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January 17, 2008

VC Investment In Solar: Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Capital 2005 - 2009

VC investment in the solar industry has gone from a few deals in 2004 to more than $1B in 2007. This phenomenal investment growth is spurring innovation and efficiency in every sector of the booming $18B solar industry. We are seeing a VC-funded entrepreneurial wave get the attention of incumbent solar vendors, private equity investors, government, and even reach the public consciousness at the consumer level.

This Greentech Intelligence Report tracks and analyzes VC investment in solar with an eye towards the future. We look at the trajectories of the current start-up crop, profile an aspirant in each solar sector, and interview as well as poll a number of leading solar VC investors (most of whom have plans for further solar investments in 2007 and 2008).

VC Investment in Solar: 2005-2009 takes a close look at the investments and investors in the solar power market - a market growing at 35% per year and expected to do so for the next five years. VCs are making investments across all solar PV market sectors and this reports looks at the opportunities and new players in:

  • c-Si
  • Thin film solar cells
  • Emerging PV technologies
  • Concentrating Solar
  • Solar project integration, installation, and finance
  • Thermal solar
  • Balance of plant


This report is invaluable for anyone needing to gauge the enormous flow of venture capital into solar and track the sheer number of new solar companies in this exciting and technology-rich industry. The interviews with Venture Capitalists provide insight into where the next billion dollars of solar VC will be invested.

VC Investment In Solar: Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Capital 2005 - 2009 includes a complete listing of every VC-funded solar firm in the US over the last three years. The author, Eric Wesoff, writes the Venture Power Report, and is a senior analyst at Greentech Media. He has been an analyst, speaker, and writer in the renewable energy field since 2004.

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Eric Wesoff
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Author Bio

Prior to joining Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff founded Sage Marketing Partners in 2000 to provide sales and marketing-consulting services to venture-capital firms and their portfolio companies in the alternative energy and telecommunications sectors. Mr. Wesoff has become a well-known, respected authority and speaker in these fields. He also was the publisher of the Venture Power newsletter, a subscription-only newsletter covering venture-capital investment in renewable energy.

Eric's expertise covers solar power, fuel cells, biofuels and advanced batteries. His strengths are in market research and analysis, business development and due diligence for investors. He frequently consults for energy startups and Silicon Valley's premier venture capitalists.

From 1988 to 1996, Eric served as product marketing manager for Siemens Optoelectronics, where he oversaw complex product lines and managed relationships with global customers. He then became the U.S. marketing and sales manger for Akzo Nobel Photonics, which was acquired by JDS Uniphase. Eric later served as the sales director for Dicon Fiber Optics, where he was responsible for selling millions of dollars of fiber-optic telecom-equipment. He has consulted for Merck, JDSU, Coherent, IBM and scores of other firms, governments and organizations.