# Solaria funding: rounds and investors

> Solaria has raised $139M across 6 rounds since 2009. Investors include Sigma Partners, Western Technology Investment and Adams Street Partners.

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

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# Who invested in *Solaria*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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.

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$139M** raised across 6 rounds since 2009, from 6 sources

**$7.0M** Debt **$65M** Series D **$30M** Venture **$6.1M** Venture **$8.1M** Venture **$23M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $23M Jan 2018
- **Biggest round:** $65M Series D · Sept 2010
- **Step-up i:** 2.9×
- **Investors:** 13

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2011 2013 2015 2017

**$7.0M** Debt

**$65M** Series D

**$30M** Venture

**$6.1M** Venture

**$8.1M** Venture

**$23M** Round

- **First round:** Debt, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $65M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2018** Round **$23M** *3 new* [Presidio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presidio) [Kline Hill Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kline-hill-partners) [Structural Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structural-capital) Reported by Greentechmedia SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Nov 2017
- **Feb 2015** Venture **$8.1M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $8.1M sold, first sale Feb 2015
- **Jan 2014** Venture **$6.1M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $6.1M sold, first sale Jan 2014
- **Nov 2011** Venture **$30M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by gigaom.com SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Nov 2011
- **Sept 2010** Series D **$65M** *3 new* [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) [Adams Street Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adams-street-partners) [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) Reported by sustainablebusiness.com SEC filing: $45M sold, first sale May 2010
- **Dec 2009** Debt **$7.0M** *7 new* [Sigma Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners) [CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Mitsui Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-ventures) [DBL Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-investors) [Qcells](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qcells) Moserbaer India Reported by deals.venturebeat.com SEC filing: $7.0M sold, first sale Nov 2009

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Antonio R Alvarez** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Howard R Wenger** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Clay R Zhu* *Isidoro R Quiroga* *Steve R Gomo* *Suvi R Sharma* *TJ R Rodgers*

## 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.

**Debt** 2009 **Series D** 2010 **Venture** 2011 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2018 [Sigma Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners) [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) [Adams Street Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adams-street-partners) [CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Mitsui Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-ventures) [DBL Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-investors) [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) [Presidio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presidio) [Qcells](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qcells)

## Everyone who backed them

[Sigma Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) VC firm **1** round

[Adams Street Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adams-street-partners) VC firm **1** round

[CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) VC firm **1** round

[NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Mitsui Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-ventures) Growth equity **1** round

[DBL Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-investors) VC firm **1** round

[Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) Growth equity **1** round

[Presidio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presidio) Private equity **1** round

[Qcells](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qcells) Investment firm **1** round

[Kline Hill Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kline-hill-partners) Private equity **1** round

[Structural Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structural-capital) Private credit **1** round

Moserbaer India no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Solaria as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Five Stones Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/five-stones-investment-group) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Solaria

### Who invested in Solaria?

Solaria's investors include Sigma Partners, Western Technology Investment, Adams Street Partners, CMEA Ventures and NGEN Partners, and 8 more on record.

### How much has Solaria raised?

Solaria has raised $139M across 6 rounds since 2009.

### When did Solaria last raise?

Solaria's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $23M in Jan 2018.

### What was Solaria's biggest round?

Solaria's largest round on record is $65M (Series D), in Sept 2010.

### Who backed Solaria first?

Solaria's first round on record, in Dec 2009, was backed by Sigma Partners, CMEA Ventures and NGEN Partners and 4 others.

### What stage is Solaria at?

Solaria's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2018.

### Where is Solaria based?

Solaria is based in the United States.

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