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SunPower Corporation

4512 employees

SunPower designs and manufactures solar storage solutions for the residential sector.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Energy7
Renewable Energy4
Solar4
Software3
Energy Efficiency3
Energy Management2
Manufacturing2
Solar Panels2
Home Solar1
Residential1
Commercial1
SaaS1
Analytics1
Environmental Engineering1
Power Grid1
Smart Electric Panels1
Backup Batteries1
Commercial Solar1
EV Charging1
Electrical Wiring1

Funding rounds participated in

$42M sweet spot round size

Most of their 10 investments are in rounds between $20M and $55M

Basic info

Industry

renewable energy semiconductor manufacturing

Sectors

residential solar systems
alternative energy
Solar
project development
photovoltaic
solar
monitoring
renewable energy
Energy
Renewable Energy
energy service provider
solar storage

Date founded

1985

Investments made

W

Wolf River Electric raised undisclosed on April 27, 2023

Investors: SunPower Corporation

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SunPower by EmPower Solar raised undisclosed on September 15, 2022

Investors: SunPower Corporation

U

Undisclosed raised undisclosed on September 15, 2022

Investors: SunPower Corporation

O

OhmConnect raised $55M on June 9, 2022

Investors: Radicle Impact Partners, Elemental Excelerator, Floodgate, City Light Capital, ClearSky, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) and SunPower Corporation

B

Beamreach Solar raised $70M on August 16, 2015

Investors: Northgate Capital, Spirox Corporation, SuRo Capital Corp, Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P., DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and SunPower Corporation

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Tendril raised $20M on December 15, 2014

Investors: SunPower Corporation

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Solexel raised $31M on July 22, 2014

Investors: SunPower Corporation

U

Undisclosed raised $42M on March 6, 2014

Investors: SunPower Corporation

B

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

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

R

Recurve raised $6M on September 23, 2008

Investors: RockPort Capital, Shasta Ventures and SunPower Corporation

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$450M

from 2 investors over 2 rounds

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SunPower Corporation raised $450M on April 12, 2023

Investors: Hannon Armstrong

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SunPower Corporation raised $45M on July 28, 2014

Investors: Hannon Armstrong

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