Tech Company Financing Transactions

Sungevity Funding Round

Sungevity closed a $70 million funding round on 4/8/2014. Backers included Jetstream Ventures, E.ON SE and GE Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/8/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$70,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Jetstream Ventures (Lead Investor) (Joel Dobberpuhl)

E.ON SE

GE Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
Sungevity will use the funds to extend its technology platform to service customers in the growing list of grid parity markets around the world.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Alternative Energy
Mailing Address
66 Franklin St. 310
Oakland, CA 94607
USA
Email Address
Overview
Sungevity is a solar sales company, with a mission to take solar to the mainstream market. Our company has a strong team that brings together successful start-up experience, environmental leadership and solar industry knowledge. Sungevity has designed and launched a unique online sales process to make it easy and affordable for homeowners to go solar.
Profile
Sungevity LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Sungevity Company Twitter Account
Company News
Sungevity News
Facebook
Sungevity on Facebook
YouTube
Sungevity on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Birch
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Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Duisman
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Chief Technical Officer
Steve Atherton
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Co-Founder
Alec Guettel
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Founder
Danny Kennedy
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VP - Human Resources
Susan Hollingshead
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VP - Product Management
Peter Graf
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VP - Sales
Shawn Yerkes
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