Reply #20: "none from a mainstream media source" [View All]

[petgoat]

Elvis making solar panels from tinfoil, huh? :)

Actually, if nanosolar's web page is to believe, they have some
heavy hitters financing them:

http://www.nanosolar.com/investors.htm



Nanosolar is a privately held company with financial backing from an elite group of private technology investors, including:

* Benchmark Capital -- the venture firm behind such franchise companies as eBay, Handspring, Juniper Networks and Red Hat Software;

* MDV - Mohr Davidow Ventures -- the venture firm behind such leading companies as Rambus, Epigram, FormFactor, and Agile Software;

* SAC Capital -- one of the world's leading public/private investment funds;

* GLG Partners -- one of the world's leading public/private investment funds;

* Swiss Re -- the world's leading and most diversified reinsurer;

* Grazia Equity -- the original backer of Conergy AG, the world's largest PV system integrator;

* Mitsui & Co., Ltd. -- Japan's oldest and largest international trading company with over 300 years of business presence in the world and more than $100 billion in annual business;

* OnPoint Technologies -- the US Army's private equity fund;

* Stanford University -- the place where many of our team members received their education;

* Individual investors including Martin Roscheisen, Sergey Brin, Carl & Larry Page, Jeff Skoll (via Capricorn Management), Klaus Tschira (via FirstVentury), Dietmar Hopp, and Christian Reitberger.