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Solar Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the solar sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 630 recently funded solar companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
630
Total Funding
$1.1B
Avg Funding
$42.4M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Solar

Brooklyn
Madrid
London
Louisville
Baltimore
Viljandi

Recently Funded Companies

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Brooklyn, United States

Plankton Energy develops commercial solar projects that help businesses lower power costs and adopt on-site clean electricity.

Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

Energy Solar Tech is a solar energy technology company.

$919K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Neptune Energy is an oil and gas exploration and production company.

$4.2M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Louisville, United States

SoFab develops and manufactures nanoparticle materials for perovskite solar cells.

$6.0M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system.

$134.9M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Baltimore, United States

Solar4Us is an energy company, which aids the low income households to reduce the energy burden and convert it into clean energy.

$370K raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Viljandi, Estonia

Solarstone develops and produces building-integrated PV (BIPV) solutions that promote sustainable building principles

$10.2M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

The best solar companies are Popular Powered | B2B SaaS empowering solar companies with actionable data & insights.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

PV Lighthouse operates as an online resource for photovoltaic scientists and engineers.

$1.3M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

Release creates scalable solar power plants and battery storage, finances for installation, and rents out the machinery.

$55.0M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Latimer Controls provides an embedded control software solution for power controls.

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Pittsburgh, United States

Beyond Reach Labs™ develops deployable solar arrays and space structures to deliver power for orbital and lunar missions.

$10.0M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Kitchener, Canada

NxLite earnestly address one of the building industry's major challenges: considerable energy loss via the building envelope.

$3.9M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Cleantech Solar is a pan-Asia solar developer who invests, owns and operates solar PV plants.

$140.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Cero Generation is a solar energy company that develops solar energy and energy storage solutions.

$267.9M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Iver, United Kingdom

GridServe is a renewable Energy for critical power infrastructure applications.

$133.9M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fulda, Germany

Giga.Green plans and organizes the construction of powerful and certified photovoltaic systems.

$35.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago Park, United States

548 Enterprise develops sustainable affordable housing and community solar projects and manages related capital and energy platforms.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

HPS designs and manufactures integrated solar energy storage and usage systems for single and two-family homes.

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

Rocasol provides a digital platform for solar panel installation, financing, and system monitoring.

$500K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

AI qualified sales & marketing automation for real estate, solar and energy providers

$250K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Markham, Canada

TROES is a Canadian company to develop smart power energy storage technologies, products and solutions.

Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Sunlight Financial is a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale financing company.

$250.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chappaqua, United States

American Solar Repair specializes in residential solar removal, reinstallation and repair.

$1.6M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hellerup, Denmark

STACs Technology zero-emissions cooling solutions upcycle the District Energy industry's services and reach

$3.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Showing 101 to 125 of 630 companies

About the Solar Startup Ecosystem

The solar sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Solar

Solar companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The solar sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Solar Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 630 solar companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$42.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.1B
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Solar

1.London
3 companies$407.0M
2.Bogotá
2 companies$1.6M
3.Denver
2 companies$250K
4.Brooklyn
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Madrid
1 companies$919K

Related Industries

Companies in the solar sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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