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Solarworks!

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SolarWorks! is the leading pay-as-you-go energy provider to off-grid homes in Mozambique.

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Total raised
$4.4M
disclosed
Last round
$2M
Debt Financing
Rounds
2
since 2016
Investors
3
on record
Employees
201-500

About Solarworks!

SolarWorks! is the leading pay-as-you-go energy provider to off-grid homes in Mozambique. To date the company has connected well over 15,000 homes in Mozambique to affordable, safe and clean energy. Its predominantly low-income customer base is accessing lighting, phone charging, radio and TV on monthly mobile money payment plans that are less than the typical cost of kerosene. 95% of the company’s employees are from the countries it operates in and gender balance is a strategic compnoent of its HR strategy. SolarWorks! has been operating in the market since 2008 and is a Dutch based company with offices in the Netherlands, South Africa and Mozambique. SolarWorks! has developed one of the most advanced markets in the range of solar products with full and complete focus on customers who do not have access to energy and low income. Our products were the first to be certified by "Lighting Global". It is the World Bank Group's platform to support the sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market (off the grid). In Mozambique, SolarWorks! offers a full range of solutions starting with a solar flashlight with phone charging capability - the Powerball Solar (which allows you to light and charge mobile phones), the theft-proof and motion-sensing Rooflight, and more recent update of the Solar Home System (Solar Power System). Light your home, your garden, your life, in an accessible way.

Solarworks! funding2 rounds

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Solarworks! has raised $4.4M across 2 disclosed rounds. The latest is a $2M Debt Financing announced 17 Jan 2019, led by SunFunder.

Capital growthrunning total of disclosed rounds
  1. $2.4MVentureVenture, $2.4M, $2.4M raised to date
  2. $2MDebt FinancingDebt Financing, $2M, $4.4M raised to date

SLA Funding Index · grey is capital raised before each round

AnnouncedRoundLead · investorsAmount
17 Jan 2019Solarworks! Debt FinancingSunFunder$2M
01 Oct 2018Solarworks! VentureEDP Renewables +1$2.4M

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Frequently asked about Solarworks!

Where is Solarworks! based and when was it founded?
Solarworks! is headquartered in Maputo, Mozambique and was founded in 2016.
Who founded Solarworks!?
Solarworks! was founded by Arnoud de Vroomen (CEO and co-founder) and Bernard Hulshof (Co-founder).
Who is the CEO of Solarworks!?
Arnoud de Vroomen is Solarworks!'s CEO and co-founder.
How much funding has Solarworks! raised?
Solarworks! has raised $4.4M across 2 disclosed rounds. Its latest, a $2M Debt Financing, was announced on Jan 17, 2019.
Who has invested in Solarworks!?
Backers include SunFunder, EDP Renewables and Persistent Energy Partners.
What sector is Solarworks! in?
Solarworks! operates in Energy, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy.