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Nine of Old Dominion's 20 commitments came from the area.

One of those commitments came from Chevron Corp., which announced a $10 million grant to the Fab Foundation to build fab labs in areas of the United States where it operates.

Calm heads may prevail in the end, but, again, no strong commitments came from Obama's visit or the meeting of trade leaders on Oct. 29.

It took just six weeks of effort, was completed in a single close, and more than 80% of the commitments came from very happy existing investors.

Commitments came from Temasek, the sovereign wealth fund affiliated with the Singaporean government; China's financial technology company, CreditEase; Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, the University of Minnesota endowment; and fund-of-funds investor Horsley Bridge Partners.

-- One of the earliest commitments came from Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y).

The Canadian commitments come from the province of Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation and four federal bodies including the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the International Development Research Centre.

While it's great that Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and more than a dozen other billionaires have formed a coalition to promote investing in "zero-emission energy innovation," it's downright astounding that fossil fuel divestment commitments come from institutions with assets totaling $3.4 trillion.

"We are pleased to receive new commitments coming from all continents, demonstrating worldwide support for the reintegration of former child soldiers".

While Bhutan's commitment came from the top, its government, the U.S. will need a grassroots, bottom up approach.

The 90percentt debt and 10percentt equity commitment came from the multi-strategy investment firm Cyrus Investments, which has backed renewable energy projects for years through its investment in RePower Group.