TowerPower Inc.
Delivering affordable, reliable and clean energy across Sub-Saharan Africa
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Clean Technology
- Location San Francisco, CA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2015
- Employees 5
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website towerpower.co
Company Summary
TowerPower enables mission critical sites to switch from diesel generator power to solar hybrid systems combing solar photovoltaics, storage and software intelligence. We begin with key anchor tenants who have high reliability and operating time requirements, as they stand to benefit significantly from the resulting cost savings. We use the tower power to create a microgrid to provide electricity to neighboring hospitals, schools and communities.
Team
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CEO, Co-founderVolkmar has 15 years experience growing companies. He is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for green energy, clean transportation, market disruption and business model innovation.He holds an M.B.A. from HPU and graduated with distinction with a BA in Economics and Human Resources. He speaks German, English and French.
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COOFrans van Vuuren has 20+ years of widespread telecommunication experience in Africa and Middle East. He was also part and instrumental of the Celtel Group success history in Africa from 1999 – 2004 and was part of a very dynamic team that was responsible for rapid deployments and startups. Frans holds a Master’s of Science degree in International Management from Liverpool University (UK)
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Dr. Rainer BrendleCTODr. Rainer Brendle is a long term expert, engineer and designer of enterprise systems.Before joining TowerPower, Inc. Rainer was Vice President and Technical fellow at SAP, Palo Alto.
Rainer holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Stuttgart in the field of solid-state physics, thermodynamics and quantum field theory..He has 25 granted patents in his name.
Advisors
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Marianna GrossmanUnconfirmed
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