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The Cleantech Show #029 (MP3 - 13MB - 35min)
Interview with Jan Dekker, Cleantech Ventures - Venture Capital Firm

Following on from our recent shows on Technology Transfer and Research Commercialisation, on this weeks show we look at the process of Venture Capital investment into Cleantech. My guest this week is Jan Dekker, Investment Principle of Cleantech Ventures.

Cleantech Ventures is a specialist venture capital fund manager focused on investments in companies developing clean technologies. As mentioned in previous blogs and shows they have recently released a report on the Australian Cleantech Investment Industry.

On the show we talk broadly about private equity investment into cleantech. Jan and his team have been investing in this space for the last 4 years and have assessed over 500 deals during this time. We discuss whether the drivers for cleantech have changed over this period, and what shifts we are seeing in the behaviour of industry with investment and exit approaches.

If your seeking capital investment in the cleantech sector, this weeks episode reinforces the approaches to capital raising that seasoned entrepreneurs know to well. If your struggling to raise capital or want to learn more about the process, please tune in.

Jan is a career cleantech investment professional. He has been employed in a variety of senior executive roles within the cleantech arena for almost 20 years. Prior to founding Cleantech Ventures, Jan was the Managing Director of the Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies, an early stage venture fund manager targeting new sustainable energy technology investments.

Previously he was an Associate Director at the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) in NSW where he was responsible for managing its renewable energy business units (solar, wind, co-generation, waste coal mine gas, green power and bio-energy), and the company’s Renewables Investment Fund - a project investment vehicle. Jan has also held positions with Sydney Water, the NSW EPA and as an environmental consultant.

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Nick Bruse

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