Capricorn Venture Partners continues its expansion into cleantech

Leuven, 19 September 2008 - Over the summer the Belgium based venture capital firm Capricorn Venture Partners has been busy expanding its cleantech franchise. With investments in Ensartech bv, Fluxome Sciences A/S, Alaska Food Diagnostics Ltd and Concentrator Optics GmbH, Capricorn has been expanding its cleantech portfolio to a total of 7 investments. In line with Capricorn's approach to the clean technology sector these investments cover a broad range of different subsectors, including renewable energy components, biomass, waste to energy, food diagnostics, sensor systems and micro filtration solutions.

Following the successful closing of its cleantech fund in May this year, Capricorn also held a one time reopening of its Capricorn Cleantech Fund to accept the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra as a strategic partner to the fund. For Sitra, this is the second investment in a Capricorn managed fund and it is in line with its recently established Energy Programme.

More info on the press release.