Press Releases
March 8, 2012: I2BF Global Ventures announces an investment into Uk-based Seren Photonics Ltd, an LED technology company backed by University IP commercialisation specialists Fusion IP PLC.
December 21, 2011: GMZ Energy, a leader in thermoelectric materials and systems and a GE ecomagination Challenge winner, today announced it secured $14 million in Series C financing. The new investment was led by Mitsui Ventures and includes I2BF Global Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures (a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and BP Alternative Energy. With the new funding, GMZ will expand its engineering and go-to-market capabilities as the company moves into production of a new class of renewable technologies.
December 21, 2011: A USD 100m nanotechnology venture fund has been announced by joint managers VTB Capital and I2BF Global Ventures, with cornerstone backing from the Russian state nanotechnology fund RusNano and Kazyna Capital Management, the sovereign wealth fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan. These entities have committed USD 25m each to the new fund, with VTB Capital and I2BF expecting to raise a further USD 50m from external investors. The agreement was signed on December 21st 2011 in Almaty at a ceremony attended by Aset Isekeshev, Vice-Premier of Kazakhstan and Minister of Industry and New Technologies, and will soon be followed by the opening of offices in Moscow and Almaty.
July 21, 2011: Epuramat,today announced that it has sold his patented ExSep® system in the UK, to Wilton based Anaerobic Energy Ltd. ("AEL"). This application will provide the complete water treatment solution for AEL's new anaerobic digestion plant, opening in North East England still this year, and will also be used as a mobile demonstration plant to prospective new customers across the UK and Europe
May 30, 2011: Primus Power announces that it has completed a USD 11 million financing round, with the funds raised to be used to accelerate commercialisation of low-cost, grid-scale energy storage solutions. I2BF is one of the investors in this Series B round along with DBL Investors and has joined existing investors Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
April 26, 2011: I2BF has today announced that it has completed its second investment within the UK by participating in the class C Ordinary Share financing of ACAL Energy Ltd.
April 4, 2011: I2BF is proud to announce that Epuramat has been named a Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer for developing cutting-edge innovations in clean technology.
March 20, 2011: I2BF has today announced that it has been granted a licence as an authorised firm by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, and has opened its office at the Dubai International Financial Centre.
January 24, 2011: I2BF announces the listing of Nesscap Energy on the Toronoto Stock Exchange
October 19, 2010: A release announcing the opening of our New York office and the appointment of Mike Lousteau as General Counsel.