Tech Company Financing Transactions

Off Grid Electric Funding Round

On 10/23/2015, Off Grid Electric landed $25 million in Series C funding from DBL Investors, Omidyar Network and Serious Change.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/23/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Proceeds Purpose
The funds will be used to enter its second African market, Rwanda, and to continue to scale up its partnership with the Tanzanian government to power 1 million homes by 2017.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Alternative Energy
Mailing Address
Plot no. 44 Block 3 Sekei-Faida St.
Arusha, CA 23100
Tanzania
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Our mission is to power the world with clean, transformative energy in the next decade. We've created a distributed solar model, known locally as M-POWER, to provide electricity to each and every household in the off-grid world.
Profile
Off Grid Electric LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Off Grid Electric Company Twitter Account
Company News
Off Grid Electric News
Facebook
Off Grid Electric on Facebook
YouTube
Off Grid Electric on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Xavier Helgesen
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Chief Financial Officer
Bill Lenihan
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Chief Information Officer
Thor Muller
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Chief Operating Officer
Erica Mackey
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Chief Technical Officer
Joshua Pierce
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