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Fortune 500 Firms Embrace Bloom Energy's Fuel Cell Technology

Bloom Energy, a fuel cell company which aims to help homes and businesses generate their own electricity, publicly unveiled its technology and an impressive list of  Fortune 500 customers, at a February 24 press conference attended by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell.Read more

Revolutionizing The Energy Sector

If Bloom Energy's  technology fulfills its potential, homes and businesses could one day generate their own electricity and fuel their own vehicles.  It builds what are called solid-oxide fuel cells, in which water, oxygen, and a hydrogen source such as natural gas, are pulled through the cell to cleanly generate electricity. The secretive Silicon Valley firm, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital, is one of 26 companies chosen as a 2010 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.Read more

Paris-based software company Squid Solutions Raises Series A Round


Squid Solutions, a Paris-based company that makes software that extracts customer insights from large data warehouses, announced the closing of a series A round of €3 million on Feb. 3. The round was funded by Neptune Technologies and Banque de Vizille and private investors. The company', which targets the telecom, e-commerce, finance and retail markets, counts French mobile operator SFR and eBay in the U.S., Germany and France, among its customers.

Tech Entrepeneur Martin Varsavsky: You Can Build Your Start-up Without Venture Capital.

Guest columnist Martin Varsavsky is a well-known tech entrepreneur and angel investor.  Born in Argentina and now based in Madrid, he is the founder of a number of tech companies in the U.S. and Europe, includig Viatel, Jazztel and FON.Read more

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