zouk ventures is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sven Hansen as Venture Partner. As one of the world’s most long-standing cleantech investors, Dr. Hansen brings in his valuable experience in advisory, investment banking and private investment practices of the industry. Dr. Sven Hansen is one of the pioneers in cleantech investing with unique...
zouk ventures is pleased to announce the completion of a $106 million funding round held by its portfolio company, Trilliant Inc, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions. The round was led by two highly-respected financial investors, Investor Growth Capital and VantagePoint Venture Partners. In addition, General Electric and ABB, a European power...
zouk ventures (“zouk”) is pleased to announce the completion of its partial exit from SiC Processing AG (“SiC Processing”), a leading supplier of wire-saw slurry used in silicon wafer production for solar photovoltaic cells. The exit results from the recent acquisition of 70% of SiC Processing by Nordic Capital Fund VII (“Nordic Capital”). The acquisition...
zouk ventures ltd is proud to announce its involvement in the organisation of Munich’s eCarTec trade fair in October 2009. eCarTec is the world’s first trade show to focus exclusively on electric mobility. Bringing together technology...
SiC Processing, Trilliant, Solarcentury and Sulfurcell Solartechnik, four of eight companies in the Cleantech Europe LP portfolio, ranked in the top 100 global cleantech companies by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™, LLC, in...
zouk ventures ltd (“zouk”), manager of the €52m solar project investment vehicle zouk Solar Opportunities Ltd (“zSOL”), and Next Energy Capital (“NEC”), a European merchant bank specialised in the renewable energy sector, today announce...
Triton Format AG ('Triton'), a leading water solutions company, today announces the completion of a EUR 10.4 million round of financing to fund further organic growth and continue its successful buy-and-build strategy. The round was led...
Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering intelligent network solutions that form the nervous system of the Smart Grid, today announced that it has closed a $40 million equity investment from an affiliate of MissionPoint Capital...
zouk today announced that Cleantech Europe, a technology fund managed by the firm, has agreed to increase its shareholding in Orb Energy (“Orb”) by purchasing shares held by Renewable Capital. Samer Salty, CEO of zouk said: “Orb has...
Sulfurcell, a global leader in the development and manufacture of copper indium gallium sulphide/selenide (“CIS”/”CIGSE”) photovoltaics (“PV”), today announced it has secured EUR 85 million (USD 135M) equity funding for a significant...