Total Corporate Funding Increases 175 Percent to $26.5 Billion in the Solar Sector, VC Funding Doubles, Strong Public Market, Debt Financing and IPO Activity, Reports Mercom Capital Group

By Publisher on January 7, 2015   Electronic Components, Picture Gallery  

AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — 01/07/15 — Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2014.Total corporate funding into the sector encompassing / (VC), debt and public market financing increased 175 percent in 2014 with $26.5 billion (B), compared to $9.6B in 2013.Global VC investments more than doubled to $1.3B in 85 deals in 2014, compared to $612 (M) in 98 deals