Registered entities
SOLARCITY CORP
Reg. No. 1408356United States
Innovation
240 patent families (192 granted) — focus: Electricity & electronics, Mechanical engineering, Physics & computing, Construction; filing pace slowing. Cited 28,352 times.
| Year | Filings |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 106 |
| 2017 | 124 |
| 2018 | 100 |
| 2019 | 46 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 4 |
Investor mix
26 investors on record; lead investors include Valor Equity Partners, Silver Lake; 4 have since exited.
| Investor type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Venture capital | 12 | 46% |
| Private equity | 4 | 15% |
| Bank & private debt | 1 | 4% |
| Other / undisclosed | 9 | 35% |