Sunrun is the nation’s leading home solar company and invented solar power service, a way for homeowners to go solar without high upfront cost. Sunrun owns, insures, monitors and maintains the solar panels on a homeowner’s roof, while families pay a low rate energy and fix their electric costs for 20 years. Since Sunrun introduced solar power service in 2007, it has become the preferred way for consumers to go solar in the nation’s top solar markets. More than 34,000 homeowners in 10 states have chosen Sunrun, and the Company partners with over 30 leading local solar companies who together employ more than 3,000 workers. Sunrun has attracted enough capital to support the purchase of $1.5 billion in solar systems from investors including U.S. Bancorp and raised $145 million in venture capital from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Foundation Capital, and Madrone Capital Partners.

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
06/01/08 Series A 12M Foundation Capital Unknown
07/01/09 Series B 18M Accel Partners, Foundation Capital Unknown
12/01/09 Other 90M U.S. Bancorp Unknown
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People

Nat Kreamer (Board member)

Lynn Jurich (Board member)

Gregory Rochlin (SVP Generation Management)

Ed Fenster (Board member)

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