# QD Solar funding: rounds and investors

> QD Solar has raised $2.0M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Cleantech Open and Luminate.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/qd-solar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *QD Solar*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cleantech Deeptech Energy

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

**$1.9M** Grant **$100K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $100K Oct 2022
- **Biggest round:** $1.9M Grant · Mar 2016
- **Investors:** 3 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$1.9M** Grant

**$100K** Grant

- **First round:** Grant, $1.9M
- **Biggest round:** $1.9M
- **Between rounds:** 6.5 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2022** Grant **$100K** *2 new* *1 returning* [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Sustainable Development Technology Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-development-technology-canada) Source recorded
- **Mar 2016** Grant **$1.9M** *1 new* [Sustainable Development Technology Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-development-technology-canada) Lead Reported by BetaKit: funding

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Grant** 2016 **Grant** 2022 [Sustainable Development Technology Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-development-technology-canada) L [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator)

## Everyone who backed them

[Sustainable Development Technology Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-development-technology-canada) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) Accelerator **1** round

[Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Quick answers about QD Solar

### Who invested in QD Solar?

QD Solar's investors include Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Cleantech Open and Luminate.

### How much has QD Solar raised?

QD Solar has raised $2.0M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did QD Solar last raise?

QD Solar's most recent round was a Grant of $100K in Oct 2022.

### What was QD Solar's biggest round?

QD Solar's largest round on record is $1.9M (Grant), in Mar 2016, led by Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

### Who backed QD Solar first?

QD Solar's first round on record, in Mar 2016, was backed by Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

### What stage is QD Solar at?

QD Solar's latest named round is a Grant, in Oct 2022.

### Where is QD Solar based?

QD Solar is based in Canada.

### Who led QD Solar's rounds?

Sustainable Development Technology Canada led the Grant in 2016.

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