Powering access to brighter lives in Africa, Asia, and beyond
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 1001-5000
Total raised: $429M
Founded date: 2009
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Unreasonab... | unreasonab... |
| - | Apis Partn... | apis.pe |
| 17.07.2021 | HarbourVes... | harbourves... |
| - | Bamboo Cap... | bamboocp.c... |
| - | Eight Road... | eightroads... |
Funding Rounds 6
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 02.05.2022 | Series D | $260M | General At... |
| 30.09.2020 | - | $90M | - |
| 06.12.2017 | - | $60M | Apis Partn... |
| 01.03.2016 | - | $5M | - |
| 05.02.2015 | - | $10M | - |
| 18.04.2012 | - | $4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.04.2022 | Apis Growth Fund I Partially Exits Position in Sun King as Off-Grid Solar Energy Company Completes US$260 Million Series D Raise | London, 27th April 2022 – Apis Growth Fund I (“the Fund”), a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP (“Apis Partners”), a UK-based asset manager that supports growth stage financial services and financial infrastructure businesses,... |
| 27.04.2022 | Sun King Raises $260 Million, Led by General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero, to Expand Global Access to Affordable Solar Energy | The solar energy provider, formerly known as Greenlight Planet, plans to use the funds to rapidly and sustainably bring electricity access to more homes across Africa and Asia |
| 31.12.2020 | The top 12 VC funding rounds raised by Chicago startups in 2020 | Despite the economic challenges presented over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Chicago startups were still raising venture capital. While the year's total venture numbers are still being tallied, Inno wanted to bring you the to... |
| 01.10.2020 | Chicago startups raised $225M in September | This is our roundup of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the last month. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com. To get funding updates in your inbox each day, sign up for the... |
| 22.09.2020 | Greenlight Planet raises $90M to sell solar-powered electricity kits to sub-Saharan African countries | A solar startup with roots at the University of Illinois just raised $90 million to sell electricity kits to people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Greenlight Planet, the maker of Sun King solar-powered, pay-as-you-go electricity kits... |
| 24.01.2018 | Greenlight Planet gets $10-m PE funding | US solar firm to strengthen distribution in India and South-East Asia Solar energy products company Greenlight Planet has raised $10 million (around ₹60 crore) funding from private equity firms led by Fidelity Growth Partners India, the cou... |
| 06.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday December 6 | UNCENSORED Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop Today, we had Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Apple’s Tim Cook, Tencent’s Pony Ma, and Ford’s Bill Ford. You can find the full cover... |
| 06.12.2017 | Apis Partners, others invest $60 mn in cleantech startup Greenlight Planet | Green energy startup Greenlight Planet, which has operations in India and Africa, has raised $60 million (around Rs 387 crore) led by London-based private equity fund manager Apis Partners. Existing investors Eight Roads Ventures and Bamboo... |
| 06.12.2017 | Greenlight Planet Raises $60M in Debt and Equity Funding | Greenlight Planet Inc., a provider of off-grid solar products and solar financing for underserved populations around the world, raised $60m in debt and equity funding. The round was led by Apis Partners, with participation from Eight Roads ... |
| 18.11.2016 | 1 Nigerian Solar startup and 7 others from Africa get $4 million investment from USAID | Share this article: An investment of $4 million in eight solar startups that are revolutionizing household solar power across Africa has been announced by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The startups invested... |
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