Singapore's SolarHome gets $10m for Myanmar push
SolarHome, a Singaporean off-grid solar specialist, has received $10 million in debt funding for a Myanmar expansion from crowdfunding platforms Crowdcredit and Trine.
It follows the provision of $4.2 million in convertible note funding earlier this year from Beenext - a VC firm that spun out of Gordian Capital last year - Insitor Impact Asia Fund, and Trirec, a renewable...
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