Contents
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1. Methodology Stats
2. Sectors and the GCT100
3. GCT100 Veterans
4. Top Companies by Region
5. Award Winners
6. Top Investors in the GCT100
7. Top Corporations in the GCT100
8. GCT100 Exits
Methodology Stats
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• 11,000 total inputs from market
participants, expert panel, 3rd party
awards and i3 data (18% increase
since 2013)
• 5995 distinct companies nominated
from 60 countries
• 84 expert panelists reviewed the
327 shortlisted companies
Which 100 companies will have the most significant market impact in the
next 5-10 years?
Sectors and the GCT100
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Select Sector Representation in 2014 Global Cleantech 100 by Paid-in-Capital/Revenue
GCT100 Veterans: 2010 - 2014
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Company Country Sector Description
Netherlands Biofuels &
Biochemicals
Developer of a process to convert biomass
into bio-based materials and fuels
United States Energy Efficiency Developer of intelligent LED-based lighting
systems for industrial facilities
United States Recycling & Waste
Developer of systems that maximize the
value of organic materials through the
production of renewable energy and soils,
mulches and natural fertilizers
United States Biofuels &
Bichemicals
Developer of a carbon capture and reuse
technology that transforms abundant
waste and low-cost resources into low
carbon fuel
United States Advanced
Materials
Producer of polymers and plastics made
from CO2 and other renewable materials
Canada Water &
Wastewater
Provider of solutions recovering
phosphorus and nitrogen from used water
streams and transforming them into
environmentally responsible fertilizer
2014 Top 10 Companies by Region
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North America Europe & Israel Asia Pacific
Alphabet Energy AlertMe Applied Solar
Technologies
Aquion Energy Avantium Attero Recycling*
ChargePoint Beta Renewables Biogill*
Clean Power Finance BlablaCar Ecoult*
Digital Lumens Green Biologics Hydrexia*
Enlighted Leosphere Jing-Jin Electric
(JJE)*
FRX Polymers LUXeXcel LP Amina
Genomatica Sonnenbatterie Memsys
LanzaTech TaKaDu PerPETual Global*
Liquid Light Ubitricity Scinor Technology
*denotes companies that are taken from the shortlist, outside of the Global 100 to make up the Asia-Pacific regional top 10
Award Winners
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Awarded to the highest ranked company in the list by region
North American
Company of the Year Europe and Israel
Company of the Year Asia Pacific
Company of the Year
2014 Winner:
2013 Winner:
2012 Winner:
2011 Winner:
2014 Winner:
2013 Winner:
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Award Winners - Continued
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Early Stage Company of
the Year highest ranked early revenue
company
Rising Star of the Year
highest ranked new entrant
in the list
Continued Excellence
highest ranked company that has been
on the list at least 3 years in a row
2014 Winner:
2013 Winner:
2012 Winner:
2011 Winner:
2014 Winner:
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Award Winners - Continued
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Graduate of the Year
most impressive exit of a
GCT100 alumnus company as
rated by the financial investors
in the expert panel
Financial Investor of the Year
the financial investor with the
highest percentage of their
qualifying cleantech portfolio
companies in the list
Corporate Investor of the Year
the corporate investment team with
the highest percentage of qualifying
cleantech portfolio companies on
the list
2014 Winner:
2013 Winner:
2012 Winner:
2011 Winner:
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Not Awarded
2011 Winner:
Top Investors in the 2014 GCT100
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Investor
Portfolio
Companies
2014
Portfolio
Companies
2013
Change 2014 GCT100 Companies
15 19 -4
Aquion Energy, ChargePoint, Clean Power Finance, Enlighted,
eRecyclingCorps, Gridco Systems, Harvest Power, Kaiima Bio-
Agritech, OSIsoft, Proterra, Scinor Technology, Siluria
Technologies, Solidia Technologies, Transphorm, Uber
9 7 +2 ChargePoint, Enerkem, General Fusion, Ioxus, NexSteppe, Next
Step Living, OPXBIO, Sefaira, UtiliData
7 7 0 AlertMe, Genomatica, glo, Innovari, Liquid Light, Next Step Living,
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies
6 5 +1 Enki Technology, Enlighted, FirstFuel Software, Gridco Systems,
Project Frog, Streetline
5 5 0 Aquion Energy, Genomatica, Siluria Technologies, Solidia
Technologies, Transphorm
5 4 +1 Enlighted, Genomatica, Kaiima Bio-Agritech, Oasys Water,
Renewable Funding
4 1 +3 AlertMe, General Fusion, LUXeXcel, Sefaira
4 3 +1 Axine Water Technologies, General Fusion, Liquid Light, The
NanoSteel Company
4 3 +1 Alphabet Energy, Clean Power Finance, Project Frog, Renewable
Funding
4 4 0 Aquion Energy, AutoGrid Systems, Sunrun, Transphorm
4 4 0 Ambri, LanzaTech, Varentec, View
4 4 0 Applied Solar Technologies India, Ioxus, Kaiima Bio-Agritech,
Organica Water
Note: As an aggregated global network, Chrysalix Global Network (CGN) has 8 companies in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100
Top Corporations in the 2014 GCT100
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Corporate Headquarter
Total Known
Number of
Engagements
2014 GCT100 Portfolio
Companies
2014 GCT100 Disclosed Partner
Companies
United States 21 Ioxus*, Project Frog, Skyonic*,
SolarEdge, Stem, Sungevity,
View
C3 Energy, Desalitech, Enlighted,
FilterBoxx, Harvest Power, Ioxus,
Leosphere, memsys, Project Frog,
Skyonic, Stem, Sungevity, SunRun
SunRun, Varentec
Germany
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BuildingIQ, ChargePoint,
LanzaTech, QBotix
Aquion Energy, LanzaTech, Lucid,
Organica Water, Scinor Technology,
Space-Time Insight, Streetline
United States 9 Clean Power Finance,
RelayRides, Transphorm, Uber
AlertMe, ChargePoint, Clean Power
Finance, Lucid, Space-Time Insight
United Kingdom 7 Liquid Light, Skyonic, Solidia
Technologies, Verdezyne
Avantium, SolarEdge, Sungevity
Germany 6 AutoGrid Systems, FirstFuel
Software, QBotix, Sungevity
Electrochaea, Sungevity
France 6
AutoGrid Systems, BuildingIQ,
ChargePoint, OSIsoft, LP Amina,
TaKaDu
United States 6 Enerkem, Genomatica, Harvest
Power
Enerkem, Genomatica, Harvest Power
Netherlands 5 Novomer, Verdezyne Elevance, Genomatica, Novomer
United States 5
Proterra, RelayRides, The
NanoSteel Company
ChargePoint, RelayRides
United Kingdom 5
Global Water FATHOM, i2O Water,
Ostara, Space-Time Insight, TaKaDu
*denotes joint venture investments with Energy Technology Ventures (the joint fund between GE, Conoco Philips, NRG Energy)
Positive Exits from GCT100 | 2013-14
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Company Sector
Year in the
GCT100 Date Amount Acquirer Key VC/PE Backers
Acquis
itio
ns
Energy
Efficiency
2009 2010
2012 2013
Aug
2013 $350M
Samsung Ventures, TechnoStart, TechFund Europe, KfW Mittelstandsbank,
eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners, Omnes Capital, CDP Capital, KfW
Bankengruppe, Dresden Fonds, CDC Entreprises
Energy
Efficiency 2010 2011
Oct
2013 Undisclosed
KPCB, Nth Power, Energy Technology Ventures, Focus Ventures, Navitas
Capital, Jafco Ventures, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Marlin Equity
Partners
Energy
Efficiency 2012 2013
Jan
2014 $3,200M
Intertrust, Shasta Ventures, Generation Investment Management, Lightspeed
Venture Partners, Google Ventures, KPCB
Water &
wastewater
2009 2010
2011 2012
2013
Apr
2014 $200M
Oak Investment Partners, Rusheen Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, PCG
Asset Management, CalPERS, BASF Venture Capital, Total Energy Ventures,
Keytone Ventures, Capital Dynamics
Smart Grid 2010 2012
May
2014 Undisclosed
BankInvest New Energy Solutions (NES Partners), DONG Energy
Merg
er
Water &
Wastewater
2011
2012
Feb
2014 Merger
XPV Capital Corporation, Seacor Holdings, Teijin, KPCB, Miller Environmental
Group, True North Venture Partners
IPO
lis
ted
Agriculture &
Food 2012 2013
Aug
2013 $57M NASDAQ
Calvert Investments, Clean Pacific Ventures, Contrarian Group, Mitsui Global
Investment, One Earth Capital, Saffron Hill Ventures, Stuart Mill Venture
Partners, Syngenta Ventures, Wavepoint Ventures
Fuel Cells &
Hydrogen
2010 2011
2012
Mar
2014 $44M
Euronext
Paris
Sofinnova Partners, Gimv, Amundi, Emertec, AREVA, CDC Entreprises
Energy
Efficiency
2010 2011
2012 2013
Apr
2014 $116M NYSE
New Enterprise Associates (NEA), KPCB, Accel Partners, MHS Capital
Partners, New Cycle Capital
Energy
Efficiency 2013
Jul
2014 $10M
Alternext
Paris
Aster Capital, Bpifrance, CM-CIC Capital Privé, Sudinnova
Distressed Exits from GCT100 | 2010-14
BANKRUPTCIES ACQUISITIONS
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WANXIANG GROUP
ACQUIRER GCT100 COMPANY