ASF Group and BASF are alongside One Equity and Kleiner Perkins looking to cash in on the cleantech company's flotation.

US-based clean energy company Luca Technologies has registered for an initial public offering (IPO), looking to raise up to $125m. Corporate backers of the company include ASF and BASF.

One Equity Partners, the private equity division of US-based bank JP Morgan Chase co-led a $75.9m series C round in December 2008 at $11.56 per share by contributing $40m. Australia-based energy conglomerate ASF Group, as well as venture capital (VC) firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers(KPCB)’s Green Growth Fund, put…