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Cleantech received $357 million in 33 venture deals in the first quarter of 2014. Funding dollars decreased 7 percent year-over-year, while deal volume decreased 42 percent over the same period.
April 2014
Cleantech MoneyTreeTM Report: Q1 2014
Based on the MoneyTreeTM Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters
Cleantech PwC
CleantechCleantech fundingThe Cleantech sector, which crosses traditional MoneyTree industries and is composed of agriculture and bioproducts, energy efficiency, smart grid and energy storage, solar energy, transportation, water and waste management, wind and geothermal, and other renewables, saw a 7 percent decrease in funding from the first quarter of 2013 to $357 million.
“Cleantech funding, in aggregate, is close to where it was this time last year, but the mix is moving dramatically towards late- stage investments. Late-stage deal size grew significantly, while early stage investment largely evaporated and, for the first time since we started tracking the industry, there were no disclosed first-time investments.”
Figure 1: Cleantech funding trends by quarter 2011–2014
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Compared to the first quarter of 2013, deal volume decreased by 42 percent in the first quarter to 33. Average deal size was $11.5 million, an increase of 59 percent year-over-year.
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First-time funding compared with follow-on fundingWith the exception of a single deal for an undisclosed amount, there was no first-time funding in the first quarter of 2014.
Year-over-year, follow-on funding increased 3 percent to $357 million in the first quarter. Follow-on funding average deal size was $11.5 million, a 39 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year, in 32 deals.
Figure 4: Cleantech follow-on compared with initial investments 2010–2014
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Cleantech funding by stage
Early-stage investment was $10 million during the quarter, a decrease of 93 percent compared to the first quarter of 2013.
Cleantech investment for late-stage opportunities increased year-over-year by 46 percent to $347 million.
Early-stage average deal size, at $3.4 million, decreased 62 percent year-over-year in 4 deals, while late-stage average deal size, at $12.4 million, increased 78 percent over the same period in 29 deals.
Figure 5: Cleantech funding by stage each quarter 2010–2014
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Cleantech funding by subsector
Cleantech subsectors receiving increased funding in the first quarter compared to the prior-year period were:
• Agriculture & Bioproducts, increased 939 percent to $135 million
• Transportation, increased 658 percent to $10 million• Smart Grid and Energy Storage, increased 80 percent to
$107 million
Cleantech subsectors receiving less funding in the first quarter compared to the prior-year period were:
• Other Cleantech, decreased 89 percent to $12 million• Energy Efficiency, decreased 68 percent to $26 million• Water & Waste Management, decreased 53 percent to
$35 million• Wind & Geothermal, decreased 22 percent to $2 million• Solar Energy, decreased 20 percent to $31 million
Figure 6: Cleantech funding by subsector 2010–2014
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Silicon Valley, Midwest, Colorado, Texas, and the Philadelphia metro area received the most Cleantech venture capital funding in the first quarter. Silicon Valley received the most funding with $93 million.
Figure 8: Top five regions first quarter 2014
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