1. Crowd-funded Solar Power
for Off-grid Communities
IESOL

2. CROWD-FUNDED SOLAR POWER FOR OFF-GRID COMMUNITIES
1.5 Billion people in the world live without electricity
Their main light source is kerosene lamps, which are
polluting, poisonous and not cost-effective
Small household solar PV systems can satisfy the
energy needs of developing world communities.
But many households in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America can’t afford such an investment.

3. CROWD-FUNDED SOLAR POWER FOR OFF-GRID COMMUNITIES
Solar startups are bridging this gap by leasing PV units on a pay-as-
you-go basis. But these companies need financing to grow.
We are creating a crowd-funding portal for micro-investors, who will
receive a share of the revenue, to finance millions of units
worldwide.
We will accelerate the electrification of the developing world, and
take advantage of the 40 Billion Dollar market opportunity

4. PRODUCT
Pay as You Go Solar Unit:
End users purchase scratch cards from existing cellular providers and send
a code via text message. A code is sent back and activates the PV
panel, providing char
Our Service:
A crowd-funding website with a secure server transferring payments from
investors to distributors and from distributors back to investors.
The system will ideally be fully integrated with distributors’ database and
payment collection system.
The website will present investment options - including countries
names, pictures and stories of end users – collected by distributors.

5. OUR MARKET
 Clients are high-middle income families in the developed world, with high
level of social awareness - interested in both a financial and an emotional
(social) return on investment.
 As a social investment platform we compete with other micro-financing
platforms, but also with charitable contributions.
Charity
Investment
Social Investment
 We do not see ourselves in direct competition with traditional
investment, as our potential clients self-select into the impact investment
category.

6. BUSINESS MODEL
1. Investors contribute the amount required to install one system on the IESol
website;
2. IESol transfers the full investment amount to solar PV distributors.
2. Distributors provide the solar PV units to end users.
3. End users pay in advance for each week of usage.
4. Panel provides users with lighting and cellular phone charging capabilities.
5. The distributors pays a percentage of these revenues to IESol.
6. IESOL distributes revenues to Investors, less a fixed percentage commission
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USERS
DISTRIBUTORS IESOL INVESTORS
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7. DIFFERENTIATION
Financial return
KIVA SOCIAL IESOL
CROWD
FUNDING
SITES
Non-energy Energy
Charitable Sunfunder
Organizations Solar
Aid
Emotional return
IESOL Differentiated Value
• Financial Return • High-Impact with measurable results – CO2
• Clean energy focused displacement, kerosene usage
• Rationalized Investment Model reduction, extended work/study hours