A new publicly traded fund listed in Tel Aviv with equity positions already in a basket of privately held VC-backed companies and a few public ones. Its specialty is allowing entrepreneurs of private companies and their investors to forgoe a small portion of their firm’s equity (10%-20%) in return for equity in Juneau, in addition to receiving cash. This then exposes these individuals to the outcomes of many more companies than just their own, if they choose to keep their Juneau shares.

Hence, Juneau essentially allows entrepreneurs and their co-investors to cash out of their business to a small degree and become holders of a publicly-listed private equity mutual fund, that in turn has a portion of equity in the entrpreneurs’ firm. Thus, entrepreneurs and their co-investors are essentially divesting from their company. However, the company could actually benefit if such funds are injected back into it, rather than being a straight signal of lost faith, which may or may not be the case.

In contrast, if an entrepreneur were instead to utilize a private equity exchange:

• company valuations would instead be set by market participants, not Juneau’s investment committee.
• entrepreneurs and their investors would have more control regarding their firm’s provision of shares to that exchange, not just 10-20%.
• more discretion would be provided with regards to the number and degree of exposure to other companies receiving an investment, not just that seen in the Juneau portfolio.
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Global investor in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry and a member of COFRA Group. The current market capitalization of its investment portfolio is more than four billion Euros. It has expanded its strategy by investing in solar downstream, concentrated solar power (CSP), project finance (wind farms and solar power stations) as well as in load management and green buildings.

With a view to addressing problems in Israel’s water sector, Tahal has evolved into a leading international authority on integrated development and management of surface water and groundwater resources, and water supply systems. It has lately turned its attention to the needs of developing countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Services are offered at various levels, namely: master plans, feasibility studies, detailed design, tender document preparation, project management, construction supervision. Also, full turn-key project implementation including design, construction and financing, construction implementation as a main contractor, and Build-Operate-Transfer and Build-Operate-Own. Engaged in equity sharing.

The wholly owned water and sewage projects contracting arm of Kardan NV (TASE: KRNV;AEX:KARD).

Aims to be a producer of sea floating reverse-osmosis water desalination barges. Currently seeking funding with first production barges not yet built.

Alternatively, barges can preside on land close to a sea coast. Acquapro barges are modular and can thus be constructed according to varying sizes and scale on demand. By combining the most efficient, mobile, off-shore desalination with efficient transmission, treatment, and storage, AcquaPro’s product eliminates much of the high environmental, political, and fiscal costs that make land-based water treatment plants expensive and excessively time-consuming to set up.

A basic barge supplies 5 million gallons (19 million liters) of water daily, enough to supply 50,000 average-sized households or more on an emergency basis, or a good-sized community on a regular basis. Being mobile, Acquapro barges can be moved to safety in the event of natural disaster, war or other hazard, and likewise be quickly deployed anywhere in the world according to circumstance.

Purchasing options include outright plant acquisition, build-own-operate and build-operate-transfer. Also leasing on both short and long-term bases.

Offices in Mississippi and Wyoming, USA.

Positions itself as the world leader in waste-to-energy by using a process comprised of the best available technologies for treating various waste materials and producing three major end products: electricity, ethanol and potable water.

Grows and processes marine microalgae using a revolutionary ecologically based environmental system. Seambiotic’s technology and unique know-how can be profitably exploited in two major areas: Biofuel and Omega 3 Oil. For the last five years, the company has carried out an extensive R&D pilot study at the Israeli Electric Corporation’s power station near the city Ashkelon, Israel. Throughout the study, new and advanced research methods have been developed for cultivation of various species of marine microalgae using the power station’s CO2 emissions released directly from their smokestacks and which pass through pipelines directly to Seambiotic’s open ponds. The pilot plant has yielded an impressive concentration of algae containing a high percentage of lipids and carbohydrates in a very short term, promoting the production of bio-fuel. Seambiotic’s patent technology efforts in cultivating microalgae utilizing flue gas emissions from power plants is a great step towards the reduction of air pollution and global warming.