Venture capital improves corporate governance

COMPANIES receiving venture capital backing are generally better at corporate governance when they list on the stock exchange than those that have not gone down the venture capital path, according to a study by the Australian School of Business.
Based on 11 years of research by Associate Professor Jo-Ann Suchard in association with the Australian Private [...]

Forbes – Cleantech investment hits record $1.6B in 3Q,

 
Look like investors prefer solar energy than others. 

“A record level of venture capital is pouring into cleantech despite a global economic downtown and credit crunch that’s hitting more established players in the industry.
U.S. venture capital investment in cleantech climbed to a record $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2008, a 55-percent jump from the [...]