# Solar for Schools funding: rounds and investors

> Solar for Schools has raised $4.0M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Innovate UK. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Solar for Schools*

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

Engineering

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.0M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Debt, $4.0M Sept 2024
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Debt **$4.0M** [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Solar for Schools's own website: 2 founders, 19 on the team.

**Robert Schrimpff** Co-Founder & CEO

**Ann Flaherty** Co-Founder and UK Director

- **Simon Hardingham** Chief Technology Officer
- **Georgia Gallimore** Head of Development
- **Rahul Ramesh** Head of Indian Operations
- **Wendy Litherland** Head of Education
- **Ardesh Sarangam** Planning Project Manager
- **Carryl Bentley** School Account & Office Manager
- **Danielle Parker** Community Development Manager
- **David Hein** Sales Manager
- **Himanshu Sharma** Solar PV Designer & Sales
- **Lourdu Merlin** Design Engineer
- **Maryan Vincent** Creative Lead & Senior Marketing
- **Muhammad Usman** Software Development Engineer
- **Pavithra Gopalakrishnan** Junior Planning Officer
- **Richard Turner** Strategic Partnership Manager
- **Robert Goss** UK Director
- **Robyn Winton** UK Director
- **Ryan Wibberley** Operations Engineer
- **Tom Cardale** Technical and Asset Manager UK

And 1 more on the team.

Advisers *Anna Hammond* *Tom Darby*

## Everyone who backed them

[Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Solar for Schools 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.

[Ecosummit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecosummit-ventures) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Solar for Schools

### Who invested in Solar for Schools?

Solar for Schools's investors include Innovate UK.

### How much has Solar for Schools raised?

Solar for Schools has raised $4.0M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Solar for Schools last raise?

Solar for Schools's most recent round was a Debt of $4.0M in Sept 2024.

### What was Solar for Schools's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.0M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Solar for Schools first?

Solar for Schools's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Innovate UK.

### What stage is Solar for Schools at?

Solar for Schools's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Solar for Schools based?

Solar for Schools is based in the United Kingdom.

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