25.11.2011 - Qatar fund eyes Irish cleantech companies
Representatives of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund joined venture capital firms from Europe, the UK, US and Japan earlier this month to hear investment pitches from several Irish cleantech companies. Sources who attended Enterprise Ireland’s annual investor day in London said it was the first time that financiers from the Middle East had attended the event, demonstrating the calibre of the Irish companies present. It is believed that the executives were scouting for investments that fit strategically with the aims of Qatar’s ministry of energy, pointing to a particular interest in the four cleantech firms that were among the 25 Irish companies there.............................................Full Article: Source
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