written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message view type private industry smart glass founded 2006 headquarters milpitas california united states key people rao mulpuri ceo paul nguyen chairman founder products switchable glass curtain walls windows doors and skylights number of employees 201 500 website viewglass.com view previously soladigm is a company working on the development of energy saving smart windows based on electrochromism that can control light and heat while maintaining view and reducing glare . 1 2 originally named echromics soladigm was founded in 2006 by dr. paul nguyen an expert who had worked in electrochromism since graduate school in the early 1990s at the massachusetts institute of technology . in 2007 mike scobey was hired to be ceo . scobey was later replaced by rao mulpuri as the new ceo of the company . 3 on november 12 2012 soladigm announced a name change to view inc. and that its commercial scale dynamic glass product is ready for global deployment . 4 contents 1 funding 2 products 3 competitors 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links funding edit after raising around 10.6 m in series a funding from sigma partners and khosla ventures soladigm focused on building up a team of experienced technologists and executives and developing its technology . 5 in 2009 soladigm closed an additional 20.7 m in series b funding from its existing investors and moved its headquarters from santa rosa to milpitas ca. 6 in late 2010 general electric selected soladigm to be a winner out of 3 800 contestants in 150 different countries in the ecomagination challenge . 7 in 2011 soladigm raised at least 40m in series c funding while receiving about 40m in loan from mississippi to build its first manufacturing plant there . 8 in june 2012 view announced that it had raised 55m in series d financing . 9 in january 2015 view raised another 75m . 10 in august 2015 forbes reported that view raised 150 million from the new zealand superfund corning madrone capital partners associated with the walton family together with several leading real estate players . view was valued at over 836 million in this latest round . the new money would be used to accelerate market expansion . view dynamic glass has been installed in more than 200 building structures across north america with an additional 100 underway in various commercial markets such as corporate offices healthcare government higher education and hospitality . 11 products edit the first switchable electrochromics window and skylight products from soladigm are projected to reach the market in the spring of 2012 . needs update 12 in january 2012 solar innovations inc. a custom manufacturer of commercial and residential folding stacking and sliding glass doors and windows glazed structures and skylights announced a new product offering with soladigm s switchable electrochromic glass . 12 in april 2012 crystalite inc. began to offer a new product soladigm dynamic glass to provide its customers with thermal comfort energy saving and architectural design freedom . 1 on may 10 2012 soladigm and guardian industries one of the world s largest glass product manufacturers announced a partnership to market and sell soladigm dynamic glass in the commercial buildings sector . 13 in december 2013 a forbes s article claimed that demands for view s products had been strong enough that view was sold out completely in 2013 and was working on fulfilling orders well into 2014 . 14 competitors edit view s main competitors include sage electrochromics in the us and econtrol glas in europe . saint gobain a french multinational corporation which has successfully commercialized switchable electrochromic sunroofs recently paid 80m to purchase a 50 % stake in sage electrochromics . 15 since 2010 applied materials started to explore electrochomic smart glass as a new business opportunity leveraging its expertise in thin film deposition and manufacturing technologies . 16 references edit a b soladigm glass crystalite inc . crystalite inc. 2011 02 21 . retrieved 2012 05 02 . pentland william 2012 04 18 . 12 energy projects to watch in 2012 . forbes . retrieved 2012 05 02 . 1 http www.viewglass.com press.php press http venturebeatprofiles.com company profile soladigm archived april 14 2010 at the wayback machine . sigma partners crunchbase profile . crunchbase.com . retrieved 2012 05 02 . baker david r. 2010 11 17 . general electric picks winning ideas . sfgate.com . retrieved 2012 05 02 . wang ucilia 2011 02 15 . soladigm closes 40m for its first smart window factory . reuters . retrieved 2012 05 02 . soladigm raises 55m in series d financing . business journal . 2012 06 25 . retrieved 2012 08 29 . smart window startup view is raising another 75m . gigaom . 2015 01 05 . retrieved 2015 01 09 . smart window maker view raises 150 million . forbes . 2015 08 13 . retrieved 2015 08 013 . check date values in access date help a b category sponsor january 17 2012 . solar innovations partners with soladigm to provide glazing systems with dynamic glass . glass magazine . retrieved 2012 05 02 . http www.sunherald.com 2012 05 10 3938898 guardian industries and soladigm.html permanent dead link noglows paul 2013 12 11 . how view is reinventing your windows . forbes . saint gobain to make 80 million strategic investment in sage to revolutionize building industry with mass produced affordable dynamic glass technology . business wire . 2010 11 10 . retrieved 2012 05 02 . what is electrochromic smart glass . the applied materials blog . 2010 12 13 . retrieved 2012 05 02 . external link in publisher help further reading edit dolan kerry a. july 30 2010 . smart window maker soladigm to manufacture in mississippi . forbes magazine . retrieved may 2 2012 . external link in publisher help dries bill july 30 2010 . olive branch lands soladigm 350 jobs . the daily news memphis tn . retrieved may 2 2012 . external link in publisher help lamonica martin december 13 2010 . soladigm lands cash for energy saving smart glass . cnet news . retrieved may 2 2012 . external link in publisher help sibley lisa march 19 2012 . soladigm raises 9.5 m . silicon valley san jose business journal . retrieved may 2 2012 . external link in publisher help external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title view inc. & oldid 730835007 categories 2006 establishments in californiacompanies based in milpitas californiacompanies established in 2006glassmaking companieshidden categories articles with wayback machine linkscs1 errors datesall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linkscs1 errors external linksarticles with a promotional tone from january 2015all 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