BrightSource Energy

Private

Oakland, CaliforniaEnergy & Sustainabilityhttps://www.brightsourceenergy.com/

Last Round

Grant

Nov 1, 2016

Est. Valuation

$868M

Total Funding Raised

$597.2M

Company Overview

BrightSource Energy is a renewable energy company that designs, develops, and operates utility-scale solar power plants and provides AI-powered energy management software for renewable energy and storage portfolios.

Sector

Energy & Sustainability

Verticals

Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Smart Grid, Energy Storage

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Services & Consulting, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

energy management systemEMSdistributed energy resource managementDERMsmart gridconcentrated solar powerCSPenergy optimizationvirtual power plantVPPrenewable energy softwarebattery storage optimizationAI energy forecastingmicrogrid managementenergy trading automationdigital twinSaaS energy

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Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
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Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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BrightSource Energy Funding Rounds

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Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Grant	Nov 1, 2016
Private Equity	Oct 24, 2012
Series E	Mar 31, 2011
Series D	May 20, 2010
Series C	May 14, 2008
Series B	May 1, 2007

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BrightSource Energy Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Investor	Rounds
Black River Asset Management	Series C
Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC	Series B, Series D
Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC	Private Equity
Google Foundation	Series C
Solar Energy Technologies Office	Grant
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management	Series D
DFJ Growth	Series C, Series A, Series E, Private Equity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersOakland, California

Employee Range132

Year Founded2004

Last FundingNov 1, 2016

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