2022年12月21日

2022年12月20日Kiran Bhatraju華盛頓特區的世外桃源,一個清潔能源的獨角獸,已經籌集了1.25億美元的新資金由磁星資本(位於伊利諾伊州埃文斯頓)。人參加了一輪包括紐約的關鍵幀,現有投資者,和麥格理資產管理的綠色投資集團。世外桃源,成立於2014年,從投資者那裏籌集了5億多萬美元,如摩根大通和老虎全球,包括E 2億美元。埃裏克•schey夥伴和磁星,能源和基礎設施主管將加入世外桃源。“我們的平台是開放全球大電網,提供簡單的api和軟件解決方案的領先企業跨越電氣化,“世外桃源Kiran Bhatraju創始人兼首席執行官說,36。“我們的客戶正推動個性化住宅和商業脫碳能源解決方案不存在而不容易獲得實用程序數據,關稅,和支付。“世外桃源,schey認為有機會發揮在全球能源過渡轉型的作用,建立了一個平台,把數據從全國公用事業公司,讓公司和房主然後從哪裏可以買到識別清潔能源電力。值得注意的是,它有助於三分之二的美國房主不能安裝屋頂太陽能的能源需要從社區太陽能農場。傷痕累累,煤炭Kiran Bhatraju是一個來自印度的移民醫生的兒子。 He grew up in Kentucky’s coal country, wearing a hard hat and exploring the mines as a child. Raised in Pikeville, a town with a population of less than 10,000, he watched his doctor deal with “black lung,” a respiratory ailment that strikes coal miners. When 22 — after earning a B.A. degree from University of Pennsylvania — Bhatraju came to Washington, D.C. to work for Congressman John Yarmuth and stayed back to found two companies. Bhatraju’s first venture was American Efficient, which measures energy efficiency in wholesale power markets. In 2014, he started Arcadia, with $250,000 from friends and family, on the premise that every American consumer could also be a producer, pushing energy back into the grid. citybiz+ Sponsors Arcadia’s corporate clients include Ford Motor, Salesforce and Snowflake. Over 300 new energy companies use its platform to personalize energy products with features such as auditable carbon accounting reports. Its Arc platform has over 700,000 consumers and the company has emerged as the largest manager of residential community solar subscriptions in the U.S. So far, Arcadia has made four acquisitions — Urjanet, iSolar, Nanogrid and Real Simple Energy — in its journey to a $1 billion valuation, achieved last year. At 36, Bhatraju is also an author (Mud Creek Medicine: The Life of Eula Hall and the Fight for Appalachia; 2013), member of the World Wildlife Fund’s National Council, and board member at Rewire America and Environmental Voter Project.