem
   

7. • Staffords Client Wins First Round Funding Of $10 Million
   

8. • GS Yuasa to raise $397M for Li-ion battery development
   

9. • Timminco receives CAD$25 million in financing
   

10. • Aloqa Raises $1.5 Million; Launches Beta Application at MobileBeat Conference
    

11. • $6M in capital will help Invodo expand market presence
    

12. • AboutUs Adds $1.2M from Voyager
    

13. • Viadeo secures $5m more funding, but it still needs a breakout strategy
    

14. • Tributes.com Adds $1.2 Million
    

15. • ProtonMedia Raises $2.5 Million in Series 'A' Financing
    

16. • Facebook Employees Offered $100 Million for Shares
    

17. • Vindicia raises $7.5M more for online billing
    

18. • QuickPlay Media raises $12 million for mobile video
    

19. • Outspark Raises $8.3 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Global Growth
    

20. • Pandora Raises A Huge Round, Post Streaming Rate Agreement
    

21. • OurStage Raising More Funding In Quest For Profitability
    

22. • ConnectEDU Surpasses Goal in Series C Financing
    

23. • Rendell Pushes For $418 Million In Extra Education Funding

24 July 2009

1. • Helix Wind Closes US $5M Private Offering
   

2. • New Generation Biofuels Announces Registered Direct Offering of $3.44 Million in Common Stock and Warrants
   

3. • Hyundai to invest $3 billion in green projects by 2013
   

4. • iControl funded to control home security, energy
   

5. • Microinverter Startup GreenRay Raises US $2M
   

6. • Suzlon Energy raise USD 202M via GDRs, FCCBs
   

7. • UK Fuel Cell Firm Intelligent Energy Raises $30M
   

8. • American Superconductor snaps up $12M for smart grid projects
   

9. • Terra-Gen Closes US $140M Pre-Construction Wind Financing
   

10. • P2i raises $6.7M to exploit opportunities in nano-coating technology worldwide
    

11. • Heptagon Raises over $22M in New Equity Financing
    

12. • Banks bail out First Wind’s debt with $191M
    

13. • Samsung to Invest In Green Technology
    

14. • DOE Rolls Out $47M for Smart Grid Demos, Unveils First Smart Grid Status Report
    

15. • Tendril Helps Get Stimulus Grants for Smart Energy Pioneers
    

16. • Project Fair Bid Raises $4.5 Million For Stealth Auction Platform
    

17. • As Ning’s U.S. Audience Flattens, It Raises Another $15 Million
    

18. • SlideRocket Raises $5 Million For Online Presentation Platform
    

19. • Acquia Finds $8 Million For Development Of Publishing System Drupal
    

20. • Leading Chinese Online Advertising Company AdChina Completes Series B Financing
    

21. • People Capital Raises $500,000 in Series B Financing
    

22. • Edmond, State Receive Federal Education Funds
    

23. • IT Education Plan Launches with £5.6m Funding

31 July 2009

1. • Intel seeds five energy start-ups with $10 million
   

2. • Cleantech investing surges 73 percent in Q2 after gloomy Q1
   

3. • Grid Net Raises Series C Round to Accelerate 4G Wireless Smart Grid Solution Deployments
   

4. • U.S. Department of Energy to invest up to $11.8 million in solar energy grid integration systems
   

5. • Coda Automotive gets new investment from Henry Paulson, Piper Jaffray
   

6. • FRX Polymers raises $6MM VC money to develop green plastics
   

7. • Government Funding To Support Biofuels Research
   

8. • China-based SAAE to add PV investment of 1.8 billion yuan
   

9. • SunRun Closes $18m Equity Investment; Will Expand Affordable Home Solar Power
   

10. • Blue Spark Technologies Announces First Closing of $5.0 Million Series B Funding
    

11. • U.S. solar startup Suniva gets $75 million in funding
    

12. • Cellufun Secures $1 Million In Financing
    

13. • Former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe Raising Money For New Venture
    

14. • TuneIn Tunes In To $500k From True Ventures, Mitch Kapor
    

15. • Stealth Search Engine Blekko Raises $11.5 Million
    

16. • Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud
    

17. • Ad network Kontera receives $15.5 million in financing
    

18. • LibreDigital Raises $15 Million
    

19. • Kentucky Gets $651 Million in Education Stimulus Funds
    

20. • Obama Launches 'Race' for $4 Billion in Education Funds
    

21. • U.S. Education Secretary Approves Request for Stimulus Money

07 August 2009

1. • Online Ad Marketplace TRAFFIQ Scores $10 Million in Series B Funding
   

2. • Johnson Controls Scores $299M From DOE For Auto Batteries
   

3. • Power Assure Raises $2.5 Million for Data Center Energy Management
   

4. • Two PA NanoMaterials Startups Get Funding
   

5. • US Geothermal Completes CAN $10.9M Private Placement Deal
   

6. • TMO's heat-loving bug helps secure £11 million for cellulosic ethanol technology
   

7. • AEB's e-beams attract $14M for sustainable packaging
   

8. • GCL-Poly raises HK$3.68 billion with new placement
   

9. • Renewable Ventures Closes $200 Million Fund for Solar Financing
   

10. • PV Powered, PGE receive up to $3M
    

11. • MediaMath Secures $12.5 Million in Growth Capital Financing
    

12. • Scenios LLC Announces Company and Angel Funding
    

13. • Continuity Engine Expands Presence with New Round of Funding and Partnership
    

14. • WeFi’s Directory Nearly 30 Million WiFi Hotspots Strong, Raises More Funding
    

15. • Social Recruiting Start-up KODA.us Completes $3M Round of Angel Funding
    

16. • Bill.com Raises $8.5 Million To Streamline Business Bill Payments
    

17. • Spotify close to securing new investment
    

18. • iSyndica Raises $350K in Angel Funding During Its Series A Financing
    

19. • Ariz. Universities to Get $154 Million In Stimulus Cash
    

20. • Woodruff Arts Center Gets $12M Boost For Education Programs
    

21. • Phila. Education Fund Brings In $4.4 Million

21 August 2009

1. • Organic-Electronics Startup Plextronics Raises $14M
   

2. • Acciona Closes Financing for 123-MW Wind Project
   

3. • Southwest Windpower Secures Additional Funding
   

4. • ECD completes Solar Integrated Technologies merger 
   

5. • Meridian Buys Cleantech America to Expand in Solar
   

6. • San Diego wind turbine maker to buy two companies
   

7. • Toxco gets $9.5 million DOE grant for battery recycling
   

8. • Grid Net Filing Shows $13.8 Million Series C Funding Round
   

9. • Acro Energy to Buy EE Solar
   

10. • Novomer funnels carbon dioxide into plastics, nabs $14M
    

11. • NGP Energy Technology Partners Raises $348M
    

12. • Pragma secures VC funding to advance its hydrogen fuel cells
    

13. • Ubidyne Secures $14.4 Million from Gimv and Current Investors 
    

14. • WiFi provider Skyblox is first company to raise funding via Twitter
    

15. • Travelocity acquires Travelguru
    

16. • Scoreloop scores $2.8 million for socializing iPhone games 
    

17. • Wanova raises $13 M
    

18. • E-commerce service provider GSI raises $87.9 million in stock sale
    

19. • Polyvore Looks Stylin’ In This New $5.6 Million Round Of Funding
    

20. • Major League Gaming buys online multiplayer stats company
    

21. • Loyalty Buy: Triton Acquires Enticent
    

22. • Jambool raises $5M for virtual goods platform
    

23. • Edo Interactive culls $8.5M for payment cards with digital rewards
    

24. • MyWebGrocer receives $13 million in funds—its first outside investment
    

25. • Zendesk, the help desk that sits in the cloud, gets another boost 
    

26. • MSNBC Picks Up Hyperlocal News Aggregator EveryBlock
    

27. • Roblox raises $2.3M to help kids build casual games
    

28. • Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M
    

29. • Crescendo captures $5M to accelerate delivery of web apps
    

30. • Urgent Career Raises Series A
    

31. • VCs, PE investors bet on education business
    

32. • TeachScape Raises $16 Million

28 August 2009

1. • Think Gets $47M, Moves Production to Finland
   

2. • Wegmans Grocery Gets $1 Million Grant for Fuel Cell Technology
   

3. • Southwest Windpower Secures Additional Funding 
   

4. • Waste Management takes stake in waste-to-fuel startup Terrabon
   

5. • Top British investor takes stake in U.S. wind power
   

6. • ECD Completes Merger With SIT
   

7. • Washington startup secures funding for secret utility-scale solar
   

8. • Covanta Completes First Stage of Veolia Acquisition
   

9. • Guy Hands in Talks for Wind-Farm Deal
   

10. • GE Energy to Acquire Offshore Wind Turbine Supplier ScanWind of Norway
    

11. • Amyris takes $24.7M for renewable biofuels
    

12. • SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG Acquires Aerisyn L.L.C in the USA Capacity of 250 Towers
    

13. • Music blogging network MOG raises $5 million
    

14. • OneRiot Fights Its Way To A New $7 Million Round
    

15. • isocket raises $2M for self-serve advertising
    

16. • Admob buys mobile ad aggregrator AdWhirl — takes out major threat
    

17. • RightsFlow raises $1.5M to help manage music licensing
    

18. • Balihoo Raises $7 Million To Help National Brands Market Themselves At The Local Level
    

19. • Branchr Advertising Acquires Online Collaboration Software Maker Atomplan
    

20. • Start-Up Plays Offline
    

21. • RIM's Torch acquisition leaves Apple in control
    

22. • Sprint-Virgin USA Merger Gets FTC OK
    

23. • Yahoo Acquires Arab Internet Portal Maktoob
    

24. • Live Gamer doubles down on virtual goods with Twofish acquisition
    

25. • Smith & Tinker raises $29 million to launch Nanovor web game and toy
    

26. • Bridgepoint Education has proposed public offering of Common Stock
    

27. • Ashworth College has raised funding from Sterling Partners
    

28. • Carson-Dellosa to Acquire School Specialty Publishing

04 September 2009

1. • Solarfun unit gets 400 million yuan credit facility
   

2. • Elster Acquires European Smart-Grid Company
   

3. • Helix Wind to acquire Venco for $3.9 million
   

4. • Indian Energy Raises $15.9 Million, Lists Shares on London's AIM Stock Exchange
   

5. • Glacier Bay Secures $10M in Funding
   

6. • Private equity firm Icos Capital invests in clean water company BiAqua
   

7. • Liquida raises $7 million to develop plastics
   

8. • Top Czech solar developer scores €15.3M from Darby
   

9. • Portugal's EDPR Gets $101.9M In Financing For US Wind Park
   

10. • Acro Energy Acquires Los Angeles Area Installer
    

11. • Khosla closes $1B in new funds aimed at cleantech
    

12. • Nexterra’s Biomass-to-Biogas Tech Gets $7.7M Infusion 
    

13. • Department Of Energy Funds BioFuels 21 Million Dollars 
    

14. • Water Tech Gets VC Attention
    

15. • CFX Battery Ups Funding to $20M, Seeks to Double Investment
    

16. • Battery Startup Seeo Raises $8.6M, With Khosla Back for More
    

17. • HMV buys 50% stake in 7digital
    

18. • DeepDyve raises $375K to boost search results
    

19. • Nor1 soars with $8M to give travelers upgrades
    

20. • SaaSure lands $750K to power cloud area networks
    

21. • Skyfire raises $5M more
    

22. • MySQL founders invest in Swedish mobile tech startup Mobile Sorcery
    

23. • TheFind Acquires iStorez.com
    

24. • Calix Raises $100M to Meet Broadband Demand 
    

25. • Music Video JV Site Vevo Raising Money At $300 Million Valuation
    

26. • Fashion eTailer Raises New Round Of Financing
    

27. • EMC acquires cloud support vendor FastScale
    

28. • Orange Acquires Ad Network To Reach 69% Of UK Online Pop
    

29. • Vidly changes name from TwitVid.io, pulls in angel funding from Ron Conway
    

30. • Angel Investor Chris Sacca To Launch $5 million Early Stage Venture Fund

11 September 2009

1. • Westly Group Raising Over $100 Million For New Cleantech Fund
   

2. • Hara lands $14M to track environmental ‘metabolisms’
   

3. • A123Systems Zeroes In On IPO, Sets Terms Finally
   

4. • Silver Spring Networks considering IPO
   

5. • Timken Prices Public Offering of $250 Million Senior Unsecured Notes due 2014
   

6. • Boralex Gets Financing for Wind Farms in Canada
   

7. • DOE Finalizes $535 Million Loan Guarantee for Solyndra
   

8. • Trina Solar scores $300M loan for BIPV plant
   

9. • Cerego Raises $3.4 Million For Smart.fm, Launches Facebook Friend Quiz 
   

10. • Madison Dearborn buys majority stake in NextG Networks
    

11. • Satmetrix takes $1M for customer loyalty software
    

12. • Al Gore fund invests £7m in Ocado
    

13. • Jobvite takes $8.2M to expand recruiting on social networks
    

14. • Riot Games launches hardcore fighting game in China, gets $8M boost
    

15. • BLADE Secures Series B Funding From New Investors NEC and Juniper Networks; Founding Investor Garnett & Helfrich Capital Reinvests
    

16. • OptionEase Adds Miramar Ventures to Series A Financing
    

17. • RightNow Technologies buys social web specialist HiveLive
    

18. • Disney Buys Videogame Company Wideload Games
    

19. • Atheros Bets on Power-Cord Networking
    

20. • Sun-Times Gets Offer of $5 Million
    

21. • Automattic acquires spellchecking company After the Deadline
    

22. • MashLogic Raises $2.5M Series A Round
    

23. • FourSquare Gets $1.35M in Venture Funding
    

24. • Ariadne Capital finally puts skin in the game with a £20m fund
    

25. • Bwin acquires Italy’s Gioco Digitale
    

26. • Leading Virtual School Operator, Connections Academy, Acquires Online Curriculum Provider, K to the 8th Power
    

27. • Educate, Inc. Sells Schulerhilfe to Paragon Partners
    

28. • Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Acquires Leading Private K-12 Online and Distance Learning School
    

29. • Superior Capital Buys National Archive Publishing
    

30. • Edufire raised $1.3 million funding

18 September 2009

1. • Westly Group closes $120M fund for cleantech
   

2. • Tucson Electric to buy solar power in Arizona 
   

3. • A-Power to acquire Japan's Evatech for $49.9M
   

4. • Tesla gets $82.5M investment from Fjord Capital Management;
   

5. • Chevron, Intervale fund Soane $10M to clean up oil extraction
   

6. • Cougar Energy scores A$8M for underground coal gasification
   

7. • GreenBytes Gets $8M from Battery Ventures for Data Storage De-Duplication
   

8. • Battery maker A123 Systems seeks cash from IPO
   

9. • GE Jumps Into Offshore Wind Biz, Buys ScanWind
   

10. • Tangent acquires customer insight agency Snowball in £3.2m deal
    

11. • Alliance Raises $3.3M in Funding from Highway 12 Ventures
    

12. • Google Buys Start-Up reCaptcha for Book Scanning
    

13. • VMware completes purchase of Java vendor SpringSource
    

14. • Twitter close to another round at $1 billion valuation
    

15. • Sonian Closes $5.6 Million in Series A Funding from Prism VentureWorks and Summerhill Venture Partners 
    

16. • Mobile social app Xumii acquired by Europe’s Myriad Group
    

17. • Nokia’s NAVTEQ buys Acuity Mobile for location-based advertising
    

18. • Adobe Agrees to Buy Omniture for $1.8B in Cash
    

19. • CA Acquires NetQoS For $200 Million
    

20. • Clicker is a TV guide for the Internet age, Raised $8 Million from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures
    

21. • InXpo raises $9M for virtual events business expansion from Highland Capital Partners
    

22. • Ozmo takes $7.5M for wireless personal area networks from Granite Ventures, Intel Capital and Tallwood Venture Capital
    

23. • Avere Systems raises $15M to build cheaper, more powerful enterprise storage
    

24. • Zoove dials up $5.2M for mobile marketing tricks
    

25. • Confirmed: Intuit acquiring Mint for $170M
    

26. • Nokia Buys Plum for an Undisclosed Amount
    

27. • GP Strategies Acquires Milsom Industrial Designs Limited
    

28. • Grand Canyon Education priced common stock at $16.5 per share for public offering
    

29. • Bridgepoint Education files to withdraw registration statement for public offering of common stock

25 September 2009

1. • Biofuel Company LS9 Closes $25M third round of funding With Chevron Backing 
   

2. •Clean Energy to Acquire BAF Technologies, Leading Natural Gas Vehicle Technology and Conversion Company
   

3. • Solar Power plans $12M private placement
   

4. • ReneSola acquire Dynamic Green Energy for $325 million
   

5. • Serious Materials puts together $60M in a third round of venture funding for green building supplies
   

6. • Aquamarine Power Raises £10M in first round
   

7. • Sungevity Raises $6M from Greener Capital, Adds Execs
   

8. • Silver Spring Announces Acquisition of Greenbox Technology
   

9. • Fisker trumps Tesla with $528M loan from Energy Dept
   

10. • Rennovia Grabs $12M first round of venture funding led by 5AM Ventures and Versant Ventures
    

11. • Twitter may close $100 million round
    

12. • Intel invests $500K in Canada’s TransGaming to build on-demand games
    

13. • Nokia to buy travel social network Dopplr
    

14. • TargetCast buys Ripple Networks for out-of-home TV advertising
    

15. • Rubicon Project secures  $9m VC funding, led by GE/NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity Fund
    

16. • Vuclip raises $6M second round of funding for mobile video search and delivery
    

17. • Chelsio bags $9.3M for Ethenet unified wire offerings 
    

18. • Marketo raises third round for marketing automation solutions
    

19. • Dell buying Perot Systems for $3.9B
    

20. • RuggedCom buys WiMax equipment provider WiNetworks for $9 million
    

21. • TradeBeam raises $7M for trade management software
    

22. • Fwix sorts out $2.75M first round of funding from BlueRun Ventures to aggregate local news
    

23. • Rearden Commerce Raises Another $40 Million Series F funding from JPMorgan Chase
    

24. • Alice.com Raises $4 Million Series B Funding For Household Goods Shopping Platform
    

25. • Wynn to Seek $1.6 billion in IPO
    

26. • Altius Education Raises $8 Million Series A Funding to Grow Online Higher Education Programs
    

27. • Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced a public offering of 4 million shares
    

28. • Education Management to price $380 million IPO
    

29. • TA Associates to Acquire Vatterott Educational Centers from Wellspring Capital Management

02 October 2009

1. • ReneSola Announces Pricing of Follow-on Public Offering of 15,500,000 ADS at $4.75
   

2. • Ascent Solar Announces Public Offering of 4 million shares of its common stock and Commitment from Norsk Hydro to Purchase  Common Stock
   

3. • SolarCity scores $100 million from U.S. Bancorp to finance solar arrays
   

4. • International Power Buys Wind Farm Developer AIM PowerGen Corporation for GBP69M
   

5. • Green investing bounces back from recession
   

6. • Abu Dhabi looks to raise $600M for renewable energy hub, Masdar City
   

7. • Husky gets $71M from Ottawa for biofuels
   

8. • Booyah rakes in $5M in a second round of funding for online social game based on real life
   

9. • Firetide raises $8.6M in a fifth round of venture funding to provide wireless mesh networks
   

10. • Delivery Agent snags $24.8M in a fourth round of funding to supply entertainment e-commerce tools
    

11. • AT&T Buys Mobile App Developer Plusmo
    

12. • eBureau Secures $10 Million in Series C Funding Led by Tenaya Capital
    

13. • OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming
    

14. • NeoEdge raises $4M for in-game video ads from game-focused VC firm
    

15. • Oracle Acquiring Financial Reporting Software Developer
    

16. • Will Xerox’s $6.4 Billion Bet on the Cloud Pay off?
    

17. • Sina, Focus Media Scrap Merger Plans
    

18. • Vidyo pulls in $7M for video conferencing tech
    

19. • Newegg Is the Latest To Join IPO Revival
    

20. • Alibaba.com Buys 85% Stake in Internet-Service Provider China Civilink (Cayman) for US$63.8M
    

21. • EnticeLabs Raises $2 Million From First Advantage and Omniture Founders
    

22. • Twitter confirms its latest round; no word on size
    

23. • Yahoo!7 buys totaltravel.com
    

24. • Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Acquires the Rhoades School
    

25. • China Education Alliance Prices Its 3.16 Mln Public Offering at $5.50 Per Share
    

26. • India's first education PE to raise $150-200 million
    

27. • Credit Suisse private equity fund Buying 25% of Santillana
    

28. • Lincoln Educational Services priced public equity offering of 4M shares at $20.25 per share

09 October 2009

1. • Venture Capital, $150B Government Investment Boost CleanTech
   

2. • Infinis Energy GBP91 million takeover offer For Novera Rejected 
   

3. • Mazda Raising $1 Billion in Funds for Hybrid Vehicles
   

4. • ReneSola Closes Follow-on Public Offering, Raises US $70M
   

5. • Soladigm Raises $20.66M in equity for Building Efficiency
   

6. • Europe to throw $73 billion behind energy research
   

7. • Enbridge to Acquire 20-MW First Solar Project
   

8. • Verenium Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
   

9. • Renewable Energy Generation Sheds Canadian Wind Developer AIM PowerGen for $110 Million Cash
   

10. • DailyMotion raises $22.1 million for French user-generated video site
    

11. • Amie Street raises $3.9 million in a second round of funding for online music store
    

12. • Burst Moves Into Giant Realm for $2.1 million in cash and stock
    

13. • Motionbox Acquires Fellow Video Sharing Site Viddyou
    

14. • Breach Security Obtains $5 Million in Expansion Financing
    

15. • Engine Yard Raises $19 Million In Series C For Ruby-On-Rails Hosting
    

16. • Compuware to Buy Privately Held Gomez for $295 Million
    

17. • PopCap Games raises $22.5 million in a first round of funding led by Meritech Capital Partners to fund expansion into social games
    

18. • Box.net Acquires Increo Solutions To Expand Document Collaboration And Sharing
    

19. • Search Intelligence Company Linkdex received $1 million in Series A funding from Amadeus and Angels Seed Fund
    

20. • Playdom raising a significant round of capital
    

21. • Voxeo Acquires Motorola’s VoiceXML Browser Technology
    

22. • ThreatMetrix brings in $6.1M in a round of equity to fend off online fraud
    

23. • Loomia snags $1.5M in debt and rights to recommend news, products
    

24. • Noah Education announced an investment of $1 million in Franklin Electronic Publishers
    

25. • Carnegie Speech raised $2.2 Million in Series-A funding
    

26. • Education Management announced further amendment of tender offer for the company's outstanding notes
    

27. • Brooklyn College Receives Nearly $2 Million in Stimulus Grants

16 October 2009

1. • Siemens Snaps Up Solel for $418M, Eyes Solar Thermal Expansion
   

2. • Sempra Unit Buys Hawaii Wind Farm From Royal Dutch Shell Unit
   

3. • SolarEdge garners $23 million in funding led by GE Energy Financial Services
   

4. • Canada governments to fund second carbon project
   

5. • U.S. Department of Energy Earmarks $5 Million for ComEd Smart Grid Solar Pilot
   

6. • GE takes new stakes in clean technology start-ups
   

7. • Siemens Financial Services Provides US $178M Credit Facility to Windy Point Partners 
   

8. • Western Chinese Province To Invest US$2.2 bln In Solar Power
   

9. • Canadian Solar Announces Follow-on Public Offering
   

10. • Korea Electric to Invest 1.3 Trillion Won in Carbon Capture
    

11. • Soros aims to invest $1 bln in green tech
    

12. • Morgan Solar Raises $4.7M in first-round funding, Opens Pilot Line for CPV
    

13. • Kansas Bioscience Authority Commits $50 Million to Increase Venture Capital, Accelerate Bioscience Business Growth
    

14. • Video advertising network Vdopia takes $4.7M
    

15. • Upek raises $6.2M for fingerprinting software
    

16. • E-Cast snags $17M for bar and club entertainment 
    

17. • Warburg Pincus turns $10M tap on for Spigit
    

18. • Cloud Computing Firm Saaspoint Raises $2 million
    

19. • VisionChina Buys Shanghai Media Group
    

20. • Good Data raises $2.5M in new funding for business intelligence
    

21. • Shazam Raises Mo Money From iFund
    

22. • Sigma Designs buys home-networking chip maker CopperGate for $160M
    

23. • Thomson Reuters Buys Breakingviews
    

24. • Cisco to Buy Starent for $2.9 Billion
    

25. • GroundWork lays claim to $5M funding led by Canaan Partners for IT operations management software
    

26. • ViVu raises $3M in a first round of funding led by Inventus Capital Partners for interactive video suite
    

27. • Technorati Raises Another $2 Million In Venture Capital
    

28. • Transactiv Secures $1.2 Million In Series A Venture Funding
    

29. • GOOD Scores Series A round of funding Funding, Strategic Partnerships To Help Improve The World
    

30. • Ooyala gets $10M in a third round of venture funding for online video
    

31. • Perot Systems Acquires BearingPoint Inc
    

32. • The McGraw-Hill Companies signs agreement to sell BusinessWeek to Bloomberg

23 October 2009

1. • MEMC to Buy SunEdison 
   

2. • Maine Gets $8 Million to Develop and Test Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platforms
   

3. • First Solar IPO in Over a Year Is Coming
   

4. • Canadian Solar Announces Closing of Follow-on Offering of Common Shares
   

5. • Enterprise to raise $4 billion for green housing
   

6. • Longyuan Aims to Raise up to $1 Billion
   

7. • Plutonic Power Raises C$70 Million for Projects
   

8. • RedSeal takes $12M for security software
   

9. • Diapers.com raises $30 million in capital
   

10. • DailyMotion raises another €17 million says its VC
    

11. • HealthGuru Media Gets $3.2M Funding
    

12. • Stoke clings to dream of seamless WiFi-to-cellular roaming, raises $5M more
    

13. • Equinix Acquires Switch & Data Facilities for $689 Million
    

14. • Amaze acquires digital agency Underwired
    

15. • Loopt Acquires GraffitiGEO
    

16. • Unity Technologies raises $5.5M from Sequoia Capital for 3-D game technology
    

17. • REvolution Computing Announces $9 Million in New Funding and Names Norman H. Nie CEO
    

18. • AudienceScience receives $20m cash injection
    

19. • Scout Labs scores $4M in funding for brand-management tools
    

20. • Advantage Capital Invests in St. Louis-Based Computime, Inc
    

21. • Stealth Startup Palaran Raises $1 Million From True Ventures
    

22. • Internet marketing firm HubSpot closes fresh funding round
    

23. • Ad network Ecast raises funds to the tune of $17M
    

24. • Jive Raises $12 Million For Social Enterprise Software
    

25. • Overtone raises $2.5 million to look at brand resonance
    

26. • Sprint to Buy iPCS for $426 Million
    

27. • Kosmix Acquires Cruxlux, The Online Version Of ‘Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon’
    

28. • Vivendi In Talks to Unload NBC Stake
    

29. • Corinthian Colleges to acquire Heald College
    

30. • The Princeton Review agrees to Acquire Penn Foster
    

31. • Wireless Generation acquired the Writers' Express (WEX)

30 October 2009

1. • Government funds, VCs boost green-tech start-ups
   

2. • Green Retrofit Financier Renewable Funding Snaps Up $12.2M
   

3. • Intellon Gets $4.9M DOE Grant for HomePlug
   

4. • New Japanese Prime Minister Offering Indonesia $400 Million in Climate Change Funding
   

5. • CSR to Raise $346.6 Million on Unit Sale
   

6. • Fisker Automotive to Buy U.S. Assembly Plant to Build Affordable Plug-in Hybrid Cars
   

7. • Wind Capital Group closes $240mn in financing
   

8. • comScore Acquires Latin American Web Measurement Company Certifica.
   

9. • Aurora Feint raises funding from big Japanese mobile portal operator
   

10. • Data integration company SnapLogic raises another $2.3M
    

11. • Scoopler Digs Up Some Funding, New Features
    

12. • Data Robotics Raises $10 Million For Enterprise Storage
    

13. • GSI Commerce goes upscale with RueLaLa.com acquisition
    

14. • Dilithium lands $10.9M for wireless multimedia systems
    

15. • Varicent secures $35M
    

16. • Cisco buys Web security company ScanSafe for $183M
    

17. • GSI acquires Retail Convergence for $350 million
    

18. • French Firm To Acquire IBM's PLM Sales, Support Business
    

19. • Vdopia raises $4M Series A for high-clickthrough App Store ads
    

20. • Watercooler Inc. Announces $5.5 Million Series B Funding Led by Strategic Corporate Investor Betfair
    

21. • Unity Technologies Announces Investment From Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Luminaries
    

22. • ResponseLogix Closes $5.6 Million in New Funding
    

23. • Aviary raises $7M to help you create digital goods
    

24. • Netpulse Raises $3.1 Million For Fitness Entertainment Technology
    

25. • Online ad network AudienceScience secures $20 million in venture funding
    

26. • Sequoia Capital Invests In Bump Technologies, The iPhone-Tapping Data Swap App
    

27. • Alibaba.com spins off Ali-Institute as an individual company
    

28. • Aptech's China arm IPO put on hold
    

29. • Campus Direct raises $3M

07 November 2009

1. • ECOtality Raises $15 Million in Equity for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Technology
   

2. • Shell sells stake in German biofuel firm Choren
   

3. • New Cycle Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Invest $12.2 Million in PACE Solar Renewable Funding
   

4. • Cambrios Raises $14.5M
   

5. • Global Corporates Looking to Invest Heavily in Cleantech - Ernst & Young
   

6. • First Solar Buys Ausra Solar Project; PG&E Power Purchase Deal Is Off
   

7. • Ampulse Raises $8 Million in Series A Funding to Develop Low-Cost, High-Efficiency, Flexible Form Factor, Crystalline-Silicon Thin-Film PV Solutions
   

8. • Schiff Announces $40 Million in Federal Grants for Energy-Efficiency Smart Grids
   

9. • Verdezyne raises $3M for organism-made Biofuels
   

10. • Loan Guarantees for Beacon Power and Nordic Windpower
    

11. • Trony Solar files for IPO of up to $200 mln
    

12. • Renewable Funding takes $12.2M to urge conversion to solar
    

13. • JDA Software to Buy Rival i2
    

14. • Blue Coat buys S7 services company, slashes staff
    

15. • CubeTree Secures $8 Million in Series B Financing Led by InterWest Partners
    

16. • Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital
    

17. • Indicee Raises $6 Million For Cloud-Based Business Intelligence Reporting Tool
    

18. • Stealth Search Engine Blekko Raises Another $2.5 Million
    

19. • Credit Karma Raises $2.5 Million To Take The Mystery Out Of Credit Scores
    

20. • EmSense, the company that reads your brain’s reactions to ads, gets boost
    

21. • Altruik Secures $4.7 Million in Series A Round of Financing
    

22. • Greylock Partners recruits LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, raises $575M fund
    

23. • Link_A_Media takes $18M for data recovery
    

24. • ASSIA takes $10M to manage, speed DSL service
    

25. • Bridgescale Partners Leads $11 Million Investment in IP Address Management (IPAM) Leader BlueCat Networks 
    

26. • Motley Fool Gets $25MM Investment
    

27. • Open source database company 10gen raises $3.4M
    

28. • Bling Nation gets another $20M funding for its pay-by-cellphone system
    

29. • Box.net raises another $7.1M for collaboration tools
    

30. • Data Robotics takes $10M for data storage
    

31. • Ford Foundation Commits $100 Million to Transform Secondary Education in the Nation's Most Disadvantaged Schools

14 November 2009

1. • Venture Capitalist to Lead Energy Loan Programs
   

2. • ElectraTherm Raises $5.4 Million for Waste-Heat Recovery
   

3. • N.J. utility ups solar loans to $248 million
   

4. • UK wind energy sector receives £1.4bn injection
   

5. • China Solar Power Buys ThinSilicon, Enters Amorphous Silicon Fray
   

6. • China Longyuan Power ups IPO plans to $1.3 bln
   

7. • Hybrid c-Si/TF Startup Pulls Down $8M Funding 
   

8. • More Money for Waste Heat: ElectraTherm Gets $5.4M
   

9. • NRG Energy Buys Offshore Wind Business In Northeast US
   

10. • AES raises $1.58B with China Investment
    

11. • Applied Materials Buying Advent Solar Assets, Cheap
    

12. • Smart Meter maker Landis+Gyr lands $100M for epic rollout
    

13. • Invicta Capital plans £300m fund to invest in Scottish biomass power plants
    

14. • Redfin raises another $10M
    

15. • Caring.com Closes $10 Million in Series B Financing
    

16. • Voxeo Raises $9 Million For VoIP And IVR Technologies
    

17. • Liberty Global to Buy Germany's Unity Media
    

18. • Playdom raises $43 M for social gaming
    

19. • Arrowsight Secures $6.75 Million in New Funding
    

20. • H-P to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion
    

21. • Churchill Downs to Buy Youbet
    

22. • Six Degrees raises $7M for online sports video games
    

23. • Kodiak Venture Partners Leads $5-million Inside, Up Round Investment in AppNexus
    

24. • Alice.com receives $6 million in funding
    

25. • Logitech to Buy LifeSize for $405 Million
    

26. • Apprenda Closes $5 Million Investment Led by New Enterprise Associates
    

27. • Google to Acquire AdMob
    

28. • Google's Purchase of Skype Rival Gizmo5
    

29. • EA Drops $400M On Causal Game-Maker
    

30. • AT&T Gets Final Approval For Centennial Acquisition
    

31. • BC Partners To Buy US Adult Education Co ATI For $500M
    

32. • Archipelago Learning sets IPO share price between $15 and $17

21 November 2009

1. • India to Boost Funding for Solar Power
   

2. • Suzlon to Sell Stake in Hansen Transmissions
   

3. • EIB Provides €80M For CSP Project
   

4. • China Sovereign Fund Buys $710 Million Stake in GCL-Poly Energy
   

5. • LDK Solar Sells 15% Ownership Stake in Its 15,000 MT Polysilicon Plant
   

6. • eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation
   

7. • Business intelligence company Manthan Systems raises second round
   

8. • Placecast lands $5M more for location-triggered mobile advertisements
   

9. • Network equipment company IPWireless restarts with $15.5M
   

10. • Outright raises $5.5M to help small businesses with their finances
    

11. • Cloud antivirus company Immunet raises $2M
    

12. • Adknowledge Continues Shopping Spree, Acquires SocialMedia.com’s Ad Network
    

13. • Like.com Acquires Street Style Fashion Community Weardrobe
    

14. • American Express targets web and mobile payments with $300 million deal
    

15. • Zynga raises more venture capital for social gaming expansion
    

16. • Intel Capital Invests In Cloud Computing Pioneer Joyent
    

17. • Bigfoot Networks Secures $8 Million Series B Funding
    

18. • SES invests USD 75 billion in O3b Networks
    

19. • Paltalk Picks Up Virtual Phone Service Vumber
    

20. • RockYou raises $50 million in venture funding
    

21. • All-in-one TV service Sezmi lands $25M
    

22. • Cell Biosci takes $15M to examine cell pathways
    

23. • Chelsio raises $17M for high-speed networking adapters 
    

24. • Millennial Media Raises $16M in Growth Equity Financing to Extend Its Leadership Position in Mobile Advertising
    

25. • Evernote Secures $10 Million in Series B Financing Led by Morgenthaler Ventures
    

26. • Second Century Ventures Makes Strategic Investment in DocuSign
    

27. • Zenph Sound Innovations, Inc. Announces $10.7 Million Funding, New CEO and Board Members
    

28. • GreenPages Acquires Services Talent From Boston VAR
    

29. • Archipelago Learning 6.25M-Share IPO Priced At $16.50 Each
    

30. • Chegg.com Secures $112 Million to Fund Explosive Growth in Online Textbook Rentals

28 November 2009

1. • Draper Fisher to Raise $400 Million for Startups in India, U.S.
   

2. • Duke Receives US $22M Grant for Wind Power Storage
   

3. • Clipper says Mexico wind turbines get funding
   

4. • L.A. gets $60-million stimulus grant for 'smart grid' electric power system
   

5. • SoCal wins $125 million for smart grid and energy storage
   

6. • Electric carmaker Tesla preparing IPO: sources
   

7. • Trony Solar raises IPO target to $241.5 million
   

8. • China wind power group seeks $2.2 bln in HK IPO
   

9. • Fast-growing sync service Dropbox reveals $6M of new-ish funding
   

10. • SupportSpace Raises $10 Million Series B
    

11. • Ericsson to Buy Nortel's U.S. GSM Business
    

12. • Facebook co-founder’s Asana raises $9M from Benchmark, Andreessen-Horowitz
    

13. • Bizo, targeted B2B marketing network, bags $6M
    

14. • Clearwire takes on $920M more to build out wireless networks
    

15. • Aravo raises $19M for supplier info tracking
    

16. • Dropbox Raises $7.25M, Crosses 3M Users
    

17. • Windstream to Acquire Iowa Telecommunications
    

18. • Adconion Media Group buys Joost assets, ending a long saga
    

19. • EVO Media Group raises $1.5M to help you build a moneymaking website 
    

20. • Mimosa takes $4M for archiving email, files 
    

21. • WinBuyer Closes $6.9 Million in Series A Investment Led by Pitango Venture Capital, Joined by Giza Venture Capital
    

22. • Google Buys Display-Ad Start-Up
    

23. • Ciena Buys Nortel Assets for $769 Million
    

24. • FlightCaster Takes Off With $1.3 Million In Funding And A New API
    

25. • Archipelago Learning Closes IPO of 7.2M Shares
    

26. • New Dynamic Institute Raises $10 Million
    

27. • Idaho competes for $75 million in federal grant for public schools

04 December 2009

1. • Hudson Clean Energy Partners closes $1 billion green fund
   

2. • Longyuan Raises $2.2B In HK IPO,Priced At Top-Source
   

3. • Innotech Solar Gets $9.2M
   

4. • GE unit invests $117 million in Okla. wind farm
   

5. • India to Invest 1.63 Trillion Rupees in Renewable Energy
   

6. • German Organic Solar PV Developer Heliatek Grabs $27M
   

7. • Google to Fund Clean Power Plants
   

8. • EnerSys Acquires Oerlikon Battery Business
   

9. • Clean tech 2010 predictions: Venture capital rises
   

10. • Zoosk Secures $30 Million in Series D Funding
    

11. • ExactTarget Raises $75 Million More, Up To $145 Million In Venture Capital
    

12. • Vizu raises $6.75M to measure ad effectiveness
    

13. • HipLogic raises $7 million to make feature phones smarter
    

14. • Groupon gets $30M more for mass coupons
    

15. • Branders.com Acquires $5 Million in Venture Funding
    

16. • OwnerIQ Secures Funding to Fuel Continued Growth
    

17. • Bizo Announces $6 Million of Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
    

18. • Facebook-targeted security startup raises $2 million
    

19. • Mobile ad company Smaato raises $4.5M
    

20. • StockTwits gets $3M more for stock-related comments on Twitter
    

21. • Korean Ad Firm Cheil Worldwide to Acquire Boston's Barbarian Group
    

22. • gWallet raises $12.5M for more ethical virtual currency/offers system
    

23. • Soasta raises another $10M to ‘cloud test’ your website
    

24. • Aquantia Announces $44M Financing as It Begins Its Next Leap in 10G Ethernet Connectivity Solutions
    

25. • Xirrus Raises $20 Million More For Enterprise Wi-Fi
    

26. • Cisco Leads $27 Million Round For Aravo
    

27. • IBM Set To Acquire Cisco-backed Database Security Startup Guardium For $225 Million
    

28. • Broadcom buys Dune Networks for $178M to make insanely fast networking chips
    

29. • Investment Firms Buy Into China's Sina Corp
    

30. • Education Realty Trust Closes $48 Million Expansion of Fannie Mae Credit Facility
    

31. • China Education files for a $35 million IPO

11 December 2009

1. • Biofuel Firms Get U.S. Funds, Seek More
   

2. • Trony Postpones IPO on NYSE 
   

3. • World Bank to invest $5.5 billion in North African solar
   

4. • Clipper says UTC to buy 49.5 percent stake
   

5. • TSMC Buys Solar-Cell Stake
   

6. • Swiss solar power firm Meyer Burger to buy 3S
   

7. • EnerNoc Buys Its Way Into Building Management: Expect More Mergers
   

8. • Solazyme Leading Renewable Oil Company Awarded $21 Million Energy Grant for Biorefinery Project in Pennsylvania
   

9. • Solaren to Close Funding for Space Solar Power
   

10. • ZeaChem gets $25M from DOE to make fuel from trees
    

11. • Next Generation Texting Company GOGII Raises $8.2 Million in New Financing
    

12. • Pageonce Announces One Million U.S. Registered Smartphone Users and $10M in Funding
    

13. • Cloud Engines Raises $3 Million For Global Expansion Of Pogoplug
    

14. • The Social Times/AllFacebook Acquired By WebMediaBrands
    

15. • Gowalla Raises $8.4 Million in a Venture Capital Round Led by Greylock Partners
    

16. • PlumChoice Raises $10 Million in Bank Financing with Silicon Valley Bank
    

17. • Friendster’s Fate: Sold to Malaysian E-commerce Giant
    

18. • Coveo Announces Completion of $8.2 Million Series B Financing
    

19. • Outside.in Closes $7MM Series B Funding
    

20. • Service-now.com Gets $41M Infusion; CEO, CFO Take $37M Off Table
    

21. • Tonchidot Closes $4 Million in Series A Funding
    

22. • Augmented reality startup Tonchidot raises $4 million, will use virtual goods for revenue
    

23. • ideeli Receives $20 Million Investment From StarVest Partners, Constellation Growth Capital and Kodiak Venture Partners
    

24. • JanRain Closes $3.25 Million Series A Financing
    

25. • Video Professor to Leverage “Strong Brand Equity” To Raise $10 Million
    

26. • Aardvark Mulls Over A $30+ Million Offer From Google
    

27. • Apple Confirms Lala Music Service Acquisition
    

28. • Voyager Learning Company and Cambium Learning completes merger
    

29. • The Princeton Review completes acquisition of Penn Foster
    

30. • Sverica Buys Career Quest Learning
    

31. • EdServ to raise $25 million

18 December 2009

1. • Zynga Takes $180 Million Venture Round From DST, Others
   

2. • Earth Capital Partners completes first round for renewable energy mega-fund
   

3. • QD Vision Raises $10 Million in Financing to Deliver Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Lighting and Display Technologies
   

4. • New Generation Biofuels Announces the Closing of A Registered Direct Offering of $1.54 Million in Common Stock and Warrants
   

5. • Silver Spring becomes the smart grid’s golden goose with new $100M
   

6. • SunRun snags $90M more from Bancorp to expedite residential solar
   

7. • $13.2 Million From GE, Statoil, CMEA and Khosla Ventures Readies Danotek for Wind Turbine Generator Production
   

8. • United Technologies to Buy 49.5% Stake in Clipper Windpower
   

9. • $35 million in geothermal grants awarded
   

10. • Pertamina Geothermal Receives $1b In Loans to Develop 3 Power Plants
    

11. • Exxon Bets Big on Gas With Deal For XTO
    

12. • Affiliate marketing platform Skimlinks secures $1.5M Series A funding
    

13. • Crispy Gamer Media buys gamer social network GamerDNA
    

14. • Google In Discussions To Acquire Yelp For A Half Billion Dollars Or More
    

15. • Smule, creator of hit iPhone music apps, raises $8M more
    

16. • Artfact Raises $13 Million of Growth Capital From Commonwealth and Ascent
    

17. • Foursquare rival Rummble acquires Wi-Fi finder Total Hotspots
    

18. • AlikeList raises $5M to help local businesses get discovered
    

19. • Chinese mobile Internet firm buys game maker for $80M
    

20. • Clarizen gives companies real-time glimpses into project pipelines, raises $8 million
    

21. • Widevine raises $15M for delivering web video to consumer gear
    

22. • Netformx dials up $12M to automate telecom network designs
    

23. • GoWalla Worth Nearly $30 Million After Financing. Time To Make Your Move, Facebook.
    

24. • Cloud Engines floats on $3M for rich media sharing
    

25. • ZumoDrive Lands $1.5 Million For Cloud Storage And Syncing Application
    

26. • CloudShare raises $10 million
    

27. • Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities
    

28. • The American Academy Raises $5.9 Million From Austin Ventures
    

29. • Kobo raised $16 million from Borders Group
    

30. • Flat World Knowledge added $2.5 million funding

25 December 2009

1. • Solyndra files for $300 mln IPO
   

2. • LDK Solar Announces Closing of Follow-on Public Offering of 16.52 Million American Depositary Shares
   

3. • OM Group to Acquire Advanced Battery Manufacturer EaglePicher Technologies, LLC for $171.9 Million
   

4. • Amonix Snaps Up SunWorks Solar
   

5. • Spanish wind firm to receive €185m from EU bank
   

6. • Tioga Energy Completes $20M Series B Funding Round
   

7. • EIB To Fund €500M of EDFEN Solar Projects
   

8. • Two Carbon Companies to Merge
   

9. • Bluefly gets a $15 million lift from equity investor Rho Ventures 
   

10. • WePay helps groups manage money, lands $1.65M of its own
    

11. • Chegg Founder Raises Another $7.5 Million For Stealth Startup Kakai
    

12. • 23AndMe Completes $27.8 Million Series B Round
    

13. • ChaCha Raises Another $7 Million
    

14. • Zee Entertainment OKs ETC Networks Merger
    

15. • Twitter buys developers of GeoAPI
    

16. • Telefonica buys Internet phone provider Jajah
    

17. • Globalstar buys up Axonn assets to add satellite tracking technology
    

18. • Curse Raises $6 Million As It Looks To Become The Ultimate Gaming Resource 
    

19. • U.K. Clears Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger
    

20. • Flurry and Pinch Media to create mobile analytics powerhouse
    

21. • Lookout Launches: Visionaries See Mobile Security Opportunity
    

22. • Backed By Google Ventures, EnglishCentral Raises $3.5 Million For Video Language Learning
    

23. • Limelight To Acquire EyeWonder for $110 Million
    

24. • KPN Acquires Rest Of iBasis For $93.3 Million In Cash
    

25. • China Site Youku.com Raises $40 Million
    

26. • Google To Acquire DocVerse; Office War Heats Up
    

27. • Quantivo lands $4.6M for business intelligence software
    

28. • Broadcaster Telecinco To Buy Prisa Assets
    

29. • Etsy Buys Retail Product Ad Platform Adtuitive, Gains Five New Programmers
    

30. • Acorn set to change hands for £150m
    

31. • Livemocha Raises $8 Million in Series B Funding
    

32. • Lottery Brings In $280.2 Million For Education

31 December 2009

1. • Clean tech venture capital off 36 percent in '09: report
   

2. • Motech to purchase GE Energy's Delaware Solar Module Assembly Operation
   

3. • Segetis Brings in $17.2M for Renewable Chemicals 
   

4. • MEMC Electronic gets new $250 million credit
   

5. • Simbol finds $1.4M to better mine lithium carbonate
   

6. • Biofuel maker Codexis stuns cleantech market, files for $100M IPO
   

7. • The Concentrix Acquisition
   

8. • StanChart PE arm invests in China solar firm Sangle
   

9. • Smart Grid Will Generate $200B of Global Investment
   

10. • Nuance purchases SpinVox for $102.5 million
    

11. • Twilio Raises $3.7 Million For Powerful Telephony API
    

12. • PowerReviews gobbles $4.9M to gather intel for online retailers
    

13. • Lexy dials up $458K for on-demand podcasts via phone
    

14. • Kakai secures $7.5M for stealthy consumer electronics device
    

15. • Center’d lands $1.9M to help you find local events, activities
    

16. • Interactive Trip Sharing Service EveryTrail Locates $1 Million In Funding
    

17. • Jingle Networks Rings In The New Year With A $6.75 Million Funding To Go After Geo Ads
    

18. • Alien Technology lands $9.5M for RFID tags
    

19. • SCVNGR Raises $4 Million From Google Ventures 
    

20. • Webvanta raises funds to help designers build complex websites
    

21. • GP Strategies Announces $20.0 Million Equity Investment by Sagard Capital Partners, L.P.
    

22. • VCs find education a fail-safe option

07 January 2010

1. • HaloSource Raises $10 Million to Drive Its HaloPure® Drinking Water Purification Business
   

2. • Electric car maker Coda scores another $25M in funding
   

3. • Morgan Solar adds another $3.5 million to first-round financing, and from Canadian VCs
   

4. • Innovalight Tops Up With $18 Million For Solar Inks
   

5. • Cool Planet Biofuels Gains $3.5M
   

6. • USDA provides $150m funding for Maine's biomass industry
   

7. • Cleantech Takes A Bigger Slice Of VC Pie, Again
   

8. • Stealthy C3 raises $26M to manage carbon
   

9. • Jive Acquires Filtrbox, Adds Real-Time Analytics Capabilities
   

10. • Apple Gets Quattro, Mobile Ad Co.
    

11. • Options Media Raises $2.4 MM
    

12. • Reliance MediaWorks Buys ilab UK
    

13. • Aggregate still shifting from e-commerce recs to ad analytics with $9M
    

14. • Cloud-streaming game service Gaikai raises $5M
    

15. • Stylesight Raises $5 Million For Fashion Trend Forecasting Tools
    

16. • Remote Tech Support Company iYogi Gets A $15 Million Boost From DFJ, Others
    

17. • Research Consolidation: Gartner Acquires Burton Group For $56M In Cash
    

18. • Rally Software Grabs $16 Million For Agile Software Development Tools 
    

19. • Westwood One Acquires Sigalert
    

20. • Seesmic Buys Social Network Update Aggregator Ping.fm
    

21. • Quantcast Raises $27.5 Million Series C Round From Cisco And Prior Investors
    

22. • LivingSocial grabs $5 million more to expand group-shopping deals
    

23. • Time Warner, Fox Reach Cable Deal
    

24. • Disney Completes Marvel Acqusition For $4.3 Billion
    

25. • CNET co-founder’s Whiskey Media raises $2.5M
    

26. • viaLanguage Acquires e-Learning Company Planet Productions
    

27. • Intel commits $200 million to education, some destined for Arizona
    

28. • GP Strategies acquired PerformTech
    

29. • Pearson could sell FT to Bloomberg

22 January 2010

1. • 2009 venture investments lowest since 1997, cleantech fell 52 percent
   

2. • NRG Sells Wind Unit To Enel, Plans Renewable-Energy JVs
   

3. • SunBorne Raises $5.2 Mn for Solar Projects
   

4. • Tantalus Raises $14 Million
   

5. • JinkoSolar files for $100 million IPO
   

6. • PG&E Corp to Provide $60M in Financing for Solar Installations
   

7. • Boulder smart grid company gets $3M investment
   

8. • UQM Technologies receives promised $45M stimulus grant
   

9. • Octus looks to buy Quantum Energy
   

10. • Bridgelux Raises $50 Million for Lighting Technology
    

11. • DuPont to invest $175 million in solar product
    

12. • Siemens investing USD 50 mn in DB Masdar Clean Tech Fund
    

13. • Funding for Biofuels Research
    

14. • Fisker Automotive Secures Additional Funding for Plug-in Hybrids
    

15. • First Solar Acquires Edison Mission Group Development Pipeline
    

16. • Solar power firm Engyco mulls IPO to raise funds
    

17. • Travel Search Engine iXiGO To Raise New Round
    

18. • Hong Kong’s 6 Waves raises $17.5M for Facebook games
    

19. • Social Media Identity Startup KnowEm Acquires FriendsCall.Me
    

20. • Opera Buys Mobile Ad Startup AdMarvel For $8M In Cash Plus A $15M Earnout
    

21. • SMS network GupShup closes $12M round
    

22. • ‘Cloud labor’ startup CrowdFlower raises $5M
    

23. • BuyWithMe lands $5.5M to lower prices by coordinating bulk purchasing
    

24. • Sauce Labs raises $3.1M to test your website
    

25. • Start-up offering 'Microsoft-free' virtual desktops gets $4 million in funding 
    

26. • Mobile payments firm Boku gets $25M in spending money
    

27. • Virtual goods-related companies raised $598M in 2009
    

28. • Sway, Inc. Announces $2 Million Series A Funding Round
    

29. • Predictive Modeling Performance Co. Inuvo Raises $4.2M
    

30. • Ad-Supported Music Service Guvera Raises $20M
    

31. • Russian online shopping club KupiVIP.ru scores $20 million in funding
    

32. • Three acquisitions power up social media firm
    

33. • Orbis Education Raises $8 Million
    

34. • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is to acquire Acorn Education

29 January 2010

1. • Nissan bags $1.4B from DOE — could shake up the charging station game
   

2. • U.S. Sen. Harkin: Harkin announces over $4.3 million for new biofuels research at ISU
   

3. • Novozymes gets $28.4 million tax credit to advance biofuels production, create green jobs
   

4. • Bid to win $100m in green power funding
   

5. • Ciris Energy Closes Round of Financing from GE, Braemar Energy Ventures and Rho Ventures
   

6. • American VCs unfazed by China cleantech: Reuters survey
   

7. • Better Place Gets $350 Million Series B Financing
   

8. • ClearEdge raises $11M to make fuel cells common home appliances
   

9. • Private Sample Sale Site Beyond The Rack Raises $2 Million
   

10. • Yelp snags $25M from Elevation Partners
    

11. • The Receivables Exchange Closes $17 Million Series C Financing from Bain Capital Ventures
    

12. • HarQen Raises $2.7MM for Next Generation Voice Platform
    

13. • SolarWinds dishes out $42M for Tek-Tools storage and virtualization products
    

14. • AllVoices Raises $3 Million For Citizen Journalism Site; Takes CNN’s iReport Head-On
    

15. • Dentsu in Talks to Buy Ad Firm
    

16. • Aircell flies high with $176M for airplane Wi-Fi 
    

17. • Mobile Tech Developer Motricity Files For $250 Million IPO
    

18. • Hello Music Raises $4 Million from KVG Partners
    

19. • Beezag Raises $2.5 Million, Force-Feeds Video Ads In Exchange For Cash
    

20. • Educomp To Acquire Online Education Startup StudyPlaces for $1.5M
    

21. • NIIT in Pact With Colombian Firm for IT Training
    

22. • Aptech acquires 100% stake in MAAC
    

23. • StraighterLine completed $1.3M Offering

05 February 2010

1. • Tesla Motors files for $100M public offering
   

2. • Denham Capital Invests $108M in Vulcan Power
   

3. • Bye Energy acquires Novare Biofuels
   

4. • Biofuel leader LS9 buys demo plant to churn out renewable diesel
   

5. • US closes $1.4 billion loan to Nissan
   

6. • $14 Million for Car Chargers; Hara Nabs Intuit; Algae Pilot Plants and More
   

7. • Shell Plans $1.63 Billion Investment in Brazilian Ethanol
   

8. • China beats U.S. in gov. Smart Grid funding with $7.3B 
   

9. • Monster to Acquire HotJobs for $225 Million
   

10. • Enterprise Twitter-clone Yammer secures $10 million more in funding
    

11. • Gigamon Continues Explosive Growth
    

12. • Navigenics Raises $18 Million in Series C Financing
    

13. • BrightRoll Lights Up With $10M In Financing
    

14. • SpiderCloud Wireless Raises $25 Million, Total Funding Now $40 Million
    

15. • Yodle bags another $10m for local online advertising
    

16. • A Massive $75 Million Round Streams Into Ustream
    

17. • Vivox raises $6.8M for voice chat for online games
    

18. • BlueKai Closes $21M Round Financing
    

19. • Fynanz Scores $6.5 Million For Peer-To-Peer Student Lending Platform
    

20. • ThisNext buys Stylehive to dominate social shopping
    

21. • Unica Continues Shopping Spree; Acquires MakeMeTop
    

22. • Bain Capital Ventures Invests $12 Million in EDGAR Online
    

23. • Tora gobbles $36.4 million to provide electronic trading platform for Asian markets
    

24. • Apisphere raises $4.6M for location-based business apps
    

25. • Nicira takes $3.9M to virtualize enterprise networks
    

26. • China Education Resources Inc. Completes $795,000 Private Placement and Hires Investor Relations Company
    

27. • Pearson Beefs Up FT Offering With MGA Buy

12 February 2010

1. • Zynga Buys Rival Maker of Games
   

2. • 1Bog receives $5 million in private funding to bring solar power to american households
   

3. • FirstEnergy to Buy Power Rival Allegheny
   

4. • San Jose's SunPower will buy SunRay of Malta
   

5. • Chinese solar company JinkoSolar shelves IPO
   

6. • Going Green: Cleantech VC Funding Narrows Focus to Energy Efficiency
   

7. • ADB Approves $135 million Loan For Cleaner Coal-fired Power Plant In China
   

8. • Ze-gen Pulls in $17.6M for Waste to Power, Raises Funding Target
   

9. • $20 Million for Biofuel Stations, Veolia Plunges into Ice, and Hot Garbage
   

10. • Renewable Funding Solves Solar Financing Problem
    

11. • Iberdrola Renovables Buys Spain’s Largest Wind Park
    

12. • Nuclear Power Giant Areva Buys Solar Start-up Ausra
    

13. • Petra Solar receives $15 million investment from Craton Equity Partners
    

14. • AMEE secures $5.5m to go global with realtime carbon monitoring
    

15. • Google Buys Ask-Your-Friends Site
    

16. • Break Media buys FileFront to move into games media
    

17. • FundingUniverse Buys TwitJump To Help Startups Leverage Twitter
    

18. • GameFly, the Netflix of games, files for IPO
    

19. • DotNetNuke Scores Another $8 Million In Series B Funding
    

20. • IVT Raises $5.5 Million For Webcasting Software 
    

21. • Micron to Buy Numonyx in a $1.27 Billion Stock Deal
    

22. • Morningstar Acquires Finance Blog Footnoted
    

23. • Disney and Google to buy into China’s largest bus media firm, Bus Online
    

24. • Pursway grabs $6m to help find companies social influencers
    

25. • Flixster continues rapid growth with new $12.5M
    

26. • Redpoint Ventures raises $400M fund for investments in social, mobile, and more
    

27. • Social Music Player TuneWiki Raises $7M From Motorola Ventures, Others
    

28. • Job network Doostang hangs tough with the competition, lands $1.25M
    

29. • Multi-touch display maker FlatFrog gets $18m in funding
    

30. • 2tor Raised $20 Million Series B funding led by Capital Partners

19 February 2010

1. • Google acquires reMail, founder Cselle joins Gmail team
   

2. • Chrysalix Energy Increases Latest Clean-Tech Fund to More Than $100 Million
   

3. • Regen absorbs $1.6M to roll out solar-powered lights, stereos and more
   

4. • Raser Technologies (RZ) Receives $33 Million DOE Grant
   

5. • Energy Company Mergers Are Expected to Rise
   

6. • Calisolar Acquires 6N Silicon
   

7. • EnerVault lands $3.5M to make cheap, grid-scale batteries a reality
   

8. • Jinko and Daqo Withdraw Their Solar IPOs
   

9. • Online TV guide Clicker raises $11 M Series B 
   

10. • Mobile game maker Moblyng closes $1M round
    

11. • Dukky Announces Funding from LongueVue Capital
    

12. • EveryScape Secures $6 Million in Series C Financing
    

13. • Video ad tech maker YuMe raises $25M
    

14. • VuCast Closes $5.5 Million Series B Funding Round
    

15. • Nuance acquires MacSpeech for undisclosed amount
    

16. • IBM acquires Intelliden to boost network automation
    

17. • TidalTV raises $16M for ‘zero waste’ video ads
    

18. • Social Music Player TuneWiki Gets An Infusion From NTT Docomo
    

19. • Refinery29 Raises Seed Funding For Hyperlocal Fashion News Site
    

20. • Grupo Televisa Acquires 30% Stake in Nextel Mexico
    

21. • Layar lands $3.4M, deal with major handset maker
    

22. • Dazzboard secures $1.5 million to grow its Web-based competitor to iTunes 
    

23. • Moonshoot Raises $6.6 Million
    

24. • Eleutian Technology Raises $10 Million
    

25. • SkillSoft will be acquired for $1.1 billion by  Berkshire Partners, Advent International and Bain Capital Partners
    

26. • Promethean World eyes main market IPO

26 February 2010

1. • BrightSource Gets $1.37 Billion in Loan Guarantees
   

2. • Cleantech Group nabs $3.2M to grow green empire
   

3. • CalStar Products, Inc. Raises Additional Capital
   

4. • Imperial Announces Agreement to Acquire e-biofuels, LLC
   

5. • Entech Solar Enters $5 Million Preferred Stock Agreement
   

6. • CFX Battery Gets $14.2M
   

7. • Enerkem takes $51 million for advanced biofuel projects
   

8. • General Compression Closes On $17 Million of Financing
   

9. • New York State Approves $35 Million Financing for Biomass Plant in Business Park
   

10. • Eden Park scores $2M to bring LED alternative to market
    

11. • Bloom Energy Stock IPO
    

12. • SoloPower takes a run at Solyndra with new $45M
    

13. • Music Mastermind bags $4.9M for virtual music creation
    

14. • Rent The Runway Raises $15 Million For The Netflix For Couture 
    

15. • Match.com Acquires Singlesnet
    

16. • LBi and Bigmouthmedia to merge in supposed $150 million deal
    

17. • ZillionTV gets $10M from Qwest
    

18. • HyTrust Closes $10.5 Million Series B Financing; Introduces Granite Ventures and Cisco Systems as New Investors
    

19. • Pano Logic Announces $20 Million Funding
    

20. • Quantenna raises $15M to make Wi-Fi faster and more reliable
    

21. • Cisco adds to $5.5M bagged by Mashery to manage APIs
    

22. • SproutBaby acquires blogging network EcoMom for online baby product empire
    

23. • Hi5 to announce acquisition of social game firm Big Six
    

24. • Strategic Design Network acquires social game payment company Payout Hub
    

25. • Citrix adds IT search to its roster with Paglo acquisition
    

26. • CA Continues Shopping Spree; Acquires 3Tera To Boost Presence In The Cloud
    

27. • Korea’s Danal to buy controlling stake in its mobile payment spin-off
    

28. • Currensee grabs $8m to expand social network for traders
    

29. • SecondMarket raises $15M from Asian investors as its business becomes more global
    

30. • ErGo Media Capital to pour money into media, game and entertainment startups
    

31. • PocketGear Acquires Handango
    

32. • Alibris buys a software developer that specializes in online marketplaces
    

33. • Mobile ad network Millennial Media acquires analytics firm TapMetrics
    

34. • Ngmoco raises $25M for iPhone games, acquires Freeverse
    

35. • Wal-Mart Enters Digital Downloading of Movies With Purchase of Vudu
    

36. • Reply.com files for $60 million IPO
    

37. • Open Text Buys Up Content Analysis Startup Nstein Technologies For $34 Million
    

38. • CollabNet acquires Danube for worldwide Scrum development
    

39. • Iron Mountain Buys Up Email Archiving Company Mimosa Systems For $112 Million
    

40. • Facebook buys Malaysian start-up 
    

41. • MyEdu lands $5.5M more to help you graduate college while saving money