Soly

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands🗓 Founded 2013👥 221 employees💰 Last funded Aug 2025
Soly is an international Energy Tech company with a mission to make solar energy available to everyone. The company was founded in the summer of 2013 by brothers Patrick and Milan van der Meulen. The brothers were inspired at a young age by Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and have since decided to use their entrepreneurship ‘As a force for good’. The company is today one of the European market leaders in the field of decentralized energy generation and storage through solar panels, batteries and charging stations. Soly focuses on the residential and business markets and is active in the Netherlands, South Africa (2019), Belgium (2022), Germany (2023) the United Kingdom (2023), Italy (2024) and Austria (2024). By developing its proprietary software platform, Soly is one of the most capital-efficient energy providers with only 140 employees across six countries. The Soly platform won a spot in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 in 2021. Soly is an impact driven company and since 2018 B Corp certified. B Corp is an international label for companies that strive for the highest standards of sustainability, financial transparency, and social justice.
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Total investors
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Early stage
0
Mid stage
2
Late stage
2013
Founded
Investor geography2 countries
United Kingdom
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Netherlands
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Investor activity2022–2025 · investors recorded per year
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in Soly?
Soly has 3 investors on record on gritt.io and 2 late-stage investors.
When did Soly last raise funding?
The most recent investment in Soly recorded on gritt.io was in August 2025.
When was Soly founded?
Soly was founded in 2013.
What industry is Soly in?
Soly operates in Services for Renewable Energy. Find similar Services for Renewable Energy investors on gritt.io.
Where is Soly based?
Soly is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.