WakaWaka
Company

Last deal

$99.18K
Local Amount - EUR 75K

Amount

Undisclosed

Stage

07.02.2012

Date

1

all rounds

$99.18K

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
WakaWaka develops and markets solar-powered lighting and phone charging products.

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founded date

01.01.2012

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Undisclosed

IPO status

Private

Description

With 1.2 billion people around the world lacking access to electricity, WakaWaka aims to provide a sustainable and clean alternative to kerosene lamps with their high-tech, low-cost solar-powered lamps and chargers. The company's products are designed with world-famous Dutch design and are both safe and reliable, serving markets in both developed and developing countries. WakaWaka's mission is to share the abundant power of the sun with those who lack access to electricity, empowering more than a million people and boosting family and community health. Through their Share the Sun model, every WakaWaka product purchased also provides someone without access to electricity with a solar-powered solution.
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total rounds

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Financials

Funding Rounds
1
1

Number of Funding Rounds

$99.18K

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 07.02.2012. Their latest investor Symbid. Their latest round Undisclosed

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
07.02.2012
1
$99.18K
Local Amount - EUR 75K
Co-Investors
Investors
1
0

Number of lead investors

1

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Undisclosed
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Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

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Investment Services

Location

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total rounds

1

total raised

$550.42K

count Of Investments

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People

Founders
2
Maurits Groen
Maurits Groen

Maurits Groen

current job

Kipster
Kipster

organization founded

2

Maurits Groen

Camille van Gestel
Camille van Gestel

Camille van Gestel

Camille is the other co-founder of WakaWaka and responsible for day-to-day business, (which is not business as usual, we tend to do things differently).

current job

WakaWaka
WakaWaka

organization founded

1

Camille van Gestel

Employee Profiles
4
Tjebbe Tjebbes

Tjebbe Tjebbes

Business development

Camille van Gestel

Camille van Gestel

Business Director & Co-Founder

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