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From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: Opalesque recently had a chance to learn more about the alternative energy fund US-based Aurarian Capital Founder Jason Gold (whom Opalesque previously interviewed Source ), plans on launching in Q4 2008.

The alternative energy sector might officially be awarded “flavor-of-the-month” status within the financial markets. However, the general opinion seems to be that hedge funds will be confined to “playing the value chain” while venture capital firms will have a first shot at many of the “next success” firms.

Rather than being simply relegated to identifying secondary industries for equity investing Aurarian is looking to exploit a different strategy in this arena by entering the alternative energy marketplace with a fund that looks to use a “project financing” model whereby, “instead of raising capital through venture or private equity funds at the corporate level, which is the traditional path, funds are raised at the individual project level.”

Aurarian’s flagship fund, The Aurarian Fund, is a research driven fund focused on small cap firms with ownership of intellectual property migrating in evolution from late development stage to early stage commercial adoption. Gold’s depth of experience within the small......................

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