Nordic Climate Solutions – 9 September 2009

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Climate

change

International

consensus

Credit

Crunch

Fiscal

stimulus

Commodities

prices

Favourable

regulation

A growing tide of support

Global Venture Capital & Private Equity Investment:

2Q09 to 2Q09

Number of Active Funds and Financed Companies:

Global – 2Q08 to 2Q09

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Venture Capital - Early Stage

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Over $31.4 billion invested in private

companies since January 2007

Over $16.3 billion of venture capital

invested since January 2007

Over 3,290 completed transactions

since 2007

Over 1,880 unique active investment

funds tracked

With an emphasis on innovation

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Venture Capital investment North America:

2Q07 to 2Q09

Venture Capital investment Europe:

2Q07 to 2Q09

North America: an average of over $1

billion of venture capital invested per

quarter since 2007

Europe: an average of $0.25 billion of

venture capital invested per quarter

since 2007

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the CleanTech sector

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