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Valley goes Auto

Oktober 29th, 2007

Tom

Green Tech und insbesondere Ökoautos scheinen auf viele Leute aus der IT-Branche eine wachsende Anziehungskraft auszuüben. Nicht genug, dass die Google-Boys in ein Elektroauto (Tesla Roadster) investieren – jetzt will der ehemalige SAP-Kronprinz Shai Agassi eine Firma namens Project Better Place hochziehen, die gewissermaßen das Tankstellennetz für die Elektroautos bauen will.

Shai Agassi, 39 will serve as CEO of the new entity, while Idan Ofer, Chairman of Israel Corp., will serve as Chairman of the Board. The company has entered into a term sheet for its first round of funding in the amount of $200 million with investments from Israel Corp., Morgan Stanley, VantagePoint Venture Partners, and a group of individual private investors managed by Michael Granoff, which includes James Wolfensohn, Edgar Bronfman, Sr. and Musea Ventures.

Klingt interessant, mehr bei der vorab gebrieften New York Times.

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