Investments
53Portfolio Exits
2About Quercus Trust
Quercus Trust is a very private venture capital firm located in Southern California. The firm has no significant contact information that is publicly available. The firm specializes in green technology investments.

Want to inform investors similar to Quercus Trust about your company?
Submit your Analyst Briefing to get in front of investors, customers, and partners on CB Insights’ platform.
Latest Quercus Trust News
Jul 30, 2013
News and commentary on Israel's growing clean technology industry. Sunday, March 8, 2009 Variable Wind raises $2.5m from Quercus Trust, 21Ventures and AquAgro Fund Variable Wind Solutions , a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based startup developing products to improve the efficiency of wind turbines, has raised $2.5m in its latest round of financing. A report in Globes identifies 21Ventures as the lead investor, joined by AquAgro Fund and Brooks Keret Group . 21Ventures' web site , however, names Quercus Trust as the lead investor in Variable Wind. Quercus Trust, funded by multimillionaire David Gelbaum , has quietly become one of the most active investors in the global cleantech industry. According to Greentech Media , David Gelbaum and Quercus Trust have made at least 47 cleantech investments. Five of Gelbaum's cleantech investments, in cooperation with 21Ventures, are in Israeli startups: 3GSolar , BioPetroClean , ETV Motors , TechnoSpin Wind , and Variable Wind . Variable Wind is led by CEO Ian Kaplan , COO Gil Ziv, and CTO Dror Nadam . Information about Variable Wind's products for small wind turbines, large wind turbines, and urban wind farms is available on the company's web site . Related Posts:
Quercus Trust Investments
53 Investments
Quercus Trust has made 53 investments. Their latest investment was in Promethean Power as part of their Seed VC on January 1, 2012.

Quercus Trust Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/10/2012 | Seed VC | Promethean Power | Yes | |||
1/14/2011 | Series F | GridPoint | $23.64M | No | 1 | |
8/10/2010 | Unattributed VC | Entech Solar | $6.95M | Yes | ||
2/19/2010 | Seed VC | |||||
1/18/2010 | Unattributed VC |
Date | 1/10/2012 | 1/14/2011 | 8/10/2010 | 2/19/2010 | 1/18/2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Series F | Unattributed VC | Seed VC | Unattributed VC |
Company | Promethean Power | GridPoint | Entech Solar | ||
Amount | $23.64M | $6.95M | |||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 |
Quercus Trust Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
Quercus Trust has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was GridPoint on November 13, 2015.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/13/2015 | Acquired | 3 | |||
Date | 11/13/2015 | |
---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 3 |
Discover the right solution for your team
The CB Insights tech market intelligence platform analyzes millions of data points on vendors, products, partnerships, and patents to help your team find their next technology solution.