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March 6, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Pristine Sun and Solar Mosaic, Inc have executed several agreements to close on post-construction permanent loans on the first phase of a portfolio build-out of solar PV farms in California over the next nine months.  Power from the six projects, totaling nearly 6 MW of… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Solar loan provider Mosaic announced on Wednesday it has appointed Amir Friedman as Vice President of Bank Partnerships. The lender revealed that in this newly created role, Friedman is set to oversee its whole loan sale program with banks, insurance companies, credit unions, and other financial institutions. Friedman… Read More

April 27, 2016 @ 10:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, a renewable energy project funding platform, has raised a sizeable $200 million warehouse facility according to a report in Reuters.  The funding was provided by Germany’s DZ Bank and New York state’s NY Green Bank. Mosaic was an early darling of the investment crowdfunding sector… Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Open Energy is now offering “fast and direct” lending for your solar project. The new marketplace lending platform is matching institutional / accredited investors with renewable energy projects in the form of debt between $500,000 and $10 million.  The site draws a direct comparison between… Read More

February 15, 2015 @ 7:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Uvest Solar, a “mission driven” solar energy crowdfunding startups, is taking pace in Google for Entrepreneurs program Startup Next.  Later this month Richmond, VA based founder Blue Crump will share his concept alongside 14 other young companies at the AT&T Palo Alto Foundry. The one… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Hong Kong could shine along the lines of the U.S. and London as a solar finance hub, if it weren’t for the city’s financial laws, writes Bryane Michael, senior fellow at the University of Hong Kong law faculty’s Asian Institute for International Financial Law,… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In a bit of a coup, solar energy peer to peer financing platform Mosaic has announced that Lisa Gansky will be joining its board of directors. Lisa is a noted entrepreneur and author of the book Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing which… Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 6:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Bruce Ledesma has been named Mosaic’s Chief Operating Officer. Solar peer to peer lending platform Moscaic, has named Bruce Ledesma as their new Chief Operating Officer and will aid in scaling operations for the leading renewableenergy funding platform. Ledesma previously worked as the Executive Vice… Read More

June 15, 2014 @ 9:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Government, under the aegis of the Obama administration, has formally launched Power Africa to increase energy access to those in need in sub-Saharan Africa.  SunFunder is one of the founding partners of the initiative and joins an august group that includes another solar crowdfunding platform… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

$1 Million Powerful Answers Award from Verizon Will Be Used to Develop Mobile App & Expand Internationally for the Solar Energy Crowdfunding Platform.  Solar crowdfunding trail-blazer Mosaic had a big day today as they were anointed with the top prize for sustainability at the 2014 International Consumer… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to introduce a new order of things.Political observer, ca. 1500 A.D. The crowdfunding narrative has been dominated by tech startups, manufacturing projects, philanthropic projects, music, film,… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 3:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Launched in 2011, Abundance Generation wants to revolutionize the way people invest in renewable energy.  They want to make it easy to share in the benefits of clean energy production by way of “Democratic Finance”.  In 2011 after a 14 month marathon, the platform received… Read More

May 20, 2013 @ 9:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Energy crowdfunding platform Mosaic ask for help with their panel idea for SXSW.  From a post on their crowdfunding platform: Familiar with South by Southwest (SXSW) Eco? It’s an event that challenges professionals to create actionable and profitable solutions that address issues in areas such… Read More

December 22, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Mosaic  |  

Empowering the 75% through co-ops Evan Wynns founded the San Francisco Energy Cooperative in 2011 with the 75% in mind. He began with the question of why we don’t have more green energy in the United States: “It’s frustrating because we have this technology which can take… Read More

December 17, 2012 @ 4:17 pm By Fast Coexist  |  

It’s hard to come across cheery cleantech news these days. But Mosaic, a Bay Area startup that’s merging one of the most popular trends out there–crowdfunding–with solar and the promise of making some money, should provide some cause for celebration. We first wrote about Mosaic in the… Read More

April 10, 2017 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LoanHero, a retail fintech and loan origination platform for automated lending to consumers at the point of need, announced on Monday it appointed Zalman Vitenson, Olaf Janke, and Mikel Sides, to its executive management team. Vitenson is now the company’s CEO, Janke is the new CFO, and Sides is… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 1:23 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Solar roofing can be difficult if you can’t install solar panels on your roof. But a new start-up, Yeloha Inc., allows consumers to be “solar sharers,” with or without a roof. The company recently launched its service with limited availability in Massachusetts this week,… Read More

August 30, 2013 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The 24th Annual SRI Conference will be looking at crowdfunding this year.  Specifically clean tech investing with a panel by Dan Adler, of the Clean Energy Angel Fund and Dan Rosen, CEO of energy crowfunding site Solar Mosaic. The event will be held October 28-30… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerIQ, a deep data platform that bridges lenders and the capital markets, periodically publishes a report that provides a unique view into the alternative lending sector. The company is out with their Q3 report that delivers a point in history perspective on online lending. Ram Ahluwalia,… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC has published a report on venture capital indicating that $10.6 went into early stage companies during the 3rd quarter of 2016. The MoneyTree Report, based on data provided by ThomsonReuters, showed that venture capital declined by 36% in total number of deals and by… Read More