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Fuel cell developer ReliOn announced a $23mm Series C round of funding, with new backers PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund and Robeco Clean Tech Private Equity II joining existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Wall Street Technology Partners, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Buerk Dale Victor, and [...] [ Venture Capital Network ] - Via Orglex

Update for April 28: The total amount taken by ReliOn for this round came to $23 million, according to John Cook. Additional funding was provided by PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund and Robeco Clean Tech Private Equity. Original post from March 31: ReliOn, a Spokane-based fuel cell maker that [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

A few things of potential interest… A good tool for all you cleantech VCs and Founders out there: Joel Moxley, an EIR at Northbridge, came up with a pretty useful prior-art search engine, PriorSmart. Check it out. Must-read: A terrific article on Georges Doriot, "venture capital's grandfather". Here's a good [...] [ Venture Capital Network ] - Via Orglex

A few things of potential interest… A good tool for all you cleantech VCs and Founders out there: Joel Moxley, an EIR at Northbridge, came up with a pretty useful prior-art search engine, PriorSmart. Check it out. Must-read: A terrific article on Georges Doriot, "venture capital's grandfather". Here's a good [...] [ Cleantech Investing ] - Via Orglex

Two sectors that could provide some concrete and immediate reductions in energy use - more efficient lighting and a smarter power grid - saw investment this week. LED startups Bridgelux and Illumitex, and smart meter software firm eMeter all brought in some fresh funding for their solutions, which totalled almost [...] [ GigaOMNET ] - Via Orglex

Two sectors that could provide some concrete and immediate reductions in energy use - more efficient lighting and a smarter power grid - saw investment this week. LED startups Bridgelux and Illumitex, and smart meter software firm eMeter all brought in some fresh funding for their solutions, which totalled almost [...] [ Earth2Tech ] - Via Orglex

Despite facing ongoing patent litigation from giant LED maker Cree, rival firm BridgeLux has secured another $40 million to use for product development and expansion. BridgeLux, like Cree, makes the chip that is the light-emitting part of LEDs, which it then sells to other firms. The company's chips are predominantly [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

Lotsa little funding announcements popped up on my radar today, kicking the week off with a feeling that the cleantech investing train won't be slowing down anytime soon. Plus, it's helping us ignore that whole recession thing. Following is more than $50 million in green-tinged deal flow from five startups: [...] [ GigaOMNET ] - Via Orglex

Lotsa little funding announcements popped up on my radar today, kicking the week off with a feeling that the cleantech investing train won't be slowing down anytime soon. Plus, it's helping us ignore that whole recession thing. Following is more than $50 million in green-tinged deal flow from five startups: [...] [ Earth2Tech ] - Via Orglex

ReliOn, a Spokane-based fuel cell maker that helps provide backup power for communications companies and air traffic control towers, has taken over $17 million in a round that will likely be the company's last, according to its CEO. The company was reported to have taken $16.9 million by the Seattle [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

Purfresh, a Livermore, Calif.-based provider of clean solutions for food and water, announced that its $25 million Series C round (announced last December) included a $5 million investment from Perella Weinberg Partners. It had not previously disclosed Perella Weinberg's participation. The round was led by Chilton Investment Co., with other [...] [ PE Hub ] - Via Orglex

Purfresh, a Livermore, Calif. company that makes ozone equipment for purification of food and water, has added on $5 million to close out its $25 million third financing. The company is busy expanding into Europe, although its CEO told VentureBeat a couple months ago that it could be profitable "tomorrow [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

A prominent venture capitalist, Wal van Lierop, of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, has begun to invest in companies (such as General Fusion) who are providing patents and technologies for economical fusion power. In a recent interview at the Clean Tech Investor Summit (which we're very sad we're not attending), van [...] [ VoIP ] - Via Orglex

A prominent venture capitalist, Wal van Lierop, of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, has begun to invest in companies (such as General Fusion) who are providing patents and technologies for economical fusion power. In a recent interview at the Clean Tech Investor Summit (which we're very sad we're not attending), van [...] [ Photovoltaicus ] - Via Orglex

A prominent venture capitalist, Wal van Lierop, of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, has begun to invest in companies (such as General Fusion) who are providing patents and technologies for economical fusion power. In a recent interview at the Clean Tech Investor Summit (which we're very sad we're not attending), van [...] [ EcoGeek.org ] - Via Orglex