SAN FRANCISCO/ LOS ANGELES, Jan 16- In the spring of last year, John Doerr received some bad news: Miasole, the solar-panel maker backed by his famed venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers, was on the verge of bankruptcy. If Miasole went under, it would be a dramatic collapse for a once-promising startup that in its heyday had been valued at $1 billion.
SAN FRANCISCO/ LOS ANGELES, Jan 16- In the spring of last year, John Doerr received some bad news: Miasole, the solar-panel maker backed by his famed venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers, was on the verge of bankruptcy. If Miasole went under, it would be a dramatic collapse for a once-promising startup that in its heyday had been valued at $1 billion.