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Ausra Takes $25.5 Million Equity Funding Facility
April 22, 2009Source: Clean Edge News
Ausra, Inc., a provider of solar thermal energy systems for
industrial processes and large-scale electricity generation,
recently announced a $25.5 million equity funding facility.
According to the company, funds from the new equity facility are
available to Ausra for expansion and acceleration of the company's
solar thermal energy equipment supply business.
Investors in this equity financing include Ausra's founding
investors, Silicon Valley-based Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers; and its newest international investors KERN
Partners of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Generation Investment
Management, based in London, England; and Starfish Ventures of
Melbourne, Australia.