The
California
company
has
now
raised
something
north
of
$550m
from
investors
including
Kleiner
Perkins,
Firelake
Capital
and
VantagePoint
Venture
Partners
since
2004,
according
to
various
media
reports.
The
company
does
not
disclose
its
total
investment.
After
a
round
of
layoffs
earlier
this
year,
MiaSolé
has
continued
its
march
up
the
efficiency
scale
with
a
"champion
device"
hitting
17.3%
in
February.
Current
production
panels
are
14%
efficient
and
boast
what
chief
executive
John
Carrington
boasts
is
"the
industry's
lowest
capex
per
watt,
which
is
now
under
$0.50".
He
says
the
additional…
