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The World Leader in Micro-Generation Investments

Aretê Corporation has been managing venture capital funds since 1985. The five original Utech Funds have now been completed and the Micro-Generation Technology Fund is fully invested. During this twenty-one year period, the Aretê team has invested in nearly eighty companies, of which 22 are related to micro-generation. In order of the investment date, those 22 companies are:

  1. Ballard Power Systems* (PEM fuel cell)
  2. Astropower* (photovoltaics)
  3. American Superconductor* (HTSC)
  4. Superconductivity, Inc. (micro-SMES; acquired by ASC)
  5. World Power Technologies, Inc. (power quality meters and services)
  6. Evergreen Solar* (photovoltaics)
  7. StatPower (inverters; acquired by Xantrex*)
  8. Northern Power Systems (integrator; now part of DESC*)
  9. Proton Energy Systems* (PEM electrolyzer; now part of DESC*)
  10. Capstone Turbine* (micro-turbines)
  11. Metallic Power+ (zinc-air fuel cell)
  12. Encorp, Inc. (controls and integration)
  13. BurstPower Technologies (ultracapacitor; acquired by CellTech)
  14. Beacon Power* (flywheels)
  15. Hydrogenics* (PEM fuel cells and test stations)
  16. Bowman Power+ (micro-turbine CHP)
  17. Powerzyme+ (enzymatic battery)
  18. CellTech Power (SOFC fuel cell)
  19. H2Gen Innovations, Inc. (steam methane reformer)
  20. STM Power, Inc. (stirling engine gen-sets)
  21. Angstrom Power, Inc. (micro fuel cells)
  22. CTP Hydrogen (hydrogen generation; spun out of CellTech)

*Public Company
+ No longer active

We believe that this investment track record in micro-generation technologies is unmatched by any other venture fund in the world.

 


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