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Solyndra

1000 employees

Solyndra manufactures cylindrical panels of CIGS thin-film solar cells.

Basic info

Industry

renewable energy semiconductor manufacturing

Sectors

Solar panel manufacturing
Solar
Renewable Energy
Manufacturing

Date founded

2005

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$535M

from 9 investors over 9 rounds

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Solyndra raised $175M on June 18, 2010

Investors: Argonaut Ventures and RockPort Capital

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Solyndra raised $535M on March 20, 2009

Investors: U.S. Department of Energy

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Solyndra raised $220M on December 1, 2008

Investors: CMEA Capital, Argonaut Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, Kleiner Perkins and RockPort Capital

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