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sunlight financial

Provider
Lending

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 3 companies across 1 category.

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CategoriesLending
Rank#64 of 259 in Lending
Buyers3 companies
HeadquartersNew York, NY
Raised$700M+ (venture capital, private equity and debt, pre-SPAC)

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Founders & story · from sunlight financial’s own dossier

Sunlight Financial was founded as a technology-enabled point-of-sale lending platform for residential solar and home improvement, partnering with contractors to offer homeowners affordable financing. The company went public via SPAC in 2021, briefly valued at ~$1.3B, riding the tailwinds of the renewables boom. Rather than holding loans on its own balance sheet, Sunlight operates an asset-light model — sourcing and facilitating loans via its Orange® portal, then funding them through a network of capital provider banks and institutional lenders, notably Cross River Bank. Following solar market headwinds in 2023, Sunlight expanded its value proposition by adding insurance/warranty partnerships (Solar Insure) and integrated digital payment processing for contractor partners.

Latest round: SPAC merger via Chamath Palihapitiya blank-check company, 2021
Recent developments
  • 2023-05Sunlight Financial and Solar Insure announced a strategic partnership to offer homeowners a 30-year monitoring and solar warranty service through Sunlight's installer partner network. source ↗
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Who uses sunlight financial
3 companies disclose sunlight financial in their stack
Sunlight TechcuTangerineArc Site
Buyer mix · 3 of 3 classified
Bank / Community · 1Fintech / Consumer banking · 1Vertical SaaS / Construction · 1
US · 2Canada · 1
What the disclosures say
Sunlight Techcu
“Multiple TIER 1 sources: sunlightfinancial.com/sunlight-techcu/ explicitly names Tech CU as the capital partner funding solar loans via Sunlight Financial's platform (2020 and 2021 announcements). businesswire.com confirms the nearly $2.5B commitment extended in 2021.”
Tangerine
“Sunlight Financial lists Tangerine as a customer at sunlightfinancial.com/sunlight-techcu/ — however, Sunlight Financial provides solar lending to credit unions and consumers, and this appears to be a separate entity (TechCU partnership context), not Tangerine Bank Canada.”
Arc Site
“The platform facilitates contractor-to-customer financing via Wisetack and Sunlight Financial, but no PSP (e.g.”
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What sunlight financial runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers sunlight financial itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose sunlight financial.
Sponsor Bank
Cross River
BaaS
Cross River
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Alternatives to sunlight financial

Other Lending providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Affirm65 buyers →Klarna55 buyers →YouLend45 buyers →Mambu36 buyers →Stripe Capital33 buyers →Wisetack27 buyers →Liberis21 buyers →finmid17 buyers →
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Ranked #64 of 259 in Lending — Embedded Finance Index 2026
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sunlight financial — frequently asked

Which companies use sunlight financial?

3 companies disclose sunlight financial in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Sunlight Techcu, Tangerine and Arc Site.

What does sunlight financial do?

sunlight financial is an embedded-finance provider in Lending. It ranks #64 of 259 Lending providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to sunlight financial?

The most-disclosed Lending alternatives to sunlight financial are Affirm (65 buyers), Klarna (55 buyers), YouLend (45 buyers), Mambu (36 buyers), Stripe Capital (33 buyers) and Wisetack (27 buyers).

Where is sunlight financial headquartered?

sunlight financial is headquartered in New York, NY.

How much funding has sunlight financial raised?

sunlight financial has raised $700M+ (venture capital, private equity and debt, pre-SPAC) in total.

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