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Lauren Flanagan
Lauren Flanagan
CEO, Sesame Solar
Company
Sesame Solar
Based in
Jackson, MI
Stage
Series A to B
Type
Founder
Lauren Flanagan co-founded Sesame Solar in 2017 with Namit Jhanwar and Adam Kasefang and serves as Chair and CEO, running the company from Jackson, Michigan. She was moved to build mobile, renewably powered nanogrids after watching diesel generators deployed following Hurricane Katrina. Before Sesame Solar, Flanagan spent more than 25 years founding and running technology companies, including WebWare Corporation, an early B2B SaaS firm acquired in 2003, and she remains active as an angel investor and Managing Director of BELLE Capital USA and the Phenomenelle Angels Fund.
Company
Sesame Solar
Sesame Solar
Sesame Solar builds mobile Nanogrids, self-generating solar, hydrogen, and battery power units that deploy in under 15 minutes for defense, disaster response, and commercial customers.
Founded
2017
Raised
$3.5M
Stage
Seed
HQ
Jackson, MI
Investors
MSI
Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab
VV
VSC Ventures
PA
PAX Angels
BC
BELLE Capital
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