Christian Wessels, Founder of Daystar Power

About Christian Wessels

Christian Wessels is the Co-founder and CEO of Daystar Power, a Nigerian renewable energy startup providing clean off-grid power solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the President and Co-founder of Daystar Power Group and a Director/Co-founder at Sunray Ventures.

Christian Wessels at a glance

• Company: Daystar Power
• Total raised: $92M
• Latest round: Series B
• Investors: Verod Capital Management, Persistent Energy Capital LLC, SunFunder, Danish Development Finance Institution (DFI), Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), STOA
• Location: Lagos, Nigeria

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