Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech

Posted: 9 Mar 2012

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Joseph B. Lassiter

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Kiron

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Date Written: February 4, 2011

Abstract

One day during the summer of 2008, Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners (HCP), was walking with his wife around Reykjavik, Iceland, marveling at how clean the city felt and at the widespread use of naturally occurring geothermal energy to power everything from trams to buildings. "They don't treat their air and water like an open sewer," Maeder thought. "This is the way people need to live and this is the way people are going to have to start living in 10 or 20 years." To his wife, Maeder said aloud: "I think Highland should revisit the idea of investing in cleantech."

Learning Objective: Strategy in a venture fund establishing a new area.

Suggested Citation

Lassiter, Joseph B. and Kiron, David, Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech (February 4, 2011). Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 811-009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2018324

Joseph B. Lassiter (Contact Author)

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David Kiron

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