What is "NextWave Greentech"?

July 20, 2013

When the folks at Greentech Media asked me to chair their upcoming "NextWave Greentech Investing" conference, I immediately said yes. The chance to have many of the more active and innovative investors hang out together for a day, talking about how they're trying to reinvent the sector, is just simply going to be a lot of fun -- and hopefully pretty informative for entrepreneurs in the sector. Certainly it'll be a good place to look for funding!

After Losses, Should Cleantech VC’s Retreat or Double Down?

June 20, 2013

In this age of full-scale Tweet wars, it was more of a Twitter kerfuffle. When three top venture capitalists appeared before a group of budding entrepreneurs at the Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Business Plan Competition last week, they encouraged the young businesspeople in attendance to focus not on the short-term profits but rather on big, risky tech breakthroughs that may revolutionize entire industries