Clean Energy Trust

Total investments

45

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

37

Rounds per year

3.21

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.18

Exits

2

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingElectronicsInternet of ThingsEnergyRenewable EnergyAdvanced MaterialsWaterWater Purification

Summary

In 2010 was created Clean Energy Trust, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the Chicago. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Opposing the other organizations, this Clean Energy Trust works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The average startup value when the investment from Clean Energy Trust is 1-5 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2015. The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the Clean Energy Trust, startups are often financed by Tin Shed Ventures, OS Fund, Wells Fargo. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tin Shed Ventures, OS Fund, Wells Fargo. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tin Shed Ventures, OS Fund, OUP (Osage University Partners).

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Renewable Energy, Electronics. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Intellihot Green Technologies, Igor, Go Electric The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
45
Lead investments
3
Exits
2
Rounds per year
3.21
Follow on index
0.18
Investments by industry
  • Energy (14)
  • Electronics (9)
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • Software (9)
  • Renewable Energy (8)
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Investments by region
  • United States (44)
Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
81K
Group Appearance index
0.47
Avg. company exit year
8

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Luz 09 Dec 2021 Seed 5M
NuMat Technologies 10 Aug 2016 Hardware, Semiconductor, Renewable Energy, Nanotechnology Early Stage Venture 7M United States, Illinois
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