Companies · Climate / Cleantech

Yellow

Africa · Climate / Cleantech · founded 2017

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Yellow — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.3M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 38%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Sep 08 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yellow looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the climate/enviro sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.49× the median modeled value of Series A Climate / Cleantech companies in 2019–2021 (9 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

1 Investor
Where it sits in Climate / Cleantech

Yellow is one of 207 Climate / Cleantech companies tracked from Africa, on record since 2017. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 63% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

SA PAYG energy startup Yellow raises $3.3m Series A to scale in Malawi, Uganda 0 By Tom Jackson on September 8, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar energy startup Yellow has raised a US$3.3 million Series A funding round to scale-up its footprint to over 100,000 customers in Malawi and Uganda. Founded in 2017, Yellow has enabled 30,000 low income, rural households to access electricity through solar home systems on a financed basis.

SA PAYG energy startup Yellow raises $3.3m Series A to scale in Malawi, Uganda 0 By Tom Jackson on September 8, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar energy startup Yellow has raised a US$3.3 million Series A funding round to scale-up its footprint to over 100,000 customers in Malawi and Uganda. Founded in 2017, Yellow has enabled 30,000 low income, rural households to access electricity through solar home systems on a financed basis.

climate/cleantech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
1
Investors (latest)
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2020-09-08 Raised $3.3M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$3.3M$68MSeries A2020

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A$3.3M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$67.9M
Base estimate est.
$4.1M
Conservative case
$353.2M
Upside case
$15.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the climate/enviro sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.84×/yr upside case
5.8 yr
Elapsed time used
5.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
climate/enviro
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
5.8 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 207 companies in Climate / Cleantech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$3.3M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$3.3M
Sector median$7.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.1× above median
This company$67.9M
Sector median$59.7M

Raised more than 63% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 73% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #7 of 9.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)SunCulture · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $262.1M (est)Complete Solar, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.4M · modeled $244.6M (est)Zitara Technologies, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.4M · modeled $193.5M (est)Heimdal Inc. · Series A Raised $10.8M · modeled $141.0M (est)TGP Solar Investments, LLC · Series A Raised $7.0M · modeled $138.7M (est)Easy Solar · Series A Raised $5.0M · modeled $99.9M (est)Toledo Solar, Inc. · Series A Raised $8.8M · modeled $45.5M (est)Climate Service, Inc. · Series A Raised $8.3M · modeled $7.5M (est)Yellow (this company) Raised $3.3M · modeled $67.9M (est)Yellow
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
SunCultureSeries A$14.0M$262.1M1.89×
Complete Solar, Inc.Series A$20.4M$244.6M1.76×
Zitara Technologies, Inc.Series A$16.4M$193.5M1.39×
Heimdal Inc.Series A$10.8M$141.0M1.02×
TGP Solar Investments, LLCSeries A$7.0M$138.7M1.00×
Easy SolarSeries A$5.0M$99.9M0.72×
Yellow this companySeries A$3.3M$67.9M0.49×
Toledo Solar, Inc.Series A$8.8M$45.5M0.33×
Climate Service, Inc.Series A$8.3M$7.5M0.05×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A$3.3M2020-09-08$15.0M$67.9M45%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A$3.3M2020-09-08
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$5.3M
Modeled next size est.range $3.4M$8.4M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Yellow is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
ZA
Jurisdiction
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Battery Metals, Inc.Climate / CleantechSeries A$4.3M$18.2Msame sector · same stage
Easy SolarClimate / CleantechSeries A$5.0M$99.9Msame sector · same stage
Tizeti Inc.Climate / CleantechSeries A$5.2M$115.6Msame sector · same stage
Zero Carbon ChargeClimate / CleantechSeries A$5.6M$19.1Msame sector · same stage
Renewable Water Resources, LLCClimate / CleantechSeries A$5.7M$125.9Msame sector · same stage
Insight TerraClimate / CleantechSeries A$5.7M$22.4Msame sector · same stage
Wren Climate, PBCClimate / CleantechSeries A$6.6M$81.2Msame sector · same stage
TGP Solar Investments, LLCClimate / CleantechSeries A$7.0M$138.7Msame sector · same stage
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Platform Investment PartnersSeries A55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Yellow raised?
Yellow has raised approximately $3.3M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Yellow's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Yellow is approximately $67.9M (modeled range $4.1M–$353.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Yellow at?
Yellow's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Sep 08.
What does Yellow do and where is it based?
Yellow operates in the Climate / Cleantech sector, based in Africa. SA PAYG energy startup Yellow raises $3.3m Series A to scale in Malawi, Uganda 0 By Tom Jackson on September 8, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar energy startup Yellow has raised a US$3.3 million Series A funding round to scale-up its footprint to over 100,000 customers in Malawi and Uganda. Founded in 2017, Yellow has enabled 30,000 low income, rural households to access electricity through solar home systems on a financed basis.
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