Virgin Green Fund

Virgin Green Fund

Type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	2007
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom San Francisco, United States New York City, United States
Area served	North America & Europe
Employees	10
Parent	Virgin Group
Website	www.virgingreenfund.com

Virgin Green Fund has been established to invest in companies in the renewable energy and resource efficiency sectors in the US and Europe.

Investment opportunities

Virgin Green Fund is an investment firm investing primarily in expansion/growth capital opportunities with an allocation to earlier stage venture capital opportunities. Virgin Green Fund helps companies at a point of substantial growth and/or disruptive innovation.

Portfolio

As of April 2010 Virgin Green Fund's portfolio includes:

Biofuels

• Gevo^[1]

Solar

• Solyndra^[2]
• Odersun^[2]

Energy Efficiency

• Metrolight^[3]

Energy Storage

• Wildcat Discovery Technologies^[4]

Waste Management

• DuraTherm^[5]

Water

• Seven Seas^[6]
• Quench USA^[6]

Transport

• GreenRoad^[7]

See also

• Algal fuel

References

Further reading

• Virgin Green Fund leads Odersun funding round.
• Benchmark, Branson Keep Eyes on Cleantech Road.
• Gevo has received investments from Khosla Ventures and Virgin Green Fund.
• Gevo Licenses UCLA Technology.

External links

• VirginGreenFund.com

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