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Consultancy Kachan & Co. says growing demand from China for raw materials is one of several reasons that venture investors will stick with cleantech. Kachan names resource scarcity, the drive for efficiency, the desire for energy independence, and even climate change as reasons to invest.
Cleantech: Venture Capitalists Seek To Lower Risk, Jan 10, 2011
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