BrightSource Energy Inc
Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems with thermal energy storage for grid-scale electricity generation
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- OAKLAND, CA
- Founded
- 2006
- Latest Form D
- $9.2M, Sep 2017
- Total capital
- $394M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $394M
- 16 Form D · last Sep 2017
- 109 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 2 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 16th filing$9.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 15th filing$3.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 14th filing$15M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 13th filing$83.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 12th filing$155K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 11th filing$9.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$1.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$1.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$61K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$303K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$89.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$1.8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$176M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$78K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$201K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Alan David SalzmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Arnold GoldmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Carlos T. AguilarExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charles Ward RickerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel T. JudgeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David FriesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 37 people
- David NielsenExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David RammDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Denis CochetDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eitan David AbramovitchExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Geoffrey RichardsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Gilan T. SabatierDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- H. David RammExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Henry David RammExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ilan GlanzmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Israel KroizerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jack Jenkins-StarkExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James EatsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John BrysonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John Jenkins-StarkExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John WoolardDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joseph Ward DesmondExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lynda Ward PierceExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lynda Ward PierceExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark T. CoxonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mathew T. BrettExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nicholas BraithwaiteDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nicholas Ward BrathwaiteDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rahul CulasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephan Ward DolezalekDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephen Ward WhileyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephen Ward WileyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steven GoersExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas O'FlynnDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tom T. BevilacquaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tristan GrimbertDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Yoel T. GilonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 2- PendingStartup Systems And Methods For Solar BoilersUSPTOApplication PCTUS2011046644
- PendingSolar Plant Employing Cultivation Of OrganismsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2007066195
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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