High efficiency, low cost photovoltaic solar wafers. NexWafe’s breakthrough epitaxial green manufacturing process delivers unmatched competitive advantage to our partners.
Location: Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $89.34M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Saudi Aram... | saev.com/ |
| - | Aramco Ven... | aramcovent... |
Funding Rounds 5
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.05.2023 | - | $32.19M | - |
| 17.10.2021 | - | $29M | - |
| 23.03.2021 | Series B | $12.12M | - |
| 11.12.2017 | - | $9.42M | - |
| 07.03.2016 | Series A | $6.61M | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.12.2024 | NexWafe claims ‘transformative’ wafer production tech could compete with China | - |
| 05.06.2023 | NexWafe ‘green’ solar wafers closer to commercial production after latest investment | NexWafe ‘green’ solar wafers closer to commercial production after latest investment By SB Staff June 5, 2023 " class="author-button">View Profile NexWafe GmbH secured €30M to accelerate the construction of its first comme... |
| 31.05.2023 | Freiburg-based NexWafe secures €30 million to build first commercial-scale green solar wafer plant | - |
| 31.05.2023 | NexWafe secures US$32 million to build wafer plant in Germany | Solar wafer producer NexWafe has secured a €30 million (US$32 million) investment to accelerate the construction of its first commercial-scale wafer plant in Bitterfeld, Germany. |
| 14.04.2022 | NexWafe’s lower carbon solar wafer gets closer to production after Series C funding | NexWafe’s lower carbon solar wafer gets closer to production after Series C funding By Chris Crowell April 14, 2022 View Profile NexWafe GmbH is developing a new process for producing monocrystalline silicon wafers directly from inexpensive... |
| 13.10.2021 | Reliance Industries invests $29 million in Germany's NexWafe as part of strategic deal for Indian market | Reliance Industries invests $29 million in Germany's NexWafe as part of strategic deal for Indian market New Delhi: Reliance New Energy Solar Limited (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL) has infused $29 million as... |
| 13.10.2021 | Green solar wafer producer NexWafe nets strategic investment, plans to build in India | Green solar wafer producer NexWafe nets strategic investment, plans to build in India By Chris Crowell October 13, 2021 View Profile NexWafe GmbH is developing and producing monocrystalline silicon wafers grown directly from inexpensive raw... |
| 11.08.2021 | Consider the Source part 2: Factoring in embodied carbon | Consider the Source part 2: Factoring in embodied carbon By Chris Crowell August 11, 2021 View Profile Solar PV panels — the symbol of the industry — are a bit of Rorschach test. What do you see when looking at one? The starting point of re... |
| 09.02.2021 | Germany’s NexWafe raises €10M to cut solar production costs and CO2 emissions; here’s how | Freiburg, Germany-based NexWafe, a company that produces high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon wafers, has raised €10M in its Series B round of funding. In electronics, a wafer (also called a slice or substrate) is a thin slice of semicon... |
| 08.02.2021 | NexWafe Raises €10M in Series B Funding | NexWafe GmbH, a Freiburg, Germany-based maker of monocrystalline silicon wafers, raised €10m in Series B funding. Investors included Fraunhofer, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, GAP Technology Holding, Lynwood Schweiz AG and Bantina Invest Lim... |
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