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CalSTRS

910 employees

Established in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public school educators from prekindergarten through community college.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Solar3
Renewable Energy3
Energy3
Concentrated Solar3
Renewable energy3

Funding rounds participated in

$115M sweet spot round size

Most of their 4 investments are in rounds between $25M and $150M

Investor type

Government Office
Pension Funds

Basic info

Industry

government administration

Sectors

Public Pension Fund and Financial Services
Financial Services
Government
Retirement

Date founded

1913

Investments made

B

BrightSource Energy, Inc. raised $80M on October 24, 2012

Investors: VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alstom, DBL Partners and CalSTRS

B

BrightSource Energy, Inc. raised $201M on March 31, 2011

Investors: VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alstom, DBL Partners and CalSTRS

B

BrightSource Energy, Inc. raised $150M on May 20, 2010

Investors: Alstom, VantagePoint Venture Partners, SunPower Corporation, DFJ Growth and CalSTRS

U

Undisclosed raised $25M on May 5, 2000

Investors: J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, LLC, Everbright Financial Holding H&Q Asia Pacific, Pamlico Capital and CalSTRS

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