Sun King (Greenlight Planet)
Social business that designs, distributes, and finances solar home energy
- Market
- Kenya
- Sector
- Energy & Water
- Founded
- 2007
https://www.greenlightplanet.com/
Founders
- Patrick Walsh [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tpatrickwalsh], Anish Thakkar [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunkinganish?originalSubdomain=dk], Mayank Sekhsaria [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayanksekhsaria/]
Funding history
Dec 2025 · Venture Round
$40M
Jul 2025 · Debt
$156M
KCB Bank Group, Absa Bank Kenya, FMO, Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Norfund, British International Investment (ex CDC)
Nov 2024 · Debt
$80M
Jan 2024 · Debt
$7M
May 2023 · Debt
$150M
British International Investment (ex CDC), Stanbic Bank Kenya
Dec 2022 · Venture Round
$70M
Dec 2022 · Debt
$10M
Apr 2022 · Series D
$260M
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners, General Atlantic, M&G, BeyondNetZero
Oct 2021 · Debt
$75M
Standard Bank, Norfund, British International Investment (ex CDC), Citigroup
Sep 2020 · Series E
$69M
Jim Breyer, Novartis Venture Fund, Dompe Holdings, British International Investment (ex CDC), Daniel Vasella, JAM Fund