SolarMente: Home electrification at $0 upfront cost

Home electrification at $0 upfront cost

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.

Latest News

SolarMente reached EBITDA profitability with a 300% revenue increase YoY.

Dec 03, 2024

Leonardo DiCaprio backs YC alum SolarMente to democratize solar power in Spain | TechCrunch

Mar 11, 2024

YC alum SolarMente raises for subscription solar panel service | Sifted

Apr 12, 2023

Solarmente capta 1,8 millones para impulsar la energía solar | Emprendedores

Nov 03, 2021

Former Founders

Victor Gardrinier

Founder

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

Victor Gardrinier

Founder

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 Draijer

Founder

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.

Wouter Draijer

Founder

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.