Ampulse CSG Solar Energy PV Flexcell Heliovolt Miasole Moser Baer MWOE Nanosolar PrimeStar Sierra Solar Signet Solibro Solopower Solyndra Sulfurfuel
6N Silicon Advent Solar Calisolar
Norsun RSI
SiC Processing Silicon Genesis
Solar Notion Solaicx
Wriota
Energy Recommerce Envision GreenSun Energy
GroSolar Recurrent Energy
Sierra Nevada Solar Solaire
Solar Century Solar City
Soltage Sun Edison
Solar Power Partners Sterling Planet Tioga Energy
Heliatek Innovalight Konarka
Orion Plextronics
QuNano Semprius
Solexant Stion
Sunviva
Concentrix Cyrium Day4
EI GreenVolts
Prism Solar Pythagoras
QuantaSol Solaria
Solbeam SolFocus
Soliant SV Solar
VC-Funded CSP, CHP, Stirling Start-Ups
Ausra Brightsource Energy
Heliodynamics
Infinia Sopogy
Skyfuel
SolFocus
VC Investment in CSP
Ausra H20 and trough-based CSP
$40M Round A
Khosla Ventures, KPCB
Brightsource Energy LuzII
Heliostat-based power towers
$50M
Round A
VantagePoint, DFJ, Bay Area Equity Fund
Heliodynamics Trough-based concentrators CHP
$5M Round A
Low Carbon Accelerator, et al.
Infinia Stirling engine $9.5M Round B
Idealab, Equus, Khosla, Vulcan, Power Play Energy
Sopogy Small CSP $3M Round A
Energy Industry Holdings, Kolohala, Tradewinds
Skyfuel Parabolic troughs, high temp storage
$1.6M Round A
SolFocus CPV CSP “skunkworks”
$70M B $32M A
NEA, Moser Baer, NGEN, Yellowstone, et al.
$3.5B of Dedicated Cleantech Funds (partial list)
Venture Firm Fund Size Fund Focus Altira Group $250M Energy Piper Jaffray $60M Cleantech fund of funds Israel Cleantech $15M Cleantech Emerald Technology $180M Cleantech Noventi $100M Greentech Environmental Tech $65M London-based cleantech Masdar Cleantech $250M Abu Dhabi-based cleantech Capricorn Ventures $100M Belgium-based cleantech NGEN $180M Materials science for energy and cleantech Expansion Capital $55M Mid and later stage cleantech DFJ Element $248M Clean technologies Nth Power $200M Energy Kleiner Perkins ~$200M Green technologies Renewable Ventures $100M Solar and renewable energy projects Rockport Capital $261M Materials, energy, process technologies Chrysalix $70M Clean energy Yellowstone Capital $10M Early stage renewable energy