Nanosolar is a privately held company with financial backing from an elite group of private technology investors, including:

• Benchmark Capital -- the venture firm behind such franchise companies as eBay, Handspring, Juniper Networks and Red Hat Software;

• MDV - Mohr Davidow Ventures -- the venture firm behind such leading companies as Rambus, Epigram, FormFactor, and Agile Software;

• Swiss Re -- the world's leading and most diversified reinsurer;

• SAC Capital -- one of the world's leading public/private investment funds;

• GLG Partners -- one of the world's leading public/private investment funds;

• LGT Capital Group -- Europe's largest wealth and asset management group;

• Grazia Equity -- the original backer of Conergy AG, the world's largest PV system integrator;

• Mitsui & Co., Ltd. -- Japan's oldest and largest international trading company with over 300 years of business presence in the world and more than $100 billion in annual business;

• OnPoint Technologies -- the US Army's private equity fund;

• Firelake Capital -- a hybrid private/public investment fund;

• Skoll Foundation -- formed by eBay founding President Jeff Skoll;

• First Ventury -- SAP founder Klaus Tschira's investment vehicle;

• Stanford University -- the place where many of our team members received their education;

• Individual investors including Martin Roscheisen, Sergey Brin, Carl & Larry Page, Mark Pincus, Reid Hoffman, Sunil Paul, Bernhard Beck, and Christian Reitberger.