In 2008 there was a total of $8.4Bn of Venture Capital invested in the CleanTech sector, however less than 2% of the total amount invested went into water technologies. The feedback from the Venture Capital world is that while they are interested in the water sector, they appear to be unsure as to where the game changing opportunities are and if there are enough of these types of opportunities. There has however been a significant increase in the amount of Venture Capital flowing into the water sector. Between 1998 and 2008, a total of 109 individual water companies received VC funding representing a total amount invested of $1.12Billion. What is quite remarkable is that 59% of the total dollar amount invested was invested since 2007.
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