| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.06.2025 | Heron Power's $38 Million Leap: A New Dawn for Energy Infrastructure | In the heart of Scotts Valley, California, a revolution is brewing. Heron Power, an energy infrastructure company, has just secured $38 million in Series A funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s a lifeline for... |
| 03.06.2025 | Heron Power: $38 Million Series A Raised For Energy Infrastructure Platform | Energy infrastructure company Heron Power announced that it raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Capricorn Investment Group’s Technology Impact Fund, with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Gig... |
| 02.06.2025 | Zeal Capital Partners: $82 Million Fund II Closed | Zeal Capital Partners, a leading Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm, announced the closing of Zeal Fund II. This brings Zeal’s total assets under management (AUM) to $186 million across three funds, highlighting the firm’s discipli... |
| 02.05.2025 | Electra: $186 Million Series B Raised For Clean Iron Platform | Electra, a clean iron company, announced a $186 million Series B funding round, co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Temasek Holdings. This brings Electra’s total funding to date to $214 million, cementing its position as one of the lea... |
| 27.03.2025 | Heartflow Completes $98M Convertible Notes Financing | Heartflow, Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based leader in AI technology for coronary artery disease (CAD), received additional investments of approximately $98m through the sale and issuance of convertible notes by its parent company, Heartflow ... |
| 11.02.2025 | Closed Loop Raises Strategic Investment From Capricorn | Closed Loop Partners announced that investor Capricorn Investment Group made a growth investment in its asset management business: Closed Loop Capital Management. Capricorn joins existing shareholders, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investm... |
| 10.02.2025 | To expand commercialized fusion power, SoftBank supports Helion’s $425 M Series F investment | Fusion energy startup Helion announced that it has raised $425 million in a Series F investment round to expand its efforts to commercialize its ground-breaking fusion technology.
In addition to current investors Sam Altman, Mithril Capital... |
| 06.02.2025 | Share Of Startup Funding For Black Founders Hits Multiyear Low | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The share of U.S. startup funding going to companies with Black founders hit a multiyear low in 2024, even as overall funding ticked slightly higher.
Only around $730 million — or 0.4% of all funding... |
| 03.02.2025 | Helion: Fusion Energy Company Raises $425 Million (Series F) At $5.425 Billion Valuation | Fusion energy company Helion announced a $425 million Series F funding round that will be used to scale commercialization efforts for the company’s fusion technology. This oversubscribed and upsized round had participation from new investor... |
| 28.01.2025 | Fusion Startup Helion Powers Up With $425M Series F | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Fusion startup Helion Energy locked up a $425 million Series F — valuing the company at $5.4 billion — as the company looks to commercialize its fusion technology.
The round included participation fr... |
| 13.12.2024 | Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum Marks the Conclusion of ADFW 2024 | ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ADGM, the international financial centre (IFC) of Abu Dhabi, in partnership with Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), HSBC and Smartenergy, today hosted the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustain... |
| 23.09.2024 | Twelve: Carbon Transformation Company Raises $645 Million | Twelve, a carbon transformation company that converts captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products typically made from fossil fuels, announced $645 million in funding. This funding is based on a strat... |
| 20.09.2024 | The Carbon Revolution: Funding Fuels the Future of Sustainable Aviation | The world is changing. The air we breathe is under siege. Carbon emissions loom like a dark cloud over our future. But a new wave of innovation is rising. Companies like Air Company and Twelve are leading the charge. They are turning carbon... |
| 19.09.2024 | Twelve Raises $645M in Funding | AirPlant One in Moses Lake, WA – under construction
Twelve, a Berkeley, CA-based carbon transformation company that converts captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products typically made from fossil fue... |
| 23.01.2024 | SER Capital Partners Secures Strategic Investment from Capricorn Investment Group | REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 23, 2024–
SER Capital Partners (“SER”), today announced a strategic minority investment from Capricorn Investment Group’s (“Capricorn”) Sustainable Investors Fund (“Capricorn SIF”)... |
| 31.10.2023 | Seurat Technologies to decarbonize manufacturing with $99 million Series C funding | Metal 3D printing company Seurat Technologies has raised $99 million in a Series C funding round. The Massachusetts-based company will use this funding to “decarbonize manufacturing” through the deployment of localized metal 3D printing fac... |
| 04.03.2022 | Belgium's Capricorn raises €84M+ for digital growth vehicle | Capricorn Partners has raised €84.5 million for its Digital Growth Fund. The fund will target investments in Europe, particularly Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, with a focus on digital health and business.
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| 03.03.2022 | Capricorn Digital Growth Fund closes at €84.5 million to back digital health and business 4.0 startups in Benelux | Leuven-based independent manager of venture capital and equity funds, Capricorn Partners has closed Capricorn Digital Growth Fund at €84.5 million. The fund will typically invest in opportunities emerging from turning data into actionable i... |
| 26.01.2022 | Seurat Technologies raises $21M to fast-track the commercialization of Area Printing technology | Metal 3D printing start-up Seurat Technologies has raised another $21 million to help accelerate the roll-out of its proprietary Area Printing technology.
Supported by new investors Xerox Ventures and SIP Global Partners, as well as long-te... |
| 04.01.2022 | Capricorn Investment Group takes 20% stake in Norselab's European Impact Investment Platform | PRESS RELEASE
Capricorn Investment Group makes their first move into the Nordic venture space with their investment in Norselab, an Oslo-based European impact investment manager for private capital.
- With their thoughtful approach to inn... |
| 05.11.2021 | Helion secures $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy | Helion Energy, a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 billion Series E, with an additional $1.7 billion of commitments tied to specific... |
| 30.04.2021 | Geothermal technology has enormous potential to power the planet and Fervo wants to tap it | Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for the future that’s captured the attention of environmentalists and oil and gas engineers alike.
That’s becaus... |
| 17.12.2020 | Energy storage investments 2020: VC and equity firms put more than $500 million in these 25 battery startups | With U.S. energy storage growing a lot this year, and poised to accelerate next, conditions are fertile for VC investors to look for startup innovation.Source: Wood Mackenzie
Here’s a long and incomplete list of where venture firms are putt... |
| 07.10.2020 | Hydration company LARQ bags USD 10 million in Series A funding | The San Francisco Company LARQ announced receiving US$ 10 million Series-A funding on 29th September 2020 led by Seventure, including the participation of DCM Ventures. The company will utilize the funding amount to expand globally by 2021 ... |
| 20.09.2020 | Energy Jobs: First Solar, Enel X, CELI, 7X Energy, National Grid, Terabase, i1 Energy, 8minute | Terabase hired Allan Daly as VP of software. Daly was previously a co-founder at BrightBox Technologies and VP of software at Nextracker. Terabase just closed a $6 million Round A led by SJF Ventures for an integrated software platform to m... |
| 31.08.2020 | Clean energy funding: Ex-Tesla CTO raises $40 million to recycle batteries, plus nuclear fusion and fission | $40 million for recycling batteries
Redwood Materials, the startup founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel raised a reported $40 million in venture capital from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group. Redwood raised $2 mill... |
| 21.06.2020 | Energy investment roundup: $50M for drinking water from solar-powered ‘hydropanels’ | Despite this miserable year, renewable energy has seen a modest wave of VC and corporate investment in 2020. pv magazine has logged it here. The wave continues:
Blackrock-led $50M gets water from a solar-powered panel
Zero Mass Water raised... |
| 12.06.2020 | Updated: A roundup of venture capital funding in clean energy | Venture capital investors and their funds are still hungry for deals in cleantech and renewable energy.
Although high-profile energy investments in today’s era have tended towards batteries and energy storage — here are some recent funding ... |
| 12.05.2020 | Span wins $10.2 million to modernize the home electrical panel, ease shift to solar, storage and EVs | Span just landed $10.2 million in venture capital to modernize and replace one of the more basic and ubiquitous pieces of home electrical hardware — the electrical panel. Span’s ambition is to “transform the electrical panel into an intelli... |
| 07.01.2019 | Capricorn Ventures closes sustainable chemistry fund on €86.5m | Capricorn Venture Partners has raised €86.5m for the final close of its sustainable chemistry fund. The VC will tap |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding COO of Tala and founder of the social networks Dogster and Catster.
Since 2001, impact VC firms have raised $13 billion to invest in companie... |
| 23.12.2016 | Capricorn Venture Partners announces first closing of its Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF) at € 50 million | Leuven, Belgium: 23 December 2016 – Capricorn Venture Partners is pleased to announce the closing of the 1st round of financing for the Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF) at € 50 million, an important milestone in the fundraising p... |
| 01.06.2016 | The trends driving electric vehicle development | Ion Yadigaroglu Contributor
Ion Yadigaroglu is the managing principal of Capricorn Investment Group.
In case you weren’t paying attention, something amazing just happened to the automobile industry.
The recent unveiling of Tesla’s Model 3 r... |
| 28.04.2016 | GotIt raises $9 million to help slacking teens do their homework | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
GotIt, a chat service that connects users with “e... |
| 28.04.2016 | GotIt raises $9 million to help slacking teens do their homework | GotIt, a chat service that connects users with “experts” for 10 minutes, announced today that it has raised over $9 million for its series A and seed rounds.
Capricorn Investment Group and eBay cofounder Jeff Skoll led the series A investme... |
| 06.10.2015 | Nigeria’s person-to-person money transfer company Paga bags $13m | The Nigerian person-to-person money transfer company, Paga, has secured US$13-million from renowned international investment firms Adlevo Capital, Omidyar Network, Goodwell West Africa, Acumen Fund, and Capricorn Investment Group. Jeremy St... |
| 06.10.2015 | Nigeria’s person-to-person money transfer company Paga bags $13m | The Nigerian person-to-person money transfer company, Paga, has secured US$13-million from renowned international investment firms Adlevo Capital, Omidyar Network, Goodwell West Africa, Acumen Fund, and Capricorn Investment Group. Jeremy St... |
| 10.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 10, 2015 | Editas Medicine Inc secured $120M; Turing Pharmaceuticals bagged $90M; Vainglory raised $26M
Editas Medicine Inc. raised $120 million from investors to support development of a technology that can precisely edit DNA and potentially treat fa... |
| 05.02.2009 | USAA revs up online car dealership Zag | Zag, the online car-buying platform known for its transparent upfront and guaranteed pricing, just landed $37.4 million in strategic capital, most of it coming from financial services goliath USAA. Different from other car transaction sites... |
| 01.10.2007 | Capricorn Venture Partners raises €50m for latest cleantech fund | Belgian venture capital firm Capricorn Venture Partners has announced that it has raised |
| - | HeartFlow Raises $215M for AI-Powered Cardiac Test | What You Should Know:
– HeartFlow, Inc., a provider of precision heart care raises $215M in Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Life Sciences with participation from new investor Janus Henderson Investors, and existing investors incl... |