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Good Energies is a leading global investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. The firm invests in solar, turbine-based renewables, green building technologies and other emerging areas within clean energy. Guided by the “3-P” principle of People-Planet-Profit, Good Energies looks for meaningful, long-term investments in companies with outstanding growth potential. The firm’s mission is to accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy.

Founded in 2001, Good Energies manages the renewable energy portfolio of COFRA, a family owned and managed group of companies. The firm operates globally from offices in London, New York, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Zug, Switzerland. Current and previous investments include REC, Q-Cells, Solarfun and Sunfilm. For more information visit: www.goodenergies.com

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Index Ventures is a leading European venture capital firm active in technology, biotech and clean tech venture investing since 1996. The firm is dedicated to helping top entrepreneurial teams in the Information Technology and Life Science sectors build their companies into market defining global leaders. The firm has offices in Geneva, London and Jersey and focuses on investments from seed through growth stage companies.  Index’s portfolio includes Lehigh Technologies Inc., Playfish and Weatherbill and exits of note include Skype (the pioneering communications company acquired by eBay); MySQL (the world's most popular open source database recently acquired by Sun), Last.fm (the world's largest social music platform, recently acquired by CBS) and BioXell (BIOX, floated on the SWX in 2007). For more information, please visit www.indexventures.com 

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SET Venture Partners (SET VP) is the General Partner of Sustainable Energy Technology Fund C.V. This independent clean energy focused venture capital fund is backed by Dutch-based utility companies Essent N.V. and Delta N.V. SET VP, based in Amsterdam, invests in early-stage, European-based companies that offer a unique clean energy technology, product or service, and/or enjoy a competitive market position with a high upside potential. The target companies take all advantage of the active market transition from the traditional use of conventional hydrocarbons to a more sustainable energy infrastructure and/or an increased efficiency of the energy produced. SET VP’s current investments includes AlertMe Ltd., Epyon BV, CrystalQ Holding BV and SolarTotal Holding BV. For more information, please visit www.setvp.com

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VantagePoint Venture Partners is a leader in investing in 21st Century technologies and partners with entrepreneurs in the CleanTech, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors.  With a large investment team of experts, a broad network of Strategic Partners and Senior Advisors, and more than $4.5 billion in committed capital, the Firm has the depth of resources to help build transformative companies that are clear leaders in their fields.  The Silicon Valley Firm has investments in more than 70 companies, including notable CleanTech companies Better Place, BridgeLux, BrightSource Energy, Miasolé, Premium Power, Tesla Motors and others.  For more information, visit www.vpvp.com   

Cambridge Angels

A number of Cambridge Angels have provided funding to AlertMe since 2007.

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors, mostly in the Cambridge (UK) area, although they are also interested in investment opportunities elsewhere in the south of England.

Cambridge Angels members have been responsible for a large number of the "Cambridge Phenomenon" success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

http://www.cambridgeangels.net

Boston-based Fund

A Boston-based fund came on board in early 2007 alongside the angel investors.

The fund has been investing in venture capital and other private equity opportunities since the early 1990's. Over this time, they have invested in over 75 companies, with a strong record of investment success, and currently manage over $700 million in capital commitments.