Santa Clara, Calif. -- MiaSole, a Santa Clara-based manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, said on Wednesday it has landed $55 million in new funding to fuel its next phase of growth. "This additional investment will allow us to take the company to the next level and we are focused on aggressively building the commercial side of our business with both our traditional glass-on-glass and flexible products," said CEO John Carrington. Identities of the investors were not disclosed, but previous backers have included Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, VantagePoint Capital Partners and Firelake Capital Management, among others. To date, MiaSole has installed over 55MW of solar modules in a wide range of global projects across North America, Europe and Asia.
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