# First Solar: portfolio, investments and team > First Solar is a corporate vc based in United States. 1 investment on record, latest Oct 2008. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-solar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # First Solar Last cheque observed Oct 2008. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Corporate VC Series D Real Time Social Media Clean Energy Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record Since the last cheque **6570** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$30M** Rounds led **0 of 1** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Pitch First Solar ## First Solar highlights - 01 1 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series D: 100% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Real Time Social Media Clean Energy - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances** - **2008** 1 round - **Oct** **[SolarCity](https://millionrounds.com/company/solarcity)** Series D · US · latimes.com **$30M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **19** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[SolarCity](https://millionrounds.com/company/solarcity)** Listed **Undisclosed** Dec 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **PrimeStar Solar** **Undisclosed** Aug 2013 **RayTracker** **Undisclosed** Jan 2011 **NextLight Renewable Power** **$285M** Apr 2010 **[OptiSolar R&D](https://millionrounds.com/company/optisolar-r-and-d)** **$400M** Mar 2009 ## The cheque Series D Median round joined **$30M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2008 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series D *1* **Pitching First Solar?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about First Solar ### What does First Solar invest in? First Solar invests most often at Series D (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Real Time, Social Media and Clean Energy. ### How active is First Solar? 1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2008. ### How big are First Solar's cheques? The median round it joins is $30M. ### Is First Solar investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2008. ### What kind of investor is First Solar? First Solar is a corporate VC based in New York, United States. ### When was First Solar founded? First Solar was founded in 1999. ### Where does this information on First Solar come from? From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=first-solar) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=first-solar)