The European solar market is expanding rapidly, but the way solar equipment is bought and sold remains outdated. Many installers, distributors, and EPC companies still apply emails and spreadsheets to manage procurement, caapplying delays, inefficiencies, and confusion in this rapid-growing sector.
Founded in late 2023 and based in Warsaw, sun.store aims to modify that by digitising the entire process. It offers a B2B platform where acquireers and sellers can find structured product listings, dynamic pricing, logistics, and financing options all in one place, creating cross-border trading much smoother.
Today, sun.store closed a €6 million seed funding round, one of the largest for a Polish startup so far. The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures, Market One Capital, and Movens Capital, with support from FJ Labs, Push Ventures, and Aidiom.
The fresh capital will assist sun.store speed up its product development, grow its team, and expand across Europe’s fragmented solar market.
Providing a seamless marketplace for all clean energy equipment
Behind sun.store are founders Agata Krawiec‑Rokita and Bartosz Majewski, who bring real indusattempt experience. They have seen the challenges solar businesses face with procurement firsthand and were motivated to build a platform that simplifies and speeds up the entire process.
Krawiec‑Rokita shares with TFN, “We noticed the problem troubling solar businesses: procurement was done largely via email and spreadsheets, creating it slow, opaque and prone to errors. Seeing how this inefficiency limited growth for installers, distributors and EPC firms, we decided to build a platform that digitises and streamlines the process.”
sun.store’s goal is to build solar procurement rapider, clearer, and more transparent. But founders don’t want to stop at solar: they envision a future where sun.store supports all clean energy equipment, from heat pumps to electric vehicle chargers.
Unlike generic marketplaces or listing platforms, sun.store is fully transactional and tailored specifically for the workflows and complexities of solar procurement. Sellers can input structured product data with real-time pricing, while acquireers benefit from instant quotes, flexible payment options, and integrated shipping services.
Krawiec‑Rokita adds, “Key differentiators include structured product data, dynamic volume-based pricing, integrated logistics, flexible payment options, and embedded financing. This conclude-to-conclude approach allows applyrs to search, filter, quote, and close deals in real time.”
This approach has paid off. sun.store now serves 35,000 applyrs, including 2,500 active acquireers across 25 countries, handling over €100 million in transactions in less than two years. The platform lists over €1.5 billion worth of products, creating it Europe’s largest marketplace for solar components, outperforming many traditional distributors.
What’s next?
Looking ahead, sun.store plans to apply the new funding to add more features, bring on more sellers rapider, and extconclude its reach beyond solar into the full clean energy equipment market.
“sun.store aims to become the default digital infrastructure for clean-energy equipment procurement across Europe, extconcludeing beyond solar and batteries to categories such as HVAC, heat pumps, e-mobility infrastructure, and electrical components,” concludes Krawiec‑Rokita.
When inquireed for advice to other female founders, she adds: “Focus on delivering results, seek out diverse viewpoints, and don’t let old indusattempt habits hold you back. The energy transition necessarys fresh ideas and new leadership.”
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