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Photara

Photara

Private
San Carlos, CaliforniaEnergy & Sustainabilityhttps://photara.tech/

Last Round

Seed

Aug 28, 2025

Est. Valuation

$22.61M

Total Funding Raised

$8.5M

Company Overview

Photara is a manufacturing and industrials company that develops equipment and materials to replace silver in silicon solar cell metallization with base metals to reduce costs and improve sustainability.

Sector

Energy & Sustainability

Verticals

Renewable Energy, Advanced Materials, Clean Manufacturing, Sustainable Materials

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Hardware Sales, Data as a Service, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

solar cell manufacturingmetallization equipmentconductive materialssilver replacementsolar techbase metal metallizationclean tech hardwaresolar supply chainindustrial manufacturingphotovoltaic manufacturingPV manufacturingcopper metallizationsolar consumablesdeep tech manufacturingsolar hardware

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Photara comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
CompanyStatusEst. ValuationRev Multiple
OpenAIPrivate$86.0B~40x
CoherePrivate$5.0B--
Competitor 1Public$XX.XBXXx
Competitor 2Public$XX.XBXXx

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Photara Funding Rounds

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
SeedAug 28, 2025
GrantOct 1, 2024

Key People

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Max L'Etoile

Co-founder, CTO

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Carlos, California
Employee Range38
Year Founded2022
Last FundingAug 28, 2025

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