SOLARCITY CORP
AI-powered dynamic solar panels and blinds that track and follow the sun to maximize energy generation and reduce cooling costs
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- SAN MATEO, CA
- Founded
- 2006
- Latest Form D
- $66M, Mar 2012
- Total capital
- $80.8M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $80.8M
- 2 Form D · last Mar 2012
- 176 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $7K
- 1 award · Energy
- Rank in Energy#214 of 998
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$66M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$14.8M
- Federal contractEnergy · Provide Funding For The Solar Program Merit Review Solicitation DE-FOA-0000086.$7K
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.
Federal first
18months
from SOLARCITY CORP’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Dec 2009
- Energy · $7K
- First Form D · Jul 2011
- $14.8M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Antonio J. GraciasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ben A CookExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Benjamin J CookExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ben A TarbellExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David WhiteExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Diana A HelfrichExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 23 people
- Elon R MuskDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Hans H.N. MehnDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey B StraubelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John H.N. FisherDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John A LefebvreExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John M StantonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joseph B StraubelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Linda L KealaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lyndon RiveExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark A RoeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nancy E PfundDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter RiveExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Raj J. AtluruDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert D KellyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Seth R WeismannExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Seth R WeissmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tobin J. CoreyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .