Since I starting the blog a month ago, I’ve received a couple requests for information on green private equity companies, green VC, and green angel investors from friends, and colleagues that I went to Babson with.
This list will be valuable for entrepreneurs looking for funding, or those who are interested in ‘green’ investing, financing or consulting.
First, you should know that the word green private equity may or may not hold any water. It will depend on the firm and how they define the word ‘green’. I have done very little vetting of the list.
The list is not separated between private equity and venture capital. You’ll have to do this research on your own. If you find mistake, broken link, a company that a missed, or a company that clearly should be on this list let me know.
Enjoy! The list currently stands at 250 companies.
| @ Ventures |
| 3i Corporation |
| 406 Ventures |
| Aberdare Ventures |
| ABS Capital Partners |
| Acacia Venture Partners |
| Adamas Partners, LLC |
| Adams Street Partners |
| Advanced Technology Ventures |
| Advantage Capital Partners |
| Advent International |
| Aetos Capital LLC |
| AIG Global Investment Group |
| Alexander Hutton Venture Partners |
| Alliance Technology Ventures |
| Allsettled Group, Inc |
| Alta Communications |
| Altus Capital Partners |
| Alyra Renewable Energy Finance, LLC |
| American Capital |
| American Prairie Foundation |
| Ampersand Ventures |
| Anthem Venture Partners |
| Apax Partners, Inc. |
| Appian Ventures |
| Arch Venture Partners |
| Arclight Capital Partners |
| Argosy Partners |
| Ark Capital Management |
| Arsenal Capital Partners |
| Ascent Venture Partners |
| Atlas Venture |
| Aurora Funds, Inc. |
| Austin Ventures |
| Bain Capital, Inc |
| Baird Venture Partners |
| BancBoston Capital |
| Bank of America |
| Battery Ventures |
| Bay Partners |
| Berkshire Partners LLC |
| BEV Capital |
| Bexar Capital, LLC |
| Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC |
| Blue Hill Partners, LLC |
| BNP Paribas |
| Borealis Ventures |
| Boston Millennia Partners |
| Boulder Ventures Limited |
| Braemar Energy Ventures |
| Brentwood Associates |
| Brook Venture Funds |
| Cambridge Associates |
| Canaan Partners |
| Capital Resource Partners |
| CapitalDynamics |
| CapStreet Group |
| Cargill Financial Services |
| Cariad Capital, Inc. |
| Carlyle Group |
| Centennial Ventures |
| Chatterjee Group |
| Chicago Growth Partners LLC |
| Chisholm Private Capital Partners |
| Citibank, N.A. |
| Claflin Capital Management, Inc. |
| Clarus Corporation |
| Climate Change Capital |
| Climate Change Capital |
| Commonwealth Capital Ventures |
| Concord Partners, Ltd. |
| Conning Capital Partners |
| Convergent Ventures Inc |
| Cowen and Company |
| CVC Capital Partners Ltd. |
| DAC Management, LLC |
| Diamond Group |
| Doll Capital Management |
| Draper Fisher Jurveston |
| Dubilier & Company |
| Echelon Ventures |
| Elevation Partners |
| Emigrant Capital |
| EnertTech Capital |
| Environmental Capital Partners |
| ETF Group, Inc |
| Evercore Partners |
| Financial Technology Ventures |
| First Reserve Corporation |
| FLAG Capital Management |
| Flurrymail |
| Fort Mason Capital |
| Frazier & Company |
| Frontenac Company |
| Fulcrum Management, Inc. |
| Full Circle Fund |
| GE Equity |
| Gemini Investors, LLC |
| General Atlantic Partners |
| Global Environment Fund |
| Graham Partners |
| GrandBanks Capital |
| Granite Ventures, LLC |
| Greenmont Capital Partners |
| Greylock Management Corp. |
| Grove Street Advisors |
| GTCR Golder Rauner |
| H.I.G. Capital |
| Hamilton Robinson, LLC |
| Hanover Partners |
| HarbourVest Partners, LLC |
| HealthPoint, LLC |
| Heritage Partners |
| Housatonic Partners |
| Illuminated Funds Group |
| Index Ventures |
| Infinity Capital |
| Innosight |
| Innovation Valley Partners |
| Integral Capital Partners |
| Intel Capital |
| Inverness Capital Partners |
| Investcorp |
| Investor’s Circle |
| Ironwood Capital Partners |
| J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. |
| J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. |
| JT Venture Partners, LLC |
| Kenmont Capital Partners L.P. |
| Kestrel Ventures LLC |
| Keystone Capital, Inc. |
| Khosla Ventures |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
| Kodiak Venture Partners |
| Kohlberg & Company |
| Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company |
| Kranenburg Capital Management LLC |
| Landmark Partners |
| Latona Associates |
| Lazard Technology Partners |
| Lexington Partners |
| Lindsay, Goldberg & Bessemer |
| Lineage Capital |
| M/C Venture Partners |
| Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Madrona Venture Group |
| MainSpring Capital Partners, LLC |
| Manchester Humphreys Inc |
| Mayfield Fund |
| MCG Capital Corp |
| MDS Capital |
| Meritage Private Equity Fund, LP |
| Meriturn Partners |
| Milestone Capital Management |
| Mohr, Davidow Ventures |
| Montgomery & Co |
| Morgan Stanley |
| Morgenthaler Ventures |
| Murphy & Partners LP |
| NeoCarta Ventures, Inc. |
| New Enterprise Associates |
| New Venture Partners |
| Newbury Ventures |
| Newtek Ventures |
| NGEN Partners |
| North Atlantic Capital Corporation |
| North Haven Partners |
| North Hill Ventures |
| Norwest Venture Partners |
| Nth Power |
| Oak Hill Venture Partners |
| Oak Investment Partners |
| Olympus Partners |
| OneLiberty Ventures |
| Pacific Venture Capital |
| Palladium Equity Partners |
| Palomar Ventures |
| Parish Capital Advisors, LLC |
| Partech International |
| Peninsula Equity Partners |
| Permal Capital Management |
| Polaris Venture Partners |
| Polaris Venture Partners |
| Pouschine Cook Capital Management, LLC |
| Prism Venture Partners |
| Quad Ventures |
| Raymond James Financial |
| Redpoint Ventures |
| Republic Financial Corporation |
| Richina Capital Partners Ltd. |
| Riverstone Holdings, LLC |
| RockPort Capital Partners |
| Sandler Capital Management |
| Saratoga Partners |
| Saugatuck Capital Company |
| Schroder Ventures K.K. |
| Seacoast Capital Corporation |
| Seaport Capital |
| Sequel Venture Partners |
| Sequoia Capital |
| Shawmut Capital Partners |
| Sherbrooke Capital |
| SJF Ventures |
| Soros Fund Management |
| Spoke Software |
| St. Paul Venture Capital |
| Stanton Capital |
| Starwood Capital Group |
| Sterling Ventures Ltd |
| Sternhill Partners |
| Stolberg Equity Partners |
| Stonebridge Associates |
| Summer Street Capital Partners |
| Summit Partners |
| Sun Capital Partners, Inc. |
| Sutter Hill Ventures |
| SVB Financial Group |
| TA Associates, Inc. |
| Taconic Capital Advisors, LLC |
| Tavistock Group |
| Technology Crossover Ventures |
| Technology Partners |
| Telos Venture Partners |
| Texas Pacific Group |
| TH Lee Putnam Ventures |
| The Blackstone Group |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
| The Wicks Group |
| Thomas Weisel Partners |
| Ticonderoga Capital |
| Tobat Capital, LLC |
| Trident Capital |
| Triton Capital |
| Triumph Capital Group, Inc. |
| True Ventures |
| Tuckerman Capital |
| Tudor Investment Corporation |
| U.S. Venture Partners |
| Urgent VC |
| Velocity Equity Partners |
| Venrock Associates |
| Versant Ventures |
| Vestar Capital Partners |
| Von Braun & Schreiber Private Equity Partners GmbH |
| Walden Capital Management (Walden VC) |
| Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe |
| WestView Capital Partners |
| William Blair Capital Partners |
| Willis Stein & Partners LLC |
| Willowridge Inc. |
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About Chris Williams
My name is Chris Williams I’m 24, I’ve been working in clean technology for 3 years. I’m from Maine, it’s an awesome state, but I live in Boston now. I started Green Light Distrikt in the fall of 2009 to record my journey in cleantech. Jack of all trades cleantech enthusiast. I believe that sales, marketing and branding are the key to cleantech investment. Currently, I work with Nexamp and have worked with HeatSpring Learning Institute, Big Belly Solar, the NEXUS Green Building Resource Center. I'm an IGSHPA Accredited Geothermal Installer and have my NABCEP Entry Level Solar Certificate. Connect with me @topherwilliams or through @GreenLDistrikt
Have you seen The Day The Earth Stood Still? Yes it stars Keanu Reeves, barf, but the plot is that aliens come to rid the planet of humans, since the earth is precious and the only downfall of its life is the human race. Erasing us equals a new start for planet earth. There’s a scene with John Cleese where he presents Keanu Reeves with the reality that change happens on the precipice of destruction. Forced and instigated evolution through chaos and demise. Do we need utter despair for true societal change. If so, how do you define rock bottom? I know what Ken Seeley (Intervention) would say… We’re just a bunch of addicts anyway.
Hmmm interesting point. I fundamentally disagree with the point that human are somehow ‘un-natural’ and that us changing (or some would say destroying the planet) is not correct. Being ‘correct’ is a moral issue and does not deal with nature.
There are many species that make their own environmental inhospitable for themselves. For example, certain species of lichen or shrubs that grow after a forest fire. These species make their environments places that are fertile for other species but not themselves. They kill themselves.
It seems that fundamental difference between us and them is not whether we’re natural or not, but that we have feelings.
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