# Sunlight Financial funding: rounds and investors > Sunlight Financial has raised $730M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include FTV Capital, Coatue and BlackRock. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sunlight-financial (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Financial Services Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$730M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$300M** Debt **$130M** Round **$50M** Round **$250M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $250M Jul 2021 - **Biggest round:** $300M Debt · Sept 2015 - **Step-up i:** 5× - **Investors:** 8 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$300M** Debt **$130M** Round **$50M** Round **$250M** Round - **First round:** Debt, $300M - **Biggest round:** $300M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2021** Round **$250M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Source recorded - **Jun 2018** Round **$50M** *1 new* [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Reported by Businesswire - **Feb 2017** Round **$130M** *1 new* [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) Reported by Pehub - **Sept 2015** Debt **$300M** *3 new* [Hudson Clean Energy Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hudson-clean-energy-partners) [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) CIT Energy Finance From a historical funding record SEC 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 Potere** Chief Executive Officer - **Tim Parsons** Chief Executive Officer - **Matthew R. Potere** Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Issuer i - **Michael R. Ruehlman** President and Chief Operating Officer of the Issuer i - **Rodney Yoder** Chief Financial Officer - **Scott Mulloy** Chief Information Officer - **Joshua Z. Goldberg** Chief Development Officer of the Issuer i - **Darrell Fincher-Crusan** Head of Human Resources - **Yoni Cohen** Head of Business Development & Marketing - **Neil Z. Auerbach** Executive Chairman and Director of the Issuer i On the board, as filed i *Allessandro Z. Boninsegna* *Emil Z. Henry* *Marc Z. Blair* *Wilson 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. **Debt** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2021 [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) [Hudson Clean Energy Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hudson-clean-energy-partners) [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) CIT Energy Finance ## Everyone who backed them [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Private equity **2** rounds [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **1** round [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **1** round [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Hudson Clean Energy Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hudson-clean-energy-partners) Growth equity **1** round [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) Private equity **1** round CIT Energy Finance no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sunlight-financial). ## 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 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/for-good-ventures) VC firm Per 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. ### What stage is Sunlight Financial at? Sunlight Financial's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2021. ### Where is Sunlight Financial based? Sunlight Financial is based in the United States. ## Companies like Sunlight Financial In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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