Better Place Obtains $200,000,000 Series C Funding Round
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- Link
http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1d047db-0a4f-409c-a7d6-1f0f2b484f4a&Preview=1 - Date
11/14/2011 - Company Name
Better Place - Mailing Address
1070 Arastradero Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 - Company Description
Better Place is the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) services provider, catalyzing the transition to sustainable transportation. - Website
http://www.betterplace.com - Transaction Type
Venture Equity - Transaction Amount
$200,000,000 - Transaction Round
Series C - Proceeds Purposes
Better Place will use the proceeds to expand into Western Europe while it continues to advance the company’s deployment projects in Northern California, Southern China, Japan, Ontario, Canada, and Hawaii. The company will launch its initial commercial service in Israel and Denmark early next year and has already announced a series of consumer offerings for electric mobility services that are competitive with gasoline-based cars. Better Place will begin initial commercial service in the second quarter of 2012 in Australia, starting in Canberra. - M&A Terms
- Venture Investor
General Electric - Venture Investor
Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital - Venture Investor
VantagePoint Venture Partners - Venture Investor
HSBC North America - Venture Investor
Undisclosed
