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  Equitas Microfinance (C): Advent of Regulation

  V.G. Narayanan, V. Kasturi Rangan and Vidhya Muthuram

  Keywords: business model; for-profit firms; Micro Finance; growth and development strategy; corporate social responsibility and impact; Social Enterprise; India;

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  Narayanan, V.G., V. Kasturi Rangan, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Equitas Microfinance (C): Advent of Regulation." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-006, May 2013. (Revised from original March 2013 version.)

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)

  TerraPower

  William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade

  John Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. The conversations circled around a common theme: "This is the biggest idea that's ever been presented at our partners' meeting. We love what you're doing, but it's not right for us as an investment." Outside of raising money from typical growth equity and infrastructure funds, Gilleland could partner with a government and/or form a joint venture with an existing nuclear power player. Reliance Industries as an investor in TerraPower could provide an entry point into the fast growing Indian market. At the same time, Gilleland and Gates had talked with China National Nuclear Corp. about a possible cooperation with TerraPower. Whom should Gilleland call next?

  Keywords: nuclear power; entrepreneurial finance; venture capital; Financing and Loans; Energy Industry; United States; China; India;

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  Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III, and James McQuade. "TerraPower." Harvard Business School Case 813-108, April 2013. (Revised from original November 2012 version.)

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  C12 Energy

  Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade

  C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a profitable company that other people copy," said Dawe, C12 Energy's CEO. "In the energy business, you build a company one project at a time. Moving forward with this first project is where we hope to begin to change the world."

  Keywords: carbon sequestration; sustainability; entrepreneurship; cleantech; energy; oil and gas; Business Model; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; North America;

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  Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and James McQuade. "C12 Energy." Harvard Business School Case 813-159, April 2013. (Revised from original March 2013 version.)

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