Craton focuses on clean technologies which have not had the benefit of growth capital over many years. As we have found, such companies are now maturing technologically but the capital markets still remain limited.
  • In North America, $1.6 billion of venture capital was invested in clean tech in 2005, and the Clean Tech Capital Group estimated that capital requirements of clean tech companies between 2007 and 2009 may reach $8.7 billion in North America
  • While certain renewable energy opportunities are now relatively mature technologically, these markets still remain underexploited, often due to high first entry costs