Andy Moon's writing + portfolio

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Andy is the co-founder and former CEO of SunFarmer, a YC-backed social enterprise focused on bringing solar energy to the developing world. SunFarmer is a profitable, locally-run solar energy company in Kathmandu, Nepal that has launched award-winning products and brought solar to over 2,000 farms, health facilities, and businesses. SunFarmer has installed some of Nepal's largest solar and battery installations, and introduced technical and financial innovations to the market such as low-cost solar-powered irrigation pumps and loans with electricity production guarantees.

Andy spent the last year as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Carbon180, where he researched business opportunities in sustainable real estate. Previously he invested in early-stage startups including Chronosphere, one of the fastest software startups to reach a $1B valuation.
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Earlier in Andy’s career, he raised over $200M in debt and equity financing for solar energy projects in the US and Europe, and was involved in over $1B in solar transactions while at SunEdison Solar. He started his career working on sustainability and public health projects as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Stanford, and recently completed an executive education program at Harvard Kennedy School through his appointment as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Areas of expertise:
• Starting new ventures
• Hiring and managing high-performing teams
• Customer research and product development
• Project finance and venture investing; involved in over $1B in project finance transactions
• Writing and public speaking
• Subject matter expertise in climate change and renewable energy. Research experience in sustainable real estate, energy efficiency, and food / ag

I climbed a 19K foot Himalayan mountain in the middle of winter (Dec 2017)

Experience

2006 - 2009

McKinsey & Company

Worked with clients primarily in technology and sustainability. Published widely cited papers on emissions reduction opportunities in the built environment, and on global malaria eradication. Consistently rated in the top 10% of consultants.

Consultant and Social Sector Fellow

2009 - 2011

Sunedison

Joined SunEdison as a venture-backed private company before its 2009 acquisition. Helped convince the first major private equity firm to invest in solar energy in 2009, and was involved in raising over $1B of debt and equity funding for solar energy projects.

Project Finance and Product Development

2013 - present

sunfarmer

Raised over $2.5M in funding from Y Combinator and others to build a profitable, locally-run solar energy company from the ground up. I recruited the initial team, raised money, launched products, sold vision to customers and partners. The company is now profitable and has installed solar at over 2,000 farms, health facilities, and businesses.

Co-Founder and CEO (2014-2018), Chair of Board (2019 - present)

2011 - 2013
2019 - 2019

freelance

• Led financing of $120M portfolio of solar energy assets in Europe
• Launched Stand Up political app; winner of 2017 Debug Politics Hackathon in NYC
• Venture Partner at Vas Ventures; reviewed over 140 seed stage pitches, and made investments in tech startups including GPR
• Angel invested in Chronosphere, a cloud-native monitoring platform

Independent contractor

2020 - Present

carbon180

Researched business opportunities in sustainable buildings