http://www.mdv.com/ Mohr, Davidow Ventures invested in Nanosolar in June, 2005. See http://ep.flexperience.com/entries/2005/08/cleantech_npr.html

California again: California State Teachers' Retirement System and VantagePoint Venture Partners to co-invest $30 million in New Energy Capital.

The firm is headed by Dan Reicher, former assistant secretary of energy during the Clinton administration, once headed up the DOE's EERE. He told VentureWire the firm is "focused on actually financing the deployment of the technologies and projects" around clean technology and "green" fuels.

Via Dow Jones VentureWire 6/24/05

New investor Mohr Davidow Ventures led a $20 million Series B round with a $10.5 million infusion of capital into Nanosolar Inc., a developer of solar electricity cells.

New venture capital firm Blackwolf Partners http://www.blackwolfventures.com/ to raise $100 million and invest part in alternative energy. The fund is expecting to funnel capital into start-ups in the Midwest and the West Coast.

"An all energy portfolio is too risky because the market is highly dependant on the price of oil," Charlie Walker, partner with the firm, told VentureWire Alert. "There is money to be made in that market, but we'll be managing risk in a more thoughtful way."

Via Dow Jones VentureWire 6/2/05 http://alert.venturewire.com

Three prominent VC firms are part of CalCEF plan announced today.

March 14, 2005--"New CalCEF $30 Million Fund Poised to Fuel California's Clean Energy Industry."

The California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), a new $30 million public benefit investment fund created as part of the Pacific Gas and Electric's bankruptcy settlement, announced agreements with three venture capital firms: Nth Power, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and VantagePoint Venture Partners. These firms will bring matching funds and access to strategic partners. The purpose of CalCEF is to make investments and to provide an engine of economic growth while reducing California's dependence on fossil fuels.