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		<title>Khosla, Alberta Lend $75 Million to KiOR</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena, Texas – KiOR, a biofuels company, has obtained loans totaling $75 million from its original founder and investor, Khosla Ventures, along with Alberta Investment Management, a fund owned by the province of Alberta, Canada. KiOR was founded in 2007 by Khosla Ventures and a group of catalyst scientists seeking to make renewable fuels from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Venture Capital Investment in Cleantech Totals $4.9 Billion in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston &#8212; Venture capital investment by U.S. firms in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in 2011, flat in terms of the number of deals and down 4.5% in terms of capital invested compared to 2010, according to a new survey by Ernst &#038; Young, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. The energy/electricity generation segment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wing Power Energy Attracts $600,000 in Equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salem, Mass. – Wing Power Energy, a developer of small wind turbines, has raised $600,000 in fresh venture capital. Investors in Wing Power include individuals and institutional investors in five countries on three continents, according to a published statement by the company’s CEO, Harry Ruda, who previously served as CEO of Desktone, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apex Wind Energy Raises $10 Million in Venture Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlottesville, Va. – Apex Wind Energy, a developer of commercial-scale wind energy facilities in North America, has raised $10 million in a round of venture capital, according to a new filing by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Apex was founded in 2009 by a group that previously founded Greenlight Energy, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Goods Solar&#8217;s Private Placement Yields $10 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Louisville, Colo. – Real Goods Solar, a solar products retailer and systems installer, has raised $10 million in a private placement of stock, the company disclosed to regulators. Founded in 1978, Real Goods Solar, a publicly traded company, provides integrated solar power systems to residential and commercial customers on the east and west coasts. The [...]]]></description>
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