Virgin Green Fund

Virgin Green Fund
Company type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	2007
Defunct	2014
Fate	shut down
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom ; San Francisco , United States ; New York City , United States
Area served	North America & Europe
Number of employees	10
Parent	Virgin Group
Website	www.virgingreenfund.com

Virgin Green Fund was established in 2007 ^[1] to invest in companies in the renewable energy and resource efficiency sectors in the US and Europe. It closed in 2014.

Investment history [ edit ]

The fund's first fundraising round raised $199m from Virgin and other investors. A notable initial investor was Wolverhampton City Council . The fund's investment focus is on established businesses rather than start ups. It had invested in 10 businesses out of 3,700 considered as of 2010. ^[2]

Portfolio [ edit ]

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

Gevo ^[3]
Solyndra ^[4]
Odersun ^[4]
Metrolight ^[5]
Wildcat Discovery Technologies ^[6]
DuraTherm ^[7]
Seven Seas ^[8]
Quench USA ^[8]
GreenRoad ^[9]

Shutdown [ edit ]

In 2014, the firm was closed down by the Virgin Group. ^[10]

References [ edit ]

^ Chris Hughes (27 June 2008). "Virgin's green fund gets first $199m" . Financial Times . Retrieved 28 April 2015 .
^ Claire Cain Miller (10 May 2010). "Virgin Green Fund Looks to Midlife Start-ups" . New York Times . Retrieved 28 April 2015 .
^ "Portfolio: Biofuels" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ ^a ^b "Portfolio: Solar" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ "Portfolio: Energy Efficiency" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ "Portfolio: Energy Storage" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ "Portfolio: Waste Management" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ ^a ^b "Portfolio: Water" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ "Portfolio: Transport" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .
^ "Virgin Group Said to Wind Down Buyout Unit, Cancel Fund" . Bloomberg.com . 23 April 2014 . Retrieved 18 May 2016 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website

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[1] Chris Hughes (27 June 2008). "Virgin's green fund gets first $199m" . Financial Times . Retrieved 28 April 2015 .

[2] Claire Cain Miller (10 May 2010). "Virgin Green Fund Looks to Midlife Start-ups" . New York Times . Retrieved 28 April 2015 .

[3] "Portfolio: Biofuels" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[solar-4] "Portfolio: Solar" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[5] "Portfolio: Energy Efficiency" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[6] "Portfolio: Energy Storage" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[7] "Portfolio: Waste Management" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[water-8] "Portfolio: Water" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[9] "Portfolio: Transport" . Virgin Green Fund . Retrieved 7 April 2010 .

[bloo_Virg-10] "Virgin Group Said to Wind Down Buyout Unit, Cancel Fund" . Bloomberg.com . 23 April 2014 . Retrieved 18 May 2016 .

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