Sun King designs, distributes, and finances solar home energy for the 1.8 billion people without reliable electricity. We are the leading solar provider for off-grid homes in Africa and Asia, with over 100 million customers in more than 60 countries.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi County, Nairobi
Employees: 1001-5000
Total raised: $347M
Founded date: 2009
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 08.01.2023 | Unreasonab... | unreasonab... |
| 09.02.2023 | British In... | bii.co.uk |
| - | Eight Road... | eightroads... |
| - | BeyondNetZ... | beyond-net... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.12.2022 | Series D | $70M | - |
| 08.08.2022 | - | $17M | - |
| 20.05.2022 | Series D | $260M | - |
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| 15.12.2022 | Sun King Raises Additional $70M; Expands Series D to $330M | Sun King, a provider of solar energy products for off-grid homes in Africa and Asia, raised addition... | finsmes.co... |
| 28.04.2022 | Sun King to expand sustainable energy access in Africa and A... | Off-grid solar specialist Sun King has raised US$260 million in a Series D funding round aimed to ex... | pv-tech.or... |
| 28.04.2022 | Has Elon Musk already broken his merger agreement with Twitt... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 27.04.2022 | Sun King raises $260M to widen clean energy access in Africa... | One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King, has raised $260 million in series D... | techcrunch... |
| 27.04.2022 | Sun King Raises $260M in Series D Funding | Sun King, a Nirobi, Kenya-based provider of solar energy products for off-grid homes in Africa and A... | finsmes.co... |
| - | Four charts that show African tech’s solid 2022 | Leo Komminoth January 9th 2023 • Africa • Trade & Investment The struggling global economy has a... | african.bu... |