Who invested in Sunlight Financial

4 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors 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.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$730Mraised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

$300MDebt$130MRound$50MRound$250MRound

Latest round: Round, $250MJul 2021
Biggest round: $300MDebt · Sept 2015
Step-upi: 5×
Investors: 8

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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.

201620172018201920202021

$300MDebt$130MRound$50MRound$250MRound

First round: Debt, $300M
Biggest round: $300M
Usual gap between rounds: 17 months

The rounds

Jul 2021
Round$250M3 new1 returning
Source recorded
Jun 2018
Round$50M1 new
- FTV Capital
Reported by Businesswire
Feb 2017
Round$130M1 new
- Route 66 Ventures
Reported by Pehub
Sept 2015
Debt$300M3 new
- Hudson Clean Energy Partners
- Tiger Infrastructure Partners
- CIT Energy Finance
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $16M sold, first sale Sept 2015

Founders and team

From Sunlight Financial's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 10 on the team.

Matt PotereChief Executive Officer
Tim ParsonsChief Executive Officer
Matthew R. PotereChief Executive Officer and Director of the Issueri
Michael R. RuehlmanPresident and Chief Operating Officer of the Issueri
Rodney YoderChief Financial Officer
Scott MulloyChief Information Officer
Joshua Z. GoldbergChief Development Officer of the Issueri
Darrell Fincher-CrusanHead of Human Resources
Yoni CohenHead of Business Development & Marketing
Neil Z. AuerbachExecutive Chairman and Director of the Issueri

On the board, as filediAllessandro Z. BoninsegnaEmil Z. HenryMarc Z. BlairWilson Z. Chang

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Debt2015Round2017Round2018Round2021

Route 66 VenturesHudson Clean Energy Partners

Tiger Infrastructure PartnersCIT Energy Finance

Everyone who backed them

FTV CapitalPrivate equity2rounds

CoatueVC firm1round

BlackRockAsset manager1round

Franklin TempletonPrivate equity1round

Route 66 VenturesVC firm1round

Hudson Clean Energy PartnersGrowth equity1round

Tiger Infrastructure PartnersPrivate equity1round

CIT Energy Financeno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Sunlight Financial 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.

For Good VenturesVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about Sunlight Financial

Who invested in Sunlight Financial?

Sunlight Financial's investors include FTV Capital, Coatue, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Route 66 Ventures, and 3 more on record.

How much has Sunlight Financial raised?

Sunlight Financial has raised $730M across 4 rounds since 2015.

When did Sunlight Financial last raise?

Sunlight Financial's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $250M in Jul 2021.

What was Sunlight Financial's biggest round?

Sunlight Financial's largest round on record is $300M (Debt), in Sept 2015.

Who backed Sunlight Financial first?

Sunlight Financial's first round on record, in Sept 2015, was backed by Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Tiger Infrastructure Partners and CIT Energy Finance.