French
power
giant
Alstom
and
VantagePoint
Capital
Partners
led
the
round.
Additional
investors
include
DFJ,
CalSTRS,
DBL
Investors,
Goldman
Sachs,
Chevron
Technology
Ventures
and
BP
Ventures,
among
others.
As
part
of
the
financing
round,
BrightSource,
based
in
Oakland,
California,
and
Alstom
have
expanded
geographic
partnerships
to
build
solar
thermal
power
plants
in
India
and
Australia.
In
October
2010,
the
companies
announced
they
would
work
together
in
countries
bordering
the
Mediterranean
and
in
Africa.
They
are
also
collaborating
on
a
series
of
solar
research
and
development
activities
focused
on
thermal
storage
and
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