ZURICH, Oct. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Cleantech
Cluster Association (GCCA) has named the Global Top 30 Finalists
for its 2015 Later Stage Awards. The mid- to late-stage companies
originate from the major cleantech industries, including solar,
wind and clean web to lighting, energy efficiency, waste
management, mobility, urban agriculture and water. Each company was
assessed by the KeyStone Compactâ„¢ business risk rating methodology.
The Global Top 10 winners will be announced at the Green Summit
2015 in Taipei, Taiwan on
November 10th, 2015.
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"The 2015 Global Top 30 Finalists demonstrate investment grade,
strong product differentiation, scalable business models and have
market traction," said Dr. Peter
Adriaens, Head Judge of the GCCA Later Stage Awards and
developer of the Keystone Compactâ„¢. "Narrowing down the nominations
from more than 110 to 30 follows a detailed and robust data
analytics process. The 2015 Global Top 30 are some of the world's
most sought after and up-and-coming equity-investable cleantech
companies across our member clusters." For more about the
assessment tool, please visit www.keystonecompact.com.
The GCCA Later Stage Awards ceremony will be held on
November 10th at the
Taipei International Convention Center in Taiwan for the Green Summit 2015.
Organized by GCCA cluster partner Taiwan Green Trade Project Office
(GTPO), this event aims to act as a meeting place for cleantech
companies looking for investors and corporate partners.
The full list of 2015 Later Stage Award Global Top 30 Finalists
can be found at:
http://www.globalcleantech.org/en/custom/company/directory
About the Global Cleantech Cluster Association
The
Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) is a Swiss Foundation
that provides access to capital, corporates, markets and insights.
Our vision is to drive sustainable regional economic development,
on a global scale. GCCA is harvesting the power of networking
disparate local Cleantech clusters in a global environment. Since
its launch in 2010, more than 50 clusters from across the world
have joined the GCCA, representing 10,000 Cleantech companies.
With the mission of 'Making Local, Global', a particular GCCA
focus is on business model and finance innovation, based on unique
meta-cluster insights. One goal is to create a scalable, new
financial mechanism that allows Cleantech clusters and companies to
engage with long-term institutional investors. GCCA was
founded by swisscleantech, LADEC from Finland, BigPath Capital and Technica
Communications from the United States. For more information
about the GCCA, please visit www.globalcleantech.org.