Bringing off-grid Solar to Emerging Markets
SunFunder
Sameer Halai
Chief Design Officer
@sameerhalai
@sunfunder
#sunfunder
#WIADseattle
#WIADsea15
The Off-grid Solar Market
How SunFunder Works
Business Strategy
Risk Mitigation
Storytelling
2.5B
with
insufficient
ELECTRICITY
600M
with cellphones
NO CHARGING
THE POOREST FIFTH OF THE WORLD PAY ONE-FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S LIGHTING
BILL — BUT RECEIVES ONLY .1 PERCENT OF THE LIGHTING BENEFITS
DIESEL & KEROSENE DOMINATE
ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE DIE OF INDOOR KEROSENE POLLUTION EVERY YEAR, IN ADDITION TO
THOSE WHO DIE FROM BURNS IN FIRES
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
BARRIERS TO INFORMATION ACCESS
BARRIERS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY
BARRIERS TO COMMERCE
BARRIERS TO EDUCATION
CELL-PHONES ARE EVERYTHING
CELL-PHONES ARE EVERYTHING
KEROSENE COSTS 25 PERCENT OF A FAMILY’S INCOME.
$2-$10 A MONTH — $36 BILLION A YEAR
CELL PHONE CHARGING COSTS $2-$6 A MONTH (10-20% of income)
IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSABLE COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL DIESEL IS $50B
BETTER: BRIGHTER
10 lumens100 lumens
BETTER: CHEAPER
BETTER: RELIABLE
BETTER: LIFE CHANGING
BARRIER: CAPITAL INTENSIVE
BARRIER: PAYBACK TIME 1yr to 3yrs
BARRIER: TOO RISKY FOR BANKS
BARRIER: HARD TO SCALE WITH MICROFINANCE ALONE
The Off-grid Solar Market
How SunFunder Works
Strategy
Risk Mitigation
Storytelling
TRENDS: ENERGY DEMANDS ARE INCREASING
TREND: HUGE UNMET CAPITAL NEEDS
TREND: SOLAR ENERGY IS GETTING CHEAPER
economics are compelling
moral urgency is profound
the development benefits are enormous
potential leverage is game changing
CARL POPE, YALE
Fundraising & Lending
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID
COMPANIES
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
(Example)
ANGEL
INVESTORS /
HNIs
IMPACT
INVESTORS /
FAMILY FUNDS /
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT /
DFIs
CAPITAL MKTs /
PENSION FUNDS /
ENDOWMENTS
CROWDFUNDING
Investors
Borrowers
Equity Debt
Solar Empowerment Fund
Grants
Investors
Distributors/ Suppliers Installers/
PAYG
Customers
Microgrids/
Commercial
In Progress
In Progress
Experienced, Passionate Team
Ryan Levinson
Founder & CEO
Audrey Desiderato
Co-Founder & COO
Sameer Halai
Co-Founder & Chief
Design Officer
Alycia Kellman
Chief Counsel & Head
of Debt Funds
Andrea Griffin
VP, Portfolio
Cindy Nawilis
Director, Investor
Relations &
Operations
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I
A Baraka Megiroo
Financial Analyst
Joshua Kabugo
Credit Associate
Abbas Mohamed
Credit Committee
Gabriel Williams
Lead Developer
DISTRIBUTORS
$33,000 loan
6 month tenor
300 solar systems financed
1,500 lives impacted
$58,500 in energy cost savings/yr
96,600 kg CO2 avoided/yr
$200,000 loan
24 month tenor
340 systems financed
3,111 lives impacted
$78,880 in energy cost savings/yr
54,340 kg CO2 avoided/yr
INSTALLERS
MICRO-GRID
COMPANIES
$30,000 loan
36 month tenor
50 microgrids financed
6,250 lives impacted
$27,932 in energy cost savings/yr
169,000 kg CO2 avoided/yr
COMMERCIAL
(example)
$660,000 loan
24 month tenor
30 10-kWh systems financed
300 lives impacted
$72,825 in energy cost savings/yr
42,600 kg CO2 avoided/yr
SUPPLIER
$100,000 loan
1-year tenor
6,000 solar lights financed
30,000 lives impacted
$12,000 in energy cost savings/yr
7,500 kg CO2 avoided/yr
$12.5m lending portfolio by 2015 Q4
$20m
$18m
$16m
$14m
$12m
$10m
$8m
$6m
$4m
$2m
$0m Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
$50k funded
$0.5m Solar
Notes I Closed
$0.5m Angel
Round Closed
$12.5m
funded
$2m Series A
Closed
$1.2m Solar
Notes II Closed
$20m
funded,
profitable
The Off-grid Solar Market
How SunFunder Works
Strategy
Risk Mitigation
Storytelling
Customer Segments
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID
COMPANIES
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
2013
$360k
(example)
Customer Segments
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID
COMPANIES
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.4m
(example)
Customer Segments
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID
COMPANIES
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.4m
2015
$12.5m
(example)
Customer Segments
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID & COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.4m
2015
$12.5m
(example)
Customer Segments
DISTRIBUTORS INSTALLERS MICRO-GRID & COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
2017
$50m
2013
$360k
2014
$1.4m
2015
$12.5m
(example)
Investor Segments
UNACCREDITED
INVESTORS
(crowdfunding)
ANGEL
INVESTORS /
HNIs
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
GROUPS /
FAMILY FUNDS /
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT /
DFIs
CAPITAL MKTs /
PENSION FUNDS /
ENDOWMENTS /
SOVEREIGN
WEALTH FUNDS
2013
$360k
Investor Segments
UNACCREDITED
INVESTORS
(crowdfunding)
ANGEL
INVESTORS /
HNIs
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
GROUPS /
FAMILY FUNDS /
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT /
DFIs
CAPITAL MKTs /
PENSION FUNDS /
ENDOWMENTS /
SOVEREIGN
WEALTH FUNDS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.5m
Investor Segments
UNACCREDITED
INVESTORS
(crowdfunding)
ANGEL
INVESTORS /
HNIs
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
GROUPS /
FAMILY FUNDS /
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT /
DFIs
CAPITAL MKTs /
PENSION FUNDS /
ENDOWMENTS /
SOVEREIGN
WEALTH FUNDS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.5m
2015
$15m
Investor Segments
UNACCREDITED
INVESTORS
(crowdfunding)
ANGEL
INVESTORS /
HNIs
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
GROUPS /
FAMILY FUNDS /
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT /
DFIs
CAPITAL MKTs /
PENSION FUNDS /
ENDOWMENTS /
SOVEREIGN
WEALTH FUNDS
2013
$360k
2014
$1.5m
2015
$15m
2017
$100m
:(
Geographies
KENYA
2013
TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ASIA
Geographies
2013
2014
KENYA TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ASIA
Geographies
2013
2014
2015
KENYA TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ASIA
Geographies
2013
2014
2015
2017
KENYA TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ASIA
Financing Types
Inventory
2013
Term Construction Project
Financing Types
Inventory
2013
2014
Term Construction Project
Financing Types
Inventory
2013
2014
2015
Term Construction Project
Financing Types
Inventory
2013
2014
2015
2017
Term Construction Project
The Off-grid Solar Market
How SunFunder Works
Strategy
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Solar Empowerment Fund
?% ?yr
DEBT
$?M
SunFunder
Solar Empowerment Fund
?% ?yr
SENIOR DEBT
(protected by
first loss layer)
?% ?yr
JUNIOR DEBT
$?M
?% ?yr
SENIOR DEBT
(protected by
first loss layer)
?% ?yr
JUNIOR DEBT
$?M
?% ?yr
DEBT
$?M
SunFunder
Solar Empowerment Fund
?% ?yr
SENIOR DEBT
(protected by
first loss layer)
?% ?yr
JUNIOR DEBT
$?M
?% ?yr
SENIOR DEBT
(protected by
first loss layer)
?% ?yr
JUNIOR DEBT
$?M
?% ?yr
DEBT
$?M
?% ?yr
SENIOR DEBT
?% ?yr
JUNIOR DEBT
$?M
SunFunder
?% ?yr
DEBT
$?M
SUNFUNDER TOTAL PORTFOLIO FY12-To Date
$1.75M total
across 15 customers and 39 solar project loans
Installer
$??
35.22% of portfolio
$??
avg loan size
??%
avg interest rate
C&I
$??
0% of portfolio
$??
avg loan size
??%
avg interest rate
Supplier
$??
14.1% of portfolio
$??
avg loan size
??%
avg interest rate
Distributors
$??
49% of portfolio
$??
avg loan size
??%
avg interest rate
Micro-Grid
$??
1.7% of portfolio
$??
avg loan size
??%
avg interest rate
Kenya
$??
42.4% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest
rate
Tanzania
$??
19.8% of portfolio
$??avg loan size
??% avg interest
rate
Uganda
$??
33.2% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest
rate
Asia
$??
1.9% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest
rate
Inventory
$?? 57.7% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest rate
Construction
$?? 0% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest rate
Term
$?? 42.27% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest rate
DIVERSIFICATION
15 customers
5 customer segments
5 geographies
3 loan products
Zambia
$??
2.7% of portfolio
$?? avg loan size
??% avg interest
rate
IMPACT
228k ppl impacted
3.3M kg CO2 avoided annually
$2.8M Energy cost savings annually
12
Active
Customers
12.4
Avg Loan
Term (mo.)
0%
Portfolio At
Risk - 14 days
0%
Portfolio At
Risk - 30 days
0%
Portfolio Watch
List
$1.3m
Outstanding
Balance
PORTFOLIO AT RISK
OVERVIEW
The Off-grid Solar Market
How SunFunder Works
Strategy
Risk Mitigation
Storytelling
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Sameer Halai
Chief Design Officer
@sameerhalai
@sunfunder
#sunfunder
#WIADseattle
#WIADsea15
SunFunder
Bringing off-grid Solar to Emerging Markets

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