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SolFocus

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SolFocus’s mission is to enable solar energy generation at a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) competitive with traditional fossil fuel sources. To achieve this goal, SolFocus has developed leading concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology which combines high‐efficiency solar cells (approaching 40%) and advanced optics to provide solar energy solutions which are scalable, dependable and capable of delivering on the promise of clean, low‐cost, renewable energy.

Milestones

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  SolFocus received $30.6M in Series C funding. (7/9/09)
  Posted 7/13/09 at 3:53pm
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  SolFocus received $47.5M in Series C funding. (1/09)
  Posted 4/17/09 at 4:18am
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  SolFocus received $63.6M in Series B funding. (11/20/07)
  Posted 10/9/08 at 1:32pm
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  SolFocus acquired Inspira. (8/1/07)
  Posted 9/24/09 at 3:57am
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  SolFocus received $25M in Series A funding. (7/06)
  Posted 10/9/08 at 1:32pm
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  SolFocus received $3.5M in Seed funding. (3/06)
  Posted 10/9/08 at 1:32pm

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1. Solar company SolFocus buys Inspira, a solar tracker company (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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3. Solar Energy Startup SolFocus nets $25 million in Series A financing led by NEA (solfocus.com) [edit]
4. Solar concentrator collects $63 million in new funding (news.cnet.com) [edit]
5. SolFocus Adds $19.28M to Series C (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
6. Mo’ Money for Solar: SolFocus Raises $30M (earth2tech.com) [edit]