GreatPoint raised its first round of venture finance in 2005 from previous Perlman backers, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and AdvancedTechnologyVentures.
Bill Wiberg, general partner for clean-tech investor AdvancedTechnologyVentures, thinks that an increase in merger and acquisition and offering opportunities will also fuel investor optimism and new investments.
It has created a network of a dozen Chinese and U.S. companies to develop joint business ventures to build advanced, low-carbon coal technology in China and around the world.