Dutch startup Solarix secures €5.5M to advance design-driven solar facades

Weesp, the Netherlands-based Solarix, a startup that designs and supplies innovative coloured solar panels for facades, has secured €4.2M in funding.

Investors in this funding round include ROM InWest, VP Capital, and several private investors, along with participation from existing investors, which strengthens Solarix’s finances.

They also have €1.3M set aside from the National Growth Fund for their plans. If the objective is achieved, this collaboration will be further expanded, and additional funds will be released.

In addition, the financing serves as co-financing for a subsidy application to RVO, with which Solarix can automate its assembly and take on the colour technology itself. 

This will focus on in-house assembly and colouring to optimise the efficiency of panels and processes.

This investment will allow this network to be further expanded. In addition to Europe, Solarix will remain active in the Netherlands.

Currently, the Solarix solar facade panel is already used in many projects in the Netherlands, making the product scalable, competitive, and applicable elsewhere.

Solarix works with resellers in a number of focus areas in Europe in order to apply its product widely based on local expertise and networks.

The funding announcement comes over two years after raising €900K investment from ROM InWest.

Solarix: Aesthetic-coloured solar panels for facades

Founded in 2018 by Marloes van Heteren and Reinier Bosch, Solarix designs and manufactures aesthetic coloured solar panels for facades. 

By generating energy in facades, Solarix aims to accelerate the energy transition and achieve a minimum reduction of 25 per cent in CO2 emissions or completely energy-neutral buildings. 

With its unique colour technology, design collections, and associated mounting system, Solarix says its solar panels can be fully integrated into sustainable and aesthetic facade solutions. 

The company’s team consists of people with knowledge of design (from technology to product and visualisation), architecture, project management, physics, solar technology, finance, and sales.

In addition, the facade surface is the key to achieving sustainability requirements such as BENG and GPR, but also to create space for roof installations and green roofs.

“With our design solar facades, we offer a smart answer to grid congestion, sustainable building requirements and the growing demand for architectural quality. We’re excited to help even more buildings across Europe generate clean energy — right from the facade,” says the company in a LinkedIn post.