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Social Edge Blogger Lands Venture Capital


November 10th, 2008 by Bruce Lowry

Sam Goldman, the founder of d.light design and a blogger on Social Edge, has just landed $6 million in investment funding for his initiative to deliver solar powered LED lights to replace kerosene lanterns in developing countries.  d.light design has an ambitious goal:  to be the leading player in off-grid lighting and power solutions worldwide.  The $6 million in funding was led by Nexus India Capital, and included Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Garage Technology Ventures, Mahindra and Mahindra, Acumen Fund and Gray Matters Capital. Sam started blogging on Social Edge in August of last year, so you can get a “real time” view into how d.light has progressed over the last year.

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