Clean tech venture capital tops $2.5bn in first quarter

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Solar the big winner as year to date sees 31 per cent increase in clean tech spend on same period last year

Clean tech companies hauled in $2.57bn in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2011, a 31 per cent rise on last year's figures. Preliminary figures from San Francisco-based consulting...

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