Tech Company Financing Transactions

NanoSolar Funding Round

NanoSolar, operating out of San Jose, secured $300 million from EDF Ventures, GLG Partners and Grazia Equity GmbH.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/27/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$300,000,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
The new capital will allow us to accelerate production expansion for our 430MW San Jose factory and our 620MW Berlin factory.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Alternative Energy
Mailing Address
5521 Hellyer Ave.
San Jose, CA 95138
USA
Email Address
Overview
NanoSolar is one of several companies with promising technologies aimed at narrowing the gap between the cost of solar power and energy from fossil fuels.
Profile
NanoSolar LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
NanoSolar Company Twitter Account
Company News
NanoSolar News
Facebook
NanoSolar on Facebook
YouTube
NanoSolar on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Karl Steigele
  Karl Steigele LinkedIn Profile  Karl Steigele Twitter Account  Karl Steigele News  Karl Steigele on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
David Wilson
  David Wilson LinkedIn Profile  David Wilson Twitter Account  David Wilson News  David Wilson on Facebook
Vice President
John Bender
  John Bender LinkedIn Profile  John Bender Twitter Account  John Bender News  John Bender on Facebook
VP - Operations
Ravi Balaji
  Ravi Balaji LinkedIn Profile  Ravi Balaji Twitter Account  Ravi Balaji News  Ravi Balaji on Facebook
VP - Operations
Mirco Boldt
  Mirco Boldt LinkedIn Profile  Mirco Boldt Twitter Account  Mirco Boldt News  Mirco Boldt on Facebook
VP - R & D
Dave Jackrel
  Dave Jackrel LinkedIn Profile  Dave Jackrel Twitter Account  Dave Jackrel News  Dave Jackrel on Facebook


 

 

Browse more venture capital transactions:

Prev: 8/27/2008: Altor Bioscience venture capital transaction
Next: 8/27/2008: Zapoint venture capital transaction

 

Share this article

 


Where The Data Comes From

We do our best to document all VC transactions involving tech companies. All VC database entries reported here are sourced from publicly available VC deal announcements. The data is sourced from VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.

 


Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs

Lists of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Franchise Opportunities

Contributors

Business Glossary