Ampulse Corp., a Golden, Colo.-based maker of c-Si thin-film solar cells, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Globespan Capital Partners and El Dorado Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by seed backer Battelle Ventures and its Innovation Valley Partners affiliate.

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Ampulse Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of solar cell solutions based on proprietary and patented crystalline-silicon (c-Si) thin-film technology, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series A funding co-led by Globespan Capital Partners and El Dorado Ventures, and joined by existing investors Battelle Ventures and its affiliate fund, Innovation Valley Partners.

As a result of the funding, Daniel Leff of Globespan Capital Partners and Jeff Hinck of El Dorado Ventures have joined Ampulse’s board of directors.

Ampulse’s technology blends the best efficiency properties of c-Si with the attractive manufacturing costs and application flexibilities of emerging thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Ampulse’s manufacturing process uses a patented breakthrough te