Mike Miskovsky
Chairman of the Board at VesprSolar
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2017 - Current
Innovations in residential solar rooftop mounting that make today a *better* day on the job.
Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets.
Raised $10,025,725.00 from Mike Miskovsky, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Okapi Venture Capital, Howard Wenger, Howard Wenger, Mike Miskovsky, C3 Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital and Ecosystem Integrity Fund.
Chairman of the Board
2021
The V-Clamp™ is the fast, simple, secure PV module attachment for solar arrays. www.vesprsolar.com
VesprSolar is a solar hardware start-up focused on making solar installation faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
Founder, Chairman & CEO
2018 - 2024
Led this solar foundation innovator through multiple financing rounds and technology/project scale-up, leading to $120M cash sale to market-leading solar tracker supplier Nextracker (NASDAQ: NXT) in June, 2024. See www.nextracker.com/ojjo
Ojjo revolutionizes large-scale solar energy with innovative foundation technology and services that reduce costs and complexity.
Raised $67,000,000.00 from Ajax Strategies and NGP Energy Capital Management.
CEO
2018 - 2022
Co-founded w/ original Tesla founder Martin Eberhard. Low-profile, energy-dense, crash-safe, field-serviceable, high-speed manufacturable EV battery modules. 28 issued patents.
Board Member
2017 - 2020
Software platform and financing marketplace supporting solar contractors, suppliers & financiers, acquired by NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) in 2020.
Sighten develops a software toolset to manage the complexity of distributed solar.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Elemental Impact.
Founder, CEO
2016 - 2018
With co-founders, bootstrapped and built this EV battery technology company; negotiated and closed the $34MM sale of company to EV manufacturer SF Motors (now Seres) in October, 2017.
Venture Advisor
2016 - 2016
Advising and investing in companies with a #worldpositive approach.
Investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining trillion-dollar industries across planetary, human, and economic health.
CEO
2014 - 2015
Brought in by VCs to assume leadership of a 4 y/o, dual-axis tracker tech. Reorganized team, pivoted to capital-efficient licensing model, re-architected supply chain, drove product/cost structure improvements, built M&A-focused EPC/vendor/developer relationships which led to IP sale to market-leading solar developer, August 2015.
A solar panel that tracks the sun throughout the day produces up to 30% more electricity than one that does not.
Raised $23,500,000.00 from E.ON, Iberdrola and Next47.
CEO, Zep Solar
2013 - 2014
Continued as leader of the Zep Solar business unit following sale of the company to SolarCity in late 2013. [ Acquired, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) ]
CEO
2010 - 2014
Led the company through rapid growth, achieved US residential mounting system market leadership (>50%), and negotiated/closed the landmark sale of the company for $160MM to SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) in December 2013.
Zep Solar, Inc. is an innovative manufacturer of new-generation PV mounting technology based in San Rafael, CA .
Raised $10,571,182.00 from Ecosystem Integrity Fund.
Education
MBA
1988 - 1990