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We launched our first transaction in Nigeria with commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer Daystar Power, which will mitigate over 100,000 tons of CO2...

This week we made our first investment in Nigeria, part of a facility of up to $4m with commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer, Daystar Power. SunFu...

The commercial and industrial (C&I) solar industry is a growing opportunity that includes diverse market segments. One of our longest relationships in the se...

We are supporting d.light’s growth across Africa with a new $5m working capital loan.

In partnership with Shell New Energies, SunFunder convened a roundtable on 8 May in London on the financing needs for scaling up the solar energy access sect...

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with the IKEA Foundation. Last month we reached the first close of our $85m SET Fund, anchored by catalytic c...

We are joining CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), on a $15m multi-currency debt facility for PEG Africa, a leading solar home system ...

We are thrilled to announce the $42.5m first close of our new Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund with anchor investors the Overseas Private Investment Co...

We are expanding into new markets, with our first transaction in Mozambique with SolarWorks!, the country’s leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar home system an...

We are launching 2019 with the news that we closed a $9m receivables financing facility with Kampala-based off-grid solar company SolarNow. The new investmen...

SunFunder has started investing in the mini-grid sector. We have launched a new $1.2m facility with mini-grid developer PowerGen in Kenya. This is a key step...

SunFunder is happy to have the Beyond the Grid (“BTG”) Fund showcased in a case study published by the Global Impact Investing Network (“GIIN”) for its Clima...

We are delighted to announce that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has committed $25 million to the Solar Energy Transformation (“SET”) Fun...

SunFunder announced today the close of a $20 million debt financing facility with a values-aligned family office for ZOLA Electric (“ZOLA”), Africa’s leading...

We are delighted to announce new equity investment from Shell. The round also included existing investors Schneider Electric and Better Ventures, each of whi...

SunFunder has set up a $1.2 million facility for Questworks, a Kenyan firm focused on delivering its strong pipeline of commercial and industrial (C&I) solar...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ritesh Shah to our senior leadership team as SunFunder’s new Chief Financial Officer. Ritesh brings over 25 y...

Long-time SunFunder partner and leading off-grid solar company Greenlight Planet announced this week it had raised $60 million, which included our fourth loa...

We are pleased to announce that SunFunder has led an $8 million syndication for leading off-grid solar company PEG Africa in West Africa. SunFunder arranged ...

A key pathway for scale in our sector is through syndication – multiple lenders investing together. Today we are delighted to announce that SunFunder has arr...