Trine Raises €6M in Series A Funding
Summary
Trine, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based crowd-investment platform for profitable solar energy projects, raised €6m in Series A funding.Founded in 2015 by Sam Manaberi, CEO, Trine is a fintech startup that operates a platform dedicated to crowd-financing solar energy projects across rural areas of Africa.To date, it has already catalyzed more than €1m crowd-investments for thirteen off-grid projects in six Sub-Saharan countries, empowering over 120,000 people to escape energy poverty.The company’s team also includes Andreas Lehner (COO), Christian Genne (CTO), Christoffer Falsén (CFO), Hanna Lindquist (Communications & Customer Growth Manager), John Sandberg (Corporate Partnerships & Project Analyst), Niclas Sahlin (Front End-developer), Jennie Lindell (Web Designer), Jon Warghed (Data Scientist), and Matthew McShane (Regional Manager for East Africa).It is also backed by a significant advisory panel, including Palle Stenberg (Nudie Jeans), Lena Apler (Collector Bank), Niklas Adalberth (Klarna), and Lars Jacobsson (The Perfect World Foundation).