Larry Lipman

Hardly surprising to see that the major headlines coming out of the release today of the Cleantech Group's Q1 numbers focused on the top-line dollar count -- $2.57B!

We've been talking about the need for new investment models in cleantech venture capital for some time now. A couple of years ago, I put out a presentation calling out some of the more unsustainable trends in cleantech VC in evidence at that time. By now, many of those trends and practices are even more upfront in the minds of many investors and LPs. In the meantime, the cleantech venture industry has entered a period of significant stress. . . and potential reinvention.