Much is written about cleantech venture capital globally and nationally, but much less is out there about investments at the state and regional levels. Courtesy of The Cleantech Group, I’ve charted cleantech venture investments in New England from 2007 through Q3 2011 (state-by-state data not yet available for Q4) by state, and then as a percentage of total U.S. cleantech investment.

Unsurprisingly, Massachusetts constitutes the vast majority of investment. Here is New England cleantech venture investment as a percentage of the U.S. cleantech total:

If you’re interested in digging deeper into the data, go to www.cleantech.com and look into a research subscription with The Cleantech Group. This data is crucial to our sector and CTG tracks it diligently. In addition to its quarterly Investment Monitor, they offer a nice dashboard for tracking investment news.

To dive deeper into cleantech venture capital I once again recommend Matthew Nordan of Venrock’s terrific series for GigaOM which is linked to here.

Walter Frick

Walter is Communications Manager at the New England Clean Energy Council.