Chicago group aims to draw more investors to cleantech startups

August 28, 2017 In the media David J. Unger

This article by David Unger in Midwest Energy News describes a novel investment model piloted by the cleantech accelerator Clean Energy Trust (CET). In comparing this new model to traditional venture capital methods, Unger cites a MITEI working paper on investment in early-stage cleantech.

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