QD Solar Overview

  • Founded
  • 2014

Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 12

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Accelerator/​Inc

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $100K

  • Investors
  • 7

QD Solar General Information

Description

Developer of advanced multilayered solar photovoltaics designed to develop new nanomaterial semiconductors in the form of colloidal quantum dots and perovskites. The company's cells are made by combining efficient silicon solar cells with cost-effective infrared solar cells in a hybrid architecture to harvest more of the solar spectrum than silicon alone, increasing the silicon solar cell efficiency, enabling clients to promote sustainable development efficiently, and increasing the usage of renewable energy sources.

Contact Information

Website
www.qdsolarinc.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Other Materials
Primary Office
  • MaRS Centre, West Tower
  • Suite 465, 661 University Avenue
  • Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1
  • Canada
+1 (416) 000-0000

QD Solar Timeline

2020202120222023
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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QD Solar Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
9. Accelerator/Incubator 21-Apr-2022 $100K 000.00 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Later Stage VC (Series A1) Cancelled Generating Revenue
7. Grant 11-Feb-2021 000.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Early Stage VC (Series A) 13-Feb-2017 00.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jun-2016 00.000 Completed Startup
4. Seed Round 02-May-2016 0000 00.000 Completed Startup
3. Grant 23-Mar-2016 00.000 00.00 Completed Startup
2. Early Stage VC 01-Dec-2014 $3M $3.6M Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Mar-2014 $600K $600K Completed Startup
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QD Solar Patents

  • 8

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 000

    Granted

  • 4

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

QD Solar Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
CA-3104172-A1 Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics Pending 26-Mar-2020 00000000
US-20210301141-A1 Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics Pending 26-Mar-2020 00000000 0
CA-3118370-A1 Lattice anchoring stabilizes solution-processed semiconductors Pending 01-Nov-2018 0000000000000
US-20220115548-A1 Lattice anchoring stabilizes solution-processed semiconductors Pending 01-Nov-2018 0000000000000 0
US-20220037544-A1 Multibandgap nanocrystal ensembles for solar-matched energy harvesting Pending 10-Sep-2018 H01L31/0324
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QD Solar Executive Team (5)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Armin Fischer Ph.D Chief Operating Officer & Lead Chemist
Sjoerd Hoogland Ph.D Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Daniel Shea Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
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QD Solar Board Members (9)

Name Representing Role Since
Daniel Shea Self Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 000 0000
Douglas Heintzman Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners Board Member 000 0000
Jim Henderson Ph.D KAUST Innovation Fund Board Member 000 0000
Ted Sargent Ph.D Self Board Member 000 0000
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QD Solar Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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QD Solar Investors (7)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
NextCorps Luminate. Accelerator/Incubator 000 0000 000000 0
DSM Venturing Corporate Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Greentown Labs Accelerator/Incubator Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Sustainable Development Technology Canada Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Dhahran Techno Valley Holding Company Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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