i3 Market Intelligence Platform Shows State's Year-to-Date Investment Totals at $105 Million

SAN FRANCISCO--Cleantech Group™, provider of the i3 market intelligence platform and global consulting services, today released preliminary 3Q13 results from i3. The firm reported that in Colorado, clean technology venture investment during the quarter totaled $37 million, bringing the year-to-date total to $105 million.

According to data in i3, Colorado's top deals and their investors were:

*Ciris Energy, a Conventional Fuels company, raised $25 million from Asia Pacific Capital in a growth equity round

*Ascent Solar Technologies, a Solar company, raised $7.4 million across two PIPE rounds

*TerraLUX, an Energy Efficiency company, raised $2 million from Access Venture Partners, Emerald Technology Ventures, and Generation Investment Management in a growth equity round

*Main Street Power Company, a Solar company, raised $1.9 million in a Growth Equity round

"Efficiency continues to shine in 2013, leading the cleantech sector in terms of number of deals completed. Transportation saw considerable traction in Q3 2013, thanks in large part to Uber's $258 million funding round led by Google Ventures and TPG Capital," said Sheeraz Haji, Chief Executive Officer of Cleantech Group. "Our i3 market intelligence platform reports that investor interest in software or cleanweb technologies is starting to scale, while the Agriculture and Advanced Materials sectors are making strong headway and are well-positioned to gain significant market traction in the years to come."

i3 tracks the latest deals, trends, and insight into innovation, with data for over 22,000 companies across 18 sectors. The product also allows users to identify innovation clusters around the world, drill down into taxonomy for 18 sectors, and pursue company discovery.

While the bulk of the data is only accessible by subscribers, a subset of data has recently been made available in i3.

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