A recent addition to our practice, the Cleantech market is a complex mix of entrepreneurship, new technology, new markets, and government regulation that creates a unique investment opportunity demanding an experienced perspective balancing business opportunities some real and some emotional. In Cleantech, achieving the best return often requires a certain respect for and collaboration with the very incumbents the innovation seeks to disrupt. The Progress Partners team has experience creating successful CleanTech companies. We understand the unique challenges in this market because we have excelled at it as entrepreneurs.

Our internal team, network of entrepreneurs and investors, and relationships with key industry players offers a strong capability to raise capital, sell a business, find key partners, fix broken business models or acquire new technology in several Cleantech sectors including:

• Wind generation, turbines, hybrid wind, and analytical tools
• Photovoltaic and solar thermal components and systems
• Biomass/Biofuels: production, distribution and retail
• Energy Storage: components and systems
• Hydropower and Geothermal
• Demand side management and energy efficiency
• Smart grid, smart meters, demand response, and distributed generation
• Performance contracting: residential, small business, large buildings and industrial
• Information technology, M2M communication, SCADA systems and security
• Green Transportation
• Clean water and environmental remediation
• Materials including nanotechnology and composites