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MiaSolé

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Last activity: 07.08.2024

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MiaSole is a producer of thin-film Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) solar cells and panels. Founded in 2004, MiaSole has evolved from a scrappy, Silicon Valley start-up to the world leader in thin film solar panel efficiency. In our Sunnyvale, CA facility, we have demonstrated 15.5% module efficiency in production and 18% cell efficiency in the lab.

MiaSole's core technology is our innovative solar cell. Because it is lightweight and flexible, the cell can be applied in a number of applications from commercial rooftops to flexible mobile devices.

In December 2012, MiaSole became a member of the Hanergy family. Since then, MiaSole joined the newly created Hanergy Solar Group as MiaSole Hi-Tech Corp. Hanergy provides unparalleled financial, technical, and sales expertise. Since acquisition, Miasole has continued to increase cell performance as well as develop new applications for our technology. With Hanergy's support, we fully expect to be on the forefront of the solar industry for many years to come.

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Location: United States, California, Santa Clara

Phone: +1 408-919-5700

Total raised: $90M

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Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
07.03.2012	-	$55M	-
27.10.2006	-	$35M	-

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Date	Title	Description
07.08.2024	Innovative Solar-Powered Athletes' Coach Station Unveiled in Paris Olympic Games Athletes' Village	Flexible CIGS solar on Paris Olympic athletes' coach station Ultra-light weight and flexible CIGS Solar on a state-of-the-art 1200 sqm Paris Olympic athletes' coach station powered by SolarCloth and MiaSolé Hi-Tech Corp. SANTA CLARA, CA, UN...
29.11.2021	Your next package delivery could be solar powered	MiaSolé, Solar Cloths, and Renault have teamed up to release a “shatterproof” 300 watt solar panel to be attached to the wind deflector of Renault trucks. The solar panel’s purpose is to help the vehicle run electric items while the truck i...
07.03.2012	MiaSolé raises further US$55 million to support commercial performance	-
07.03.2012	MiaSole Raises $55M	MiaSole, a Santa Clara, California-based manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, has raised $55m in funding. Backers weren’t undisclosed. The company intends to use the capital to build its...
10.12.2010	What to watch for in cleantech in 2011: companies, IPOs and trends	‘Tis the season for next-year forecasts, so VentureBeat asked a few cleantech venture capitalists for their thoughts on clean energy trends to watch in 2011. Nat Goldhaber of Claremont Creek Ventures tells us that next year is The Year for ...
08.12.2010	Thin Film Solar Catching Up To Crystalline Panels On Efficiency?	The National Renewable Energy Labratory (NREL) recently tested thin-film solar modules made by MiaSolé, and verified that their energy conversion efficiency rate hit 15.7 percent, up from 14.3 percent last year. The company boasted about th...
29.11.2010	John Doerr: "Bigger than Billion-Dollar Greentech IPOs in 18 Months"	In the peak of the Internet bubble, a company’s valuation– and press attention– would soar simply by whispering the words “John Doerr is an investor.” But in early Web 2.0 days, the once-everywhere venture capitalist seemed to fall off of t...
13.10.2010	John Doerr, Vinod Khosla headline GreenBeat 2010 conference	The smart grid is turning into the Super Grid. What does that mean for cleantech investors? There’s only one place to find out: VentureBeat’s GreenBeat 2010 event, held at Stanford University on Nov. 3 and 4. Green superstars John Doerr and...
22.09.2010	SolarCity's CEO On What's Holding Back Solar Power In America: It's 50 Markets, Not One	Solar City, a company that designs, installs and leases out solar systems to home and business owners announced that it will bring solar power to some 30 Wal-Mart stores in California and Arizona. Wal-Mart operates more than 8,500 brick and...
15.09.2010	On the GreenBeat: MiaSolé to raise $100 million ahead of IPO, Amyris shoots for $122 million	MiaSolé aims to raise $100 million in sixth-round funding in advance of a 2011 IPO, according to Green Tech Media. The article cites a report from Birchmere Ventures, which names Morgan Stanley as the underwriter for the thin-film solar pan...
12.08.2010	AQT opens thin-film solar plant despite shaky market	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Thin-film solar, once predicted to be the future ...
12.08.2010	AQT opens thin-film solar plant despite shaky market	Thin-film solar, once predicted to be the future of renewable energy, has fallen on hard times lately. Venture-backed thin-film companies have had a tough time raising money, and even the bigger players like Applied Materials have scaled ba...
10.06.2010	MiaSole breaks away from the solar pack with high-efficiency thin-film	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! In an industry dominated by First Solar, SunPower...
10.06.2010	MiaSole breaks away from the solar pack with high-efficiency thin-film	In an industry dominated by First Solar, SunPower and NanoSolar, thin-film solar panel maker MiaSole seems to have been toiling away in the shadows. But on Thursday, it finally emerged, claiming that it has produced the most efficient comme...
07.04.2010	AQT turns to hard-drive maker Intevac for cheaper solar cells	Applied Quantum Technology (AQT) said today that it is overcoming one of the major hurdles standing between thin-film solar innovation and mass commercialization: cost. It has joined forces with Intevac, maker of equipment used to build har...
07.04.2010	AQT turns to hard-drive maker Intevac for cheaper solar cells	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Applied Quantum Technology (AQT) said today that ...
22.03.2010	Chevron launches Project Brightfield to put new solar tech to the test	Chevron is testing several bold new solar technologies under the banner of Project Brightfield. Drawn from 19 companies, these photovoltaic systems, if proven effective, could soon be backed and proliferated by the oil and gas giant. The pr...
22.03.2010	Chevron launches Project Brightfield to put new solar tech to the test	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Chevron is testing several bold new solar technol...
19.02.2010	SoloPower takes a run at Solyndra with new $45M, and more on the way	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! SoloPower, maker of thin-film solar modules for r...
19.02.2010	SoloPower takes a run at Solyndra with new $45M, and more on the way	SoloPower, maker of thin-film solar modules for rooftop installations, has just raised $44.9 million in debt financing, according to a filing with the SEC. But this bridge round is only a harbinger of much more to come as the San Jose, Cali...
15.01.2010	MiaSole receives $101.8 million in tax credits to advance solar manufacturing	-
18.02.2009	Invenergy bucks wind power’s slump with new $30M	Invenergy, a Chicago-based developer of large-scale wind power generation facilities, just closed on a $30 million convertible note from Leaf Clean Energy only weeks after raking in $250 million in capital from several other venture firms. ...
05.01.2009	Solar co. Solyndra shines with $220M	Solar installation maker Solyndra has every reason to celebrate the new year, raising $219.2 million in fifth-round funding from a flock of 23 investors. This is the second largest investment received by any U.S. cleantech company in the la...
14.10.2008	Innovalight rakes in $5M for solar cell ink	Investors Leader Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank have shined on solar cell company Innovalight, providing $5 million in new financing toward the development of silicon solar modules so small they can be painted onto surfaces like ink. The ...
18.08.2008	ArcelorMittal Launches Clean Technology Venture Capital Fund	The world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, ArcelorMittal, has announced launch of new clean technology venture capital fund and a carbon fund. The steelmaker also announced its first investment of $20 million in California-ba...
21.12.2007	Roundup: Funny or Die raises cash, Netsuite soars & much more	1. Funny or Die raises $15M, despite chance of latter 2. Did White House lead rejection of California’s emissions claims? 3. Redhat CEO Matthew Szulik resigns 4. Startup.com’s Tuzman to save Roo.com 5. Netsuite’s stock soars past $35 6. Cis...
13.06.2007	Silicon Valley’s new solar cell companies slipping on delivery dates	Amid all the excitement about new solar technology, several promising companies are slipping on their delivery dates. However, most of the companies still say they plan to deliver — it’s just a matter of time before they hit the market Soly...
27.04.2007	Secretive Silicon Valley company, OptiSolar, builds largest solar farm	A secretive Hayward, Calif. company has just announced it will build the largest solar power “farm” in North America, using solar cells manufactured in Silicon Valley. The site, near Sarnia in Ontario, Canada, will be enough to power betwee...
20.04.2007	Powerbeam, the wireless electricity start-up	Powerbeam, a new Silicon Valley start-up, is working on a revolutionary idea: Using a laser to beam light, the energy of which would be used to power your laptop or other device without having to plug it in. PowerBeam says its powerful lase...
27.10.2006	Miasole, the super thin solar cell co., raises $35M more	Miasole, the Santa Clara start-up which makes super thin solar cell technology, has raised $35 million more in venture capital. VentureWire has the scoop today (sub required). Miasole is one of a handful of players producing solar technolog...
18.07.2006	Silicon Valley’s green energy “portfolio players”: Vinod Khosla, Marty Lagod	Khosla Vinod Khosla, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who arguably made the most money of any VC during the Internet boom of the late 1990s, is going gangbusters again. He has just hired a third partner (more below) to help him in his ...
09.06.2005	Nanosolar, Miasole stir up solar cell market	Two Silicon Valley start-ups that are poised to deliver more cost-effective solar cells to the red-hot solar market have scored venture capital from leading local firms Kleiner Perkins and Mohr Davidow. (Update: Friday’s Mercury News story ...
05.05.2005	Nanosolar keeps solar interesting	Solar start-up Nanosolar is a high-risk play, and it has many skeptics — partly because it has kept so secretive about what its doing. Basically it’s a solar cell foil that you can spread over roofs, parking lots, etc. Yet the company has j...

MiaSolé

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