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Business Opportunities In the Cleantech Sector One View from Silicon Valley

Business Opportunities In the Cleantech Sector One View from Silicon Valley. Presented at Sweden - U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum 2008 October 22, 2008. Prepared by Tom Kosnik Fenwick and West Consulting Professor. Agenda. Has Cleantech crossed the Chasm? Cleantech VC investment Trends

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Business Opportunities In the Cleantech Sector One View from Silicon Valley

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  1. Business Opportunities In the Cleantech SectorOne View from Silicon Valley Presented at Sweden - U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum 2008 October 22, 2008 Prepared by Tom Kosnik Fenwick and West Consulting Professor

  2. Agenda • Has Cleantech crossed the Chasm? • Cleantech VC investment Trends • Cleantech Categories • Each Cleantech category has chasms to cross • Tried and True Models are taking cleantech innovations to market • Visionary VCs are fishing for winners • Visionary cleantech VCs in Silicon Valley • Cleantech chasm crossing is scary and fun! • Sweden is a hothouse for cleantech innovation!

  3. Has Cleantech Crossed the Chasm? Chasm Fault Line! E Indefinitely elastic middle C Growth Market D Revenue Growth Mature Market B Declining Market A End of Life Technology Adoption Life Cycle Time Source: Moore Geoffrey A. (2002), Crossing the Chasm; Moore(2005), Dealing with Darwin

  4. Energy Related VC Investments Soared in 2008 USD Millions

  5. Cleantech VC investment reached $2.6 billion in 3Q08 "Cleantech venture investing has continued to show strong growth despite the unprecedented turmoil in the credit markets during the quarter.” Michael Goguen, Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital Source: Cleantech LLC, October 8, 2008

  6. CleanTech Categories Clean Air Clean Water Waste Treatment Energy Efficiency Green Building Renewable Energy Smart Power Clean Transportation Clean Cosmetics Cleantech Social Movements Categories Adapted from:

  7. Each Cleantech category has chasms to cross

  8. Tried and True Models are Taking Cleantech Innovations to Market

  9. Visionary VCs areFishing for Cleantech Winners.

  10. Visionary Cleantech VCs in Silicon Valley

  11. CleantechChasm Crossing is scary and fun!

  12. Sweden is a hothouse for cleantech innovations!Thank You! Tom Kosnik Skype: thomas.j.kosnik 1-650 450 3330

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