Press Releases | 2010

SolarEdge Technologies secures a US$25 million financing round
Funding to fuel Company’s Accelerated Growth with Focus on Production Capacity Increase and Market Expansion
Oct 5, 2010

Hod Hasharon, Israel, October 5, 2010 – SolarEdge Technologies, a leading provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, has secured US$25 million in funding, with Lightspeed Venture Partners leading the equity financing. This round of financing also includes participation from existing investors Opus Capital, Walden International, Genesis Partners, Vertex Venture Capital and JP Capital Asia.

“SolarEdge has received wide market acceptance in the inverter domain within a very short time frame. We will use this financing to further accelerate our growth to meet the soaring demand for our products worldwide, and intensify local sales and support activities in all major markets,” said Guy Sella, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of SolarEdge. “The funding will enable us to multiply our production capacity without compromising on quality and reliability.”

The SolarEdge PV (Photovoltaic) power harvesting solution includes PowerBoxes, which are module-integrated power optimizers, solar inverters and a module-level monitoring portal. This unique solution enables production of up to 25% more energy from any PV installation and a faster return on investment. In the past year SolarEdge has expanded its product portfolio, established mass production lines and global delivery infrastructure, partnered with leading PV module manufacturers, integrators and distributors worldwide, and generated significant sales growth. This extraordinary momentum has strengthened SolarEdge’s position as the leader in PV power optimizing.

“Our investment in SolarEdge reflects our confidence in the company’s leading market position and growth prospects,” said Yoni Cheifetz, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. “SolarEdge has pioneered a transformation in the solar industry, and has exhibited excellence in maturing its innovation into a reliable, mass-produced solution, sold worldwide.”

About SolarEdge
SolarEdge provides the world`s first end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and PV Monitoring solution, allowing maximum energy production at a lower cost. The SolarEdge PowerBoxes™ are DC-DC power optimizers that perform MPPT per individual panel while monitoring performance of each panel and communicating across existing power lines. Moreover, PowerBoxes always maintain a fixed DC string voltage, allowing optimal efficiency of the SolarEdge PV inverter, which is tailor made to work with power optimizers. As a result, the SolarEdge system provides more power from any given PV system installation, eliminates design constraints, provides complete panel-level and whole-system visibility for monitoring and maintenance alerts, solves all safety hazards and provides anti-theft mechanisms, all while reducing the cost of energy. The company works with industry-leading partners to embed its active electronics directly into PV panels. SolarEdge is online at http://www.solaredge.com
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Contacts:

Yael Eldar
SolarEdge
+972-54-4419940 +972-54-4419940
yael.e@solaredge.com

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