Fisker Gets New Funding; Total Investment Reaches $876 Million

Fisker Automotive Inc., a California maker of plug-in hybrid sports cars, received about $110 million in financing, boosting the company’s total private investment to $876 million.
The company disclosed the investment today in a filing that didn’t identify the investors. It said in December it had received $133 million as part of the same financing round.
Fisker, based in Anaheim, California, is backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Palo Alto Investors LLC and the lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (AONE)
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