VC Ratings blog provides a list of 26 renewable energy startups that Vinod Khosla's - Khosla Ventures' has invested in. He is well known for his investments in biofuel related companies, but the list reveals a much broader scope. Many, if not most, of these companies have a long way to go before they pay off, and some will not make it, but it interesting to see what he is doing. Here are the categories he uses and the specific companies (except for 5 that he labeled as stealth) that he has invested in.
- Cellulosic - Mascoma, Celunol, Range Fuels, 1 stealth startup
- Future Fuels - LS9, Gevo, Amyris Biotechnologies, Coskata Energy
- Efficiency - Transonic Combustion, GroupIV Semiconductor, 1 stealth startup
- Homes - Living Homes, Global Homes
- Natural Gas - Great Point Energy
- Solar - Stion, Ausra
- Tools - Nanostellar, Codon Devices, Praj
- Water - 2 stealth startup
- Plastic - Segetis, 1 stealth startup
- Corn/Sugar Fuels - Altra, Cilion, Hawaii Bio
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