Case Study: SunFunder manages millions in capital and scales global solar finance with Copper

How SunFunder Manages Millions in Capital Using Copper

SunFunder, founded in 2012, provides debt financing to off‑grid solar companies in emerging markets to expand access to electricity. As the business scaled across regions from East to West Africa and beyond, it needed an agile CRM to organize millions in capital and coordinate a dispersed lending team.

SunFunder adopted Copper to manage debt funds and customize pipelines that track where capital comes from and where it’s deployed, with Gmail integration and cross‑continent operability for 25 users. The platform has helped them organize a diversified portfolio after unlocking over $100M in capital and supported milestones like the $42.5M first close of an $85M SET Fund, while streamlining global communication and fund management.

SunFunder

Audrey Desiderato

Chief Operating Officer