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An Open Letter to Limited Partners | Cleantech Investing

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Dear venture capital limited partners: I get it. You were promised that cleantech was going to be the Next Big Thing and it didn't happen. Instead, you've seen the GPs you've backed in the sector have to face a legislative/political headwind, a dearth of big exciting exits, and a number of high-profile flameouts. At this point you're doubtful that there are big returns to be made in the sector and your colleagues are telling you cleantech is a bad place to put capital and so you're pulling out altogether, at least for the time being. Sure, some cleantech-focused GPs tell you that cleantech hasn't actually performed worse than other sectors for the venture capital category , and they're right, technically speaking. But that misses the point, doesn't it. As one major LP told me a few years back, the major reason for LPs to put any money into venture capital at all, with its ...

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Second (or third?) wave perspective: An Open Letter to Limited Partners from a Cleantech Investor [link]
@RachelSheinbein » 10 Dec '12, 11pm
@cleantechvc Liked this post but speaking to the choir on @greentechmedia RT: CI post: Open Letter to Limited Partners [link]
@GO_AHappel » 10 Dec '12, 10pm
Wonderful summary of the state of things for #cleantech VC LPs by Rob Day @cleantechvc [link]
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Cleantech VC Rob Day gives straight talk to Limited Partner investors in cleantech [link]
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@RenewEnDev » 10 Dec '12, 2pm
Open plea to increase and not abandon Cleantech investing. [link]
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@EliasHinckley » 10 Dec '12, 11am
Great post. “@cleantechvc: New CI post: An Open Letter to Limited Partners [link]”
@UnGranola » 10 Dec '12, 8am
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@STerryAzure » 10 Dec '12, 7am
Interesting 'open' letter to Limited Partners that have recently retreated from investing in cleantech venture funds. [link]
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RT @cleantechvc: New CI post: An Open Letter to Limited Partners [link] >Very good stuff Rob, incl "Maslovian" adjective
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"Maslovian underpinnings to the macrotrends underlying this umbrella investment thesis we've called "#cleantech" [link]
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Please read!! “@cleantechvc: New CI post: An Open Letter to Limited Partners [link]”
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