Zouk Capital LLP, formerly Zouk ventures Ltd (“Zouk”), today announces the final closing of Cleantech Europe II (“the Fund”) at €230 million, comfortably ahead of the Fund’s original target of €200 million. Cleantech Europe II will be Europe’s largest dedicated growth equity fund in the cleantech space, a market which was worth over €70 billion in...
Clean technology investor Zouk Ventures (“Zouk”) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with UK power utility Scottish and Southern Energy (“SSE”) to build an energy efficiency and micro-generation solutions company in the UK named Anesco (“the company”). Zouk and SSE will be co-lead investors in the deal and will each take a Board seat in the...
Triton Water AG (“Triton”) has announced that EDB Investments (“EDBI”) of Singapore is investing in Triton, the leading provider of complete water-cycle industrial and maritime water treatment solutions, backed by zouk ventures. EDBI has acquired a stake in Triton, based in Norderstedt, Germany, and will also get a seat on the company’s supervisory board....
zouk Solar Opportunities Ltd (“zSOL”) and NextEnergy Capital (“NEC”) have completed a 2.8 MW solar photovoltaic (“PV”) power plant in Recetto, Novara. The €14 million power plant, constructed by TerniEnergia, was inaugurated on 24 October...
zouk ventures is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sven Hansen as Venture Partner. As one of the world’s most long-standing cleantech investors, Dr. Hansen brings in his valuable experience in advisory, investment banking and...
zouk ventures is pleased to announce the completion of a $106 million funding round held by its portfolio company, Trilliant Inc, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions. The round was led by two highly-respected financial investors,...
zouk ventures (“zouk”) is pleased to announce the completion of its partial exit from SiC Processing AG (“SiC Processing”), a leading supplier of wire-saw slurry used in silicon wafer production for solar photovoltaic cells. The exit...
zouk ventures ltd is proud to announce its involvement in the organisation of Munich’s eCarTec trade fair in October 2009. eCarTec is the world’s first trade show to focus exclusively on electric mobility. Bringing together technology...
SiC Processing, Trilliant, Solarcentury and Sulfurcell Solartechnik, four of eight companies in the Cleantech Europe LP portfolio, ranked in the top 100 global cleantech companies by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™, LLC, in...
zouk ventures ltd (“zouk”), manager of the €52m solar project investment vehicle zouk Solar Opportunities Ltd (“zSOL”), and Next Energy Capital (“NEC”), a European merchant bank specialised in the renewable energy sector, today announce...