Who is Backing the Top Cleantech Companies Globally?

CleanTech is a huge opportunity. Globally, public and private efforts are being made to help keep the earth cleaner by leveraging technology. The CleanTech Group has been tracking the sector since 2002 and from the past three years, provides a list of top 100 global CleanTech companies. 2010 had 3 Indian companies out of which 2 dropped out and the 2011 report only had Attero. The list comes out in the closing months of the year but inspite of the opportunity a big shift is unlikely.

Climbing straight into the top 100 chart is mighty difficult but this is one area Indian entrepreneurs can lay more focus on. Being a capital intensive sector, investments will be a key and here is a look at the global investors who're buoyant about CleanTech: