It appears that the two major investors in Solyndra were a foundation backed by a Democratic contributor (and which is structured so that he has no access to any profits made by the foundation's investments) and the Walton (Walmart) family, which mostly contributes to the GOP and entities further to the right. The loan that was guaranteed by the DOE program was about 1/3 of the total capitalization, most of which came from private investors who were also left holding an even bigger bag than the feds.