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| The Cleantech Venture Forum The Cleantech Venture Network, LLC, a Cleantech Group company, announced that it is co-hosting on February 22 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco a conference focused solely on the rapidly emerging emissions markets as part of Cleantech Forum XII. The panels will include recognized experts in the emerging field such as Peter Fusaro, Bob Epstein, Bill Bumpers, Ashutosh Shastri, Alexander Rau, Randy Lack, Lenny Hochschild, Michael Rucker and Matt Chaney, who will discuss the intricacies and relationships associated with the emissions markets. The Cleantech Venture Network reports that over $2.9 billion was invested by venture capitalists in 2006 in North America, a 78% increase over 2005. CVN researchers also report that in 2006 over $2.1 billion was invested in the clean energy segment representing a 2.8X increase over 2005. The combination of venture capital, private equity, pensions, endowments, family offices and other investor activities suggests that cleantech is the next wave of innovation that can address global environmental and resource challenges. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |