SolarMente
Summer 2021 · Inactive
Home electrification at $0 upfront cost
Location: Barcelona, Spain, ES
Founded: 2021
Team size: 65
About
SolarMente helps homeowners in Southern Europe install solar, storage, and heat pumps with zero upfront cost, allowing them to pay through predictable monthly savings.
Based in Barcelona, we’ve raised $5M from YC, Climate Capital, Soma Capital, Plug & Play, Leonardo DiCaprio, and others.
Founders
Victor GardrinierFounder
HEC Mtl (Financial Engineering), Stanford (CS & Entrepreneurship); Front Row Ventures (focus on space/satellites); intern at Microsoft (Windows 10 launch); ConsenSys grant recipient (built Ethereum-based P2P solar energy app). Co-founder @SolarMente: built and led Finance, Ops, and Tech from 0 to $10M ARR, raised $5M equity + $50M debt
Wouter DraijerFounder
Co-founder of SolarMente. Founder of BrutusBoot. Expansion @ Nerdalize, YES!Delft. Lecturer at ESADE MBA. Scaled SolarMente from 0 to $10M ARR; raised $5M in equity and $50M in debt. Angel investor. I also like old motorcycles.