Eight19 targets $8m round in January, following an earlier round in 2010 from Carbon Trust, Rhodia, and Cambridge Enterprise.

Eight19, the UK-based solar cell developer backed by Rhodia, has launched a £5m ($8m) round, the company said in January.

Eight19 previously received £4.5M of funding in September 2010 from the Carbon Trust and Rhodia, as well as Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge’s commercialisation office. The new round is expected to be funded by existing and new investors.

In January, Eight19 also commissioned Europe’s largest printed solar development facility at its headquarters in Cambridge UK.

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