Silicon Valley VCs Go Green

Well...todays post is not about a new idea but rather about how Cleantech has almost overnight become such a popular investment sector for VCs. This theme was clearly visible at the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference which just ended a week or so ago. The conference featured companies from all around the globe and kicked off with a keynote by Bill McDonough who got a standing ovation for his brilliant speech. He, as always, greatly inspired the audience and encouraged architects to think of "Building as Trees" and "Cities as Forests". Bill is now working with Vantage Point Partners - a leading cleantech VC firm which has made investments in companies such as Tesla Motors, BrightSource Energy, Miasole, Mascoma and many others.

Here is a video that was played at the conference highlighting the fact that Silicon Valley VCs are Going Green and we all know the success stories that orginiate, once this valley with all the brilliant entreprenuers and VCs, decides to tackle a specific sector. However, lets hope that other markets around the globe actively pursue this challenge as well because we all know that this issue is not just confined to this valley!!!