The New Carbon Economy Fund

The New Carbon Economy Fund has been established to make investments in emerging companies dedicated to the commercialization of technologies that reduce or eliminate green house gas emissions.

Our mission is to develop a portfolio of investments that exhibit excellence in every aspect of the enterprise, including the delivery of above average rates of return.

The New Carbon Economy Fund addresses the global socio-economic realities that confront our society and future generations. Market forces will promote change and equip society to adapt to the overwhelming issues related to global warming.

Economies around the world are focusing on sustainable development and best practices related to environmental risk management as an essential component of a successful growth strategy.

The need to be proactively “green” is now inherently linked to the value of a corporate brand and the creation of underlying shareholder wealth.

In Canada, this response is creating the foundation for unparalleled opportunity for entrepreneurial innovation. The Canadian Clean Tech market offers significant advantages because of discounted valuations, as a result of Canada’s less competitive Venture Capital market.

The effective combination of capital, innovation and business acumen will in turn, lead to the emergence of the next generation of high growth companies that will take their place on the corporate stage as leaders in this robust global market.

“Greentech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”

John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist who made early investments in Google and Amazon.com. Latest fund has currently ear-marked US$100 million for investment in clean technologies.

“The green, sustainability movement is going mainstream... [and] we want to ride that wave.”

Steven Case, Founder of AOL. Recently launched Revolution LLC to focus on investment in clean technologies.

"Ethanol is a huge market, think it can replace all of our petroleum needs, or at least a majority. That creates a very big opportunity that’s very susceptible to technology.”

Mr. Khosla, Founder of Sun Microsystems. Khosla Ventures, backed by Khosla’s own money, plans to invest about 40 per cent of its capital in alternative energy.