Yangon, December 20, 2021 - SolarHome, the pioneer in Pay-As-You- Go solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, opens the retail shop in Ayeyarwaddy region. The shop is the company’s first branch in the country. Direct sales and Pay As you Go (PAYG) are both available for our customers.

SolarHome collaborate with Agrosolar, which distributes high quality solar water pumps. These solar water pumps are cost- effective products for farmers because they eliminate fuel consumption. Customers can purchase a variety of high-quality solar lighting, TV products and water pumps at SolarHome’s showroom with two-year warranty.

Mr. Geert Jan ten Hoonte, CEO of SolarHome said “This is a new development for SolarHome, we will open more shops to provide better services to our customers. It will give us the opportunity to extend our product lines and add other services to cover more needs in the rural areas of Myanmar. SolarHome will add these product lines and services as agent or under our own brand. We feel that SolarHome can have a substantial impact in improving the lives of our customers in the rural and off the grid areas of Myanmar”

About SolarHome

SolarHome is the pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (“PAYG”) Solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia.  SolarHome installs the IFC-World Bank’s Lighting Global certified integrated solar energy and appliance units in customers’ homes, and offers radically affordable “rent-to-own” plans of energy service subscription. This dramatically lowers the barriers to adoption of solar technology by the bottom-of-pyramid clients. SolarHome is delivering a significant social impact in its addressable market of 27 million households across Southeast Asia living outside of the electric grid. Headquartered in Singapore, SolarHome presently operates in Myanmar. SolarHome current major shareholders are , Athem Asia. TRIREC, DPI and Insitor.

YANGON, DECEMBER 9, 2020 -- SolarHome, a pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar for off-grid households in Myanmar, today announced the closing of its Series A-2 Equity round.

The Series A-2 Round, led by TRIREC and Insitor Impact Asia Fund, brings in new investors Anthem Asia Myanmar SME Venture Fund, one of the leading institutional investment funds in Myanmar, as well as DPI Energy Ventures, one of the top renewables-focused investment funds in the Asia Pacific region.

SolarHome has shown strong operational performance and resiliency in 2020, navigating numerous COVID-19 waves and corresponding shutdowns in the country. Over the past six months, SolarHome has provided solar energy solutions to an additional 4,800 rural households.

Geert Jan Ten Hoonte, SolarHome’s CEO, said, “We are excited to welcome new investors Anthem Asia and DPI Energy Ventures to our investor group, and are grateful for the continued support of our previous investors TRIREC, Insitor, Great Noble, and FORUM, who also participated in this round.  The new capital serves as a strong validation to the correctness of our strategy, which has enabled us to bring operations closer to EBITDA breakeven since the beginning of this year despite a very challenging environment.  With the new financing, I am confident that we will be able to continue to scale SolarHome’s business and deliver impactful value to our customers, investors and partners as we enter the next stage of growth.”

Since its founding in 2017, SolarHome has achieved market leadership in Myanmar by launching an extensive product range addressing all segments of market demand.  The Company has also raised over US$8 million in debt and equity from leading impact and angel investors and served over 35,000 homes across Myanmar.  SolarHome’s social enterprise leadership has been recognised by CleanTech APAC’s 25 List of Most Innovative Companies, as well as E27’s Top 10 Social Impact Start-ups in Southeast Asia.

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Yangon, April 23, 2019 – SolarHome, the pioneer in Pay-As-You- Go solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, has announced that it has secured additional US$1 million equity funding from TRIREC as part of SolarHome’s series A round.  TRIREC is an investment holding company which focuses on renewable energy and clean technology projects.  In 2018 TRIREC was joined by Insitor Impact Asia, Beenext, and a group of Singaporean family offices investing US$4.2 million via a convertible note.  SolarHome subsequently raised an additional US$10 million debt financing from investors including the Japanese cross-border crowdfunding platform CrowdCredit.

SolarHome was launched in 2017 with seed funding by fintech venture builder FORUM of Singapore.  Since launching, SolarHome has expanded to 20 branches in 4 regions of Myanmar. SolarHome distributes solar lighting and solar television kits to off-grid households, while financing them through a rapidly affordable Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) model. 

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About SolarHome

SolarHome is the pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (“PAYG”) Solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia.  SolarHome installs the IFC-World Bank’s Lighting Global certified integrated solar energy and appliance units in customers’ homes, and offers radically affordable “rent-to-own” plans of energy service subscription. This dramatically lowers the barriers to adoption of solar technology by the bottom-of-pyramid clients. SolarHome is delivering a significant social impact in its addressable market of 27 million households across Southeast Asia living outside of the electric grid. Headquartered in Singapore, SolarHome presently operates in Myanmar. SolarHome was seeded and developed by FORUM, a leading fintech venture builder in Emerging Asia.

ABOUT TRIREC

TRIREC Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based investment holding company founded in 2015 focusing on global opportunities in the areas of renewable energy, clean technology and sustainability. TRIREC aims to identify suitable equity investment opportunities in early and growth stage companies which can potentially provide significant long-term upside return performance. The team also evaluates infrastructure investment projects that can provide consistent cash flows to its investors. The full spectrum of TRIREC’s investment mandate allows it to support its portfolio partners from early stage development to capital market phase and provides a balanced approach for TRIREC’s investment returns. Achieving long term sustainable and positive impact to our environment while being able to leave behind a better place for our next generation is imperative to our core values.

Yangon, April 23, 2019 – SolarHome, the pioneer in Pay-As-You- Go solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, has announced that it has secured additional US$1 million equity funding from TRIREC as part of SolarHome’s series A round.  TRIREC is an investment holding company which focuses on renewable energy and clean technology projects.  In 2018 TRIREC was joined by Insitor Impact Asia, Beenext, and a group of Singaporean family offices investing US$4.2 million via a convertible note.  SolarHome subsequently raised an additional US$10 million debt financing from investors including the Japanese cross-border crowdfunding platform CrowdCredit.

SolarHome was launched in 2017 with seed funding by fintech venture builder FORUM of Singapore.  Since launching, SolarHome has expanded to 20 branches in 4 regions of Myanmar, with a customer base of over 30,000 customers.  SolarHome distributes solar lighting and solar television kits to off-grid households, while financing them through a rapidly affordable Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) model.  SolarHome aims to reach up to 100,000 home installations by the end of 2019.

SINGAPORE, MARCH 19, 2019 -- SolarHome, a pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, today announced the appointment of Greg Krasnov, SolarHome’s chairman and founder, as chief executive officer (CEO) and Geert-Jan ten Hoonte as president and chief operating officer (COO). Greg will assume his new role as CEO on March 18. Geert will come onboard as president and COO on April 1. 

Greg Krasnov is the founder and chairman of SolarHome, and also concurrently the CEO of FORUM, the venturebuilder behind SolarHome’s success. Greg has also been the chairman of the board of SolarHome since its inception. Greg brings to his new role over 20 years of international experience in consumer finance and early-stage investing across over 50 countries. His track record includes founding, building, and successfully exiting a major retail bank in Eastern Europe, backed by international private equity investors. 

Geert-Jan ten Hoonte, joining as president and COO, has been a senior adviser, board member and angel investor in SolarHome since its inception. Geert’s distinguished career spans over 30 years of senior experience in the retail and consumer finance sectors, most of it in the emerging markets. This includes 20 years internationally with the Ahold retail group, as well as most recently as CEO of major Asian consumer lenders Home Credit Vietnam and EasyCredit Vietnam. His deep, hands-on operational retail and consumer finance expertise will be key to driving SolarHome’s growth into its next phase. 

Greg and Geert succeed Ted Martynov who will continue to support SolarHome as a senior adviser. Ted Martynov said, “Greg and Geert are consumer finance and retail veterans. They have been deeply involved in the business from the start, bringing a depth of strategic vision and understanding of SolarHome and the complexities of delivering energy and financial access in a country with significant infrastructural challenges. I am confident that they have absolutely the right skillset to take SolarHome to the next level of growth and I look forward to continuing to work with the both of them on an advisory level.”

Greg Krasnov, SolarHome’s new CEO, said, “Ted has helped shape SolarHome to what it is today and we thank him for the leadership and dynamism he has brought to the company in the last two years. We wish him all the best as he moves to pursue personal entrepreneurial interests. As SolarHome moves into a new phase of growth with a focus on profitability and operational excellence, we are confident that the strong combination of retail and consumer finance experience that Geert and I bring will be a significant value-add to the executive team, and will enable the appropriate focus on operational excellence and sustainable profitable growth.”

“I am excited to be joining SolarHome as COO after having been closely involved in the business since day one. I have always believed in our strategy and huge market potential as an organisation, and I am confident we will be able to continue to scale SolarHome’s business and deliver impactful value to our customers, investors and partners as we enter the next stage of growth,” said Geert-Jan ten Hoonte, new COO of SolarHome. 

Since its founding in 2017, SolarHome has achieved market leadership in Myanmar, launched an extensive product range addressing all segments of market demand, raised over US$5 million in equity from some of Southeast Asia’s leading impact VCs and angel investors, and built a team of over 400 employees serving over 30,000 homes across 20 hubs in Myanmar. In 2018, SolarHome was recognised by CleanTech APAC’s 25 List of Most Innovative Companies across the region, as well as E27’s Top 10 Social Impact Start-ups in Southeast Asia 2018. 

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About SolarHome

SolarHome is the pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (“PAYG”) Solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia.  SolarHome installs the IFC-World Bank’s Lighting Global certified integrated solar energy and appliance units in customers’ homes and offers radically affordable “rent-to-own” plans of energy service subscription. This dramatically lowers the barriers to adoption of solar technology by the bottom-of-pyramid clients. SolarHome is delivering a significant social impact in its addressable market of 27 million households across Southeast Asia living outside of the electric grid. Headquartered in Singapore, SolarHome presently operates in Myanmar. SolarHome was seeded and developed by FORUM, the leading fintech venture builder in Emerging Asia.
 

 About FORUM 

FORUM the largest fintech venture builder in the Asian emerging markets.  FORUM identifies unique opportunities and builds market-leading fintech companies with seasoned CEOs/co-founders. FORUM’s deep expertise in retail financial services enables a hands-on approach, providing its ventures not only seed capital but also ideation, strategic & financial planning, fundraising, recruitment, and communications.  FORUM and its companies currently provide employment to over 800 people and serve more than 8 million B2C and 70 B2B clients across 18 countries.  Founded in 2015, FORUM is headquartered in Singapore.

SINGAPORE, December 5, 2018 -- SolarHome, a pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go  solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, has raised US$10 million in debt financing from a consortium of international investors, including Crowdcredit, a cross-border crowdfunding platform based in Japan, and Trine, a Sweden-based crowdfunding platform for off-grid solar. The investment follows on the US$4.2 million in convertible note funding raised in 2018 from international investors, including Trirec,  Insitor Impact Asia, Beenext, and a group of Singapore-based family offices.

The new funds will enable SolarHome, which has already installed close to 28,000 solar home systems, to accelerate expansion across Myanmar. Through this expansion, the company aims to reach 100,000 homes with its product packages that include budget, basic and premium solar system bundles for lighting and phone charging purposes, as well as TV bundles.

Ted Martynov, chief executive officer and co-founder of SolarHome, said, “Accessing debt finance on such a scale at this stage in our development has significantly outperformed our expectations. We believe this is a testament to the strength of our professional team, and the relentless focus on operational quality that we bring to the PAYG space in Southeast Asia.  The new funding will enable us to accelerate our growth in 2019 and bring clean energy to hundreds of thousands of off-grid households in Myanmar.”  

This additional funding represents another important step in the ongoing growth story of SolarHome.  The company was founded by FORUM, the Singapore-based largest fintech venture builder in Emerging Asia. SolarHome was recently recognised in CleanTech’s APAC 25 list alongside such regional innovation leaders as Grab, Didi, and Gogoro.

The company has added three new premium products in the last quarter. This product expansion is in line with the company’s aim to impact the overall livelihoods and financial inclusion of those living off-grid in rural Myanmar. SolarHome goes beyond just meeting the customer’s energy needs, but also helps them establish  credit histories essential to ultimately accessing financial services and rising up the socio-economic ladder.

Since launching in 2017, SolarHome has established itself as the market leader in PAYG solar systems in Myanmar, installing new systems at a rate of approximately 3,000 units each month. 

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About SolarHome

SolarHome is the pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (“PAYG”) Solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia.  SolarHome installs the IFC-World Bank’s Lighting Global certified integrated solar energy and appliance units in customers’ homes and offers radically affordable “rent-to-own” plans of energy service subscription. This dramatically lowers the barriers to adoption of solar technology by the bottom-of-pyramid clients. SolarHome is delivering a significant social impact in its addressable market of 27 million households across Southeast Asia living outside of the electric grid. Headquartered in Singapore, SolarHome presently operates in Myanmar. SolarHome was seeded and developed by FORUM, the leading fintech venture builder in Emerging Asia.

About FORUM

FORUM the largest fintech venture builder in the Asian emerging markets.  FORUM identifies unique opportunities and builds market-leading fintech companies with seasoned CEOs/co-founders. FORUM’s deep expertise in retail financial services enables a hands-on approach, providing its ventures not only seed capital but also ideation, strategic & financial planning, fundraising, recruitment, and communications.  FORUM and its companies currently provide employment to close to 700 people and serve more than 6.3 million B2C and 70 B2B clients across 18 countries.  Founded in 2015, FORUM is headquartered in Singapore