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Israeli venture capital firm
MoreVC , formerly known as Israel Cleantech Ventures , is a
venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Glen Schwaber,
[1] Jack Levy, and Meir Ukeles.
[2] It is a
clean technology venture capital fund intent on providing
growth capital to Israel's energy, water and environmental technology sectors.
[3]
[4] MoreVC receives funding from InnovFin, a company that provides equity investments to companies in their early stages of development.
[5]
In 2007 Israel Cleantech Ventures raised $75 million for its first fund from investors that included
Robeco and
Piper Jaffray ,
[4] as well as
institutional investors and
family offices .
In February 2020, it expanded its ventures into
clean technology
[6] and rebranded to MoreVC.
Portfolio companies
Aqwise — Working on increased treatment capacity and
nitrogen removal in
wastewater treatment plants .
[7]
BrightView Systems — Develops and brings to market process and production optimization technologies for the thin-film photovoltaic industry.
[8]
CellEra — Working on disruptive low-temperature fuel cell technology.
[9]
CRE (Citrine Renewable Energy) — Developing systems converting
biogas into high value
biomethane .
[10]
Emefcy — Utilizing microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology to produce electricity from the treatment of wastewater.
[11]
FRX Polymers — Developed and is commercializing a family of novel non-halogenated, transparent, high melt flowing, fire-resistant plastics.
[12]
Gro Intelligence — Deciphers data through computational and visualization tools that enable global food security.
[13]
Metrolight — Has established products on electronic ballast solutions for HID lighting systems.
[14]
Pythagoras Solar — Works with
photovoltaic technology and builds "Medium" concentration
solar cells using
silicon .
[15]
[16]
Scodix — Provides Digital Enhancement Presses for the printing industry
[17]
Tigo Energy — Works on hardware and software improving power output efficiency, management and control to photovoltaic solar installations
[18]
Vayyar - Develops intelligent radar sensors for
3D imaging
[19]
References
^
"Glen Schwaber – Israel Cleantech Ventures" . Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^
Israel Cleantech Ventures management profile.
^
Israeli Greentech Companies Make Their Pitch , Jeff St. John, Greentech Media, November 11, 2008
^
a
b
Israeli funds look to clean technologies , Jessica Steinberg,
International Herald Tribune , October 18, 2008; accessed December 22, 2008.
^
"EIF rolls out a €100 million COVID-19 InnovFin support fund for innovative companies with its first investments" . www.eif.org . Retrieved 2023-10-12 .
^ Ravet, Hagar (2020-02-18).
"You Cannot Make the World a Better Place at the Expense of Good Returns, Says Cleantech Investor" . CTECH - www.calcalistech.com . Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^
Aqwise company page
Archived 2009-05-29 at the
Wayback Machine .
^
http://www.brightview-sys.com/Brightview-Signet%20PR%20final.pdf [
permanent dead link ]
^
"CellEra" . Archived from
the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-24 . CellEra website
^
ICV Portfolio Page
^
Emefcy company site
^
"MoreVC" .
^
"MoreVC" .
^
Metrolight
Archived 2008-12-26 at the
Wayback Machine
^
Pythagoras Solar Company Page ; accessed 22 December 2008
^
150 Solar Start Ups
Archived 2008-12-24 at the
Wayback Machine , Eric Wesff, Green Tech Media, December 4, 2008.
^
"Archived copy" . Archived from
the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-12-10 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
^
"Home" . tigoenergy.com .
^ Klein-Leichman, Abigail (2018-01-05).
"Israeli startups raised more than $5 billion in 2017" . Israel21c . Retrieved 2019-09-17 .
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