Ausra - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding

Q: Who invested in Ausra?

Ausra has 5 investors including Generation Investment Management And Starfish Ventures.

Q: When was the last funding round for Ausra?

Ausra closed its last funding round on obfuscated from a Venture - Series Unknown round.

Overview

Ausra

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About Ausra

CB Rank

297215

Ausra develops utility scale solar technologies.

Acquired by

Orano

Founded

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Private

Venture - Series Unknown

Mountain View, California, United States

51-100

ausra.com

CleanTech

Energy

Energy Storage

Renewable Energy

Solar

Funding Rounds

Venture - Series Unknown

OBF

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Series B

OBF

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Debt Financing

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Key People

Graham Morrison: Founder
Past Role: Ausra, Founder and VP of R&D
David Mills: Founder
Past Role: Ausra, Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientific Office

Details

Legal Name

Ausra, Inc.

Also Known As

Areva Solar

Operating Status

Closed

Company Type

For Profit

Founders

David Mills, Graham Morrison, Peter Le Lievre, Samir Kaul

About the Company

Ausra manufactures and develops utility-scale solar technologies to serve global electricity needs in a market competitive and environmentally responsible manner.

Ausra's solar concentrators boil water with focused sunlight, generating high-pressure steam that drives conventional turbine generators. Low-cost thermal energy storage systems

now under development by Ausra will allow solar electric power to be generated on demand, both during the day and at night.

Phone Number

(650) 424-9300

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Financials

Company Funding

Funding Rounds

Investors

Total Funding Amount

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised	Lead Investors	Funding Type
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown

Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised	Lead Investors	Funding Type
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown
obfuscated obfuscation	Venture Round - Ausra	5	obfuscated obfuscation	—	Venture - Series Unknown

Investors

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Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Partners
Generation Investment Management	—	Venture Round - Ausra	—
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