Clean Power Finance said it raised $37 million in growth equity from existing investors Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Claremont Creek Ventures. New investors in the round include three utility holding companies, including Edison International, and Hennessey Capital.

Alphabet Energy Inc. said it raised $16 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Encana Corp. and joined by existing investors Claremont Creek Ventures, TPG Biotech and the CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund. The funding allows the company to speed up product development and launch its first product, a device that generates electricity from the exhaust flows of engines in industrial applications.

It is not an easy time to be a cleantech venture capitalist. Still a hardened group of investors presses on. A handful of these determined GPs talk about what keeps them going.

A number of innovative startups are accomplishing this business strategy by offering cash for trash. Specifically, a company called EcoATM, which we invested in, is currently rolling out ATM-like kiosks in shopping malls throughout the nation.

Ted Driscoll was named director at Claremont Creek Ventures and will lead the digital healthcare team. He was previously a technology partner. Driscoll has sourced and led four healthcare deals at Claremont: GigaGen, GeneWeave Bioscience, Zipline Medical and Cureus. PRESS RELEASE CLAREMONT CREEK VENTURES PROMOTES TED DRISCOLL, PhD TO DIRECTOR Driscoll to lead the Digital Healthcare [...]

Blue Pillar, Inc. said it raised $7 million of Series B funding from Claremont Creek Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners, Allos Ventures and OnPoint Technologies, the U.S. Army’s venture capital fund). Several existing investors participated. PRESS RELEASE Blue Pillar, Inc. Completes Series B Financing Accelerates Deployments of Digital Energy Networks to New Markets INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May [...]

EcoATM said it raised a Series B round of about $17 million from current investors Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, Inc. and TAO Ventures, and new investors PI Holdings, Moore Venture Partners, AKS Capital and Singapore’s Koh Boon Hwee. The company, which operates kiosks that buy back used electronics, said it also has been awarded a [...]

GeneWeave Biosciences has raised $12 million in a series A round of venture capital led by Decheng Capital. Existing investors Claremont Creek Ventures and X/Seed Capital also participated in the round. As a result, Min Cui, managing director at Decheng Capital, will join the company’s board. PRESS RELEASE GeneWeave Biosciences, developer of a platform for [...]

Mason, Ohio-based AssureRx Health Inc. has sealed $8 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The funds will be used to provide working capital and finance new product launches, the company said in a written released. The credit line follows an $11 million Series B round, which closed last year. The company is backed by investors including Claremont Creek Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, CincyTech and Allos Ventures.

Gene Security Network Inc. said it raised a $20 million round of financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and joined by Claremont Creek Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The company also changed its name to Natera.