First Intelligence Service to Track Key Businesses Vital for Preserving

First intelligence service to track key businesses vital for preserving Earth’s resources launched Submitted by: Clarity Communications Monday, 11 February 2008 release date: immediate The increasing interest in creating green industries around renewable energies, efficient resource use and pollution management now has a business intelligence service to track changes and trends. StrategyEye Cleantech, which is aimed at venture capitalists, technologists and key business decision makers, uses a unique and highly visual mapping system to give a battlefield view of developments in this emerging sector. The online search engine uses its own analysts and highly-filtered intelligence from more than 1,500 specialized bloggers to fill its constantly updated map. All the bloggers are expert at tracking merger and acquisition activity, allowing StrategyEye Cleantech to often break news long before conventional wire services. It monitors the deal activities of more than 3,000 companies worldwide. “The map is key to our unique service, allowing our clients to track multiple and complex markets in a straightforward way that just isn’t possible with conventional business intelligence providers,” explained Jeremy Phillips, chief operating officer for StrategyEye Cleantech. “What this also means is being able to spot investment opportunities because StrategyEye Cleantech allows users to see emerging patterns” Why now? •Corporate finance teams are converging traditional energy and environmental coverage into a single entity - cleantech. •Government incentives are growing the sector, attracting venture capitalists as never before. •An estimated $60 billion is currently invested in Cleantech research and development. •More specialist investment funds based around Cleantech are appearing. StrategyEye Cleantech is intended to reach decision makers in major energy corporations, corporate consumers, corporate social responsibility champions, investors and technology developers. “They all need to see where the opportunities and connections lie and what trends are defining the market place,” said Jeremy Phillips. StrategyEye Cleantech is the latest development from StrategyEye, a multi-sector intelligence provider

Page 1 that also covers the telecoms, media and technology arenas. About MarketClusters, parent company for StrategyEye •MarketClusters is based in London and was founded by Nick Gregg, former head of European tech research at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now part of Credit Suisse). •The company’s flagship product is StrategyEye digital media (www.strategyeye.com), a real-time intelligence platform designed to track the explosive changes in the Internet, Media and Telecoms sectors. •Launched in April 2006, StrategyEye has built up an impressive client list that includes the Accenture, Arqiva, BBC, BSkyB, Disney, AOL, Channel4, Virgin Media, MTV, ITV, Chrysalis Group, Verisign, Avid Technology, Benchmark Capital, Atlas Venture, Close Brothers, Fidelity Ventures and 3i. •In January 2007, MarketClusters announced $3 million in venture capital funding, which included UK investor NewMedia SPARK and a group of private investors. For further information please contact Toby Moore Email: [email protected] Tel: + 44 (0) 207 9533800 Mob: + 44 (0) 7976 942209

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