# Sesame Solar funding: rounds and investors

> Sesame Solar has raised $7.0M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Google for Startups. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sesame-solar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Sesame Solar*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Energy

Raised 2 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$7.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$3.5M** Seed **$3.5M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $3.5M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 1

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025 2026

**$3.5M** Seed

**$3.5M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $3.5M
- **Biggest round:** $3.5M
- **Between rounds:** 21 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$3.5M** *1 returning* [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Source recorded
- **Dec 2024** Seed **$3.5M** *1 new* [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Sesame Solar's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

**Lauren Flanagan** Co-Founder and CEO, Head of Strategy

**Namit Jhanwar** Co-Founder and COO, Head of Solutions Engineering

- **David Fry** Board Director

## Everyone who backed them

[Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Accelerator **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Sesame Solar as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Investors for Climate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investors-for-climate) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sesame Solar

### Who invested in Sesame Solar?

Sesame Solar's investors include Google for Startups.

### How much has Sesame Solar raised?

Sesame Solar has raised $7.0M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Sesame Solar last raise?

Sesame Solar's most recent round was a Grant of $3.5M in Sept 2026.

### What was Sesame Solar's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.5M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Sesame Solar first?

Sesame Solar's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Google for Startups.

### What stage is Sesame Solar at?

Sesame Solar's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Sesame Solar based?

Sesame Solar is based in the United States.

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