Doing More With Less Is Not New Cleantech is fundamentally about efficiency—more productivity with less energy, more energy with less carbon, more economic growth with less impact. Global businesses have always sought such efficiencies, and Bessemer Venture Partners has American Superconductor's high-temperature metal/ceramic composite superconductor wire is a near-perfect conductor of electricity. Felda Hardymon led BVP’s investment in 1987; the company went public as NASDAQ:AMSC in late 1991. BVP exited its position in 1992. Applied Solar Technologies provides distributed solar energy technology and installation management services to enterprise customers throughout India. A fabless semiconductor focusing on high performance LED integrated circuits. Mackey Craven is an analyst at Bessemer Venture Partners, working out of the Larchmont, NY office. A company revolutionizing the production of solar photovoltaic cells. Orient Green Power develops and operates clean energy (wind, hydro, and biomass-fueled) power plants in India. It listed on the public markets in October of 2010. Rob Chandra is a Partner in Bessemer's Menlo Park office. Since entering the venture capital industry in 1996, Rob has been involved with 22 early-stage investments that have gone public or been acquired by public companies. Three of Rob's portfolio companies went public during 2008. Rob is the founding partner of Shriram EPC is a specialized engineering services company addressing the Indian infrastructure sector. It listed on the public markets in 2008. Douglas Romanoff is a Senior Associate in the Menlo Park, CA office. He focuses on investments in the clean tech sector and serves as a board observer at Ultrasolar Technology and Siddharth Nautiyal is a director at BVP India, working out of the Mumbai office. Vishal Gupta is a managing director at BVP India, working out of the Mumbai office. |