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Sunfund

Rent-to-own rooftop solar for Filipino homes and businesses

Sunfund installs rooftop solar for Filipino homes and businesses and charges a monthly rate that it says sits below the customer's current electricity bill.

Solar energy, Philippines

Underside of a solar panel canopy on steel beams, with pine trees and a white building below

Impact

of solar announced for the quarter after the loan
200+ kWp
Sunfund CEO, LinkedIn, March 2026
upfront cost for homes and businesses
Zero
Sunfund
bridge loan from Aquila in March 2026
$150k
As of October 2026

The problem

Sunfund was founded in 2023. Its own account of why is the cost of getting started: “the upfront cost of installing solar remains one of the biggest barriers” for Filipino homeowners.

What Sunfund does

Sunfund offers rent-to-own rooftop solar to Filipino homes and businesses, with nothing to pay upfront. Customers pay a monthly rate that Sunfund says sits below their current electricity bill.

Remote monitoring and maintenance are included.

Sunfund pays for each system first and recovers the cost over the contract. The faster it installs, the more cash it needs.

What changed

In March 2026 Aquila disbursed a $150k bridge loan for 12 months. It covers the gap between installing a system and collecting the customer payments.

Sunfund’s founder and CEO announced the partnership on LinkedIn in March 2026. He said Sunfund would deploy the $150k over the next quarter and install over 200 kWp around the country.

We're excited to share that SunFund has formally partnered with AQUILA.is to help scale rooftop solar financing in the Philippines. We're deploying USD 150,000 over the next quarter, installing over 200 kWp around the country.

John Altomonte, founder and CEO, Sunfund (LinkedIn, March 2026)

Timeline

  1. 2023

    Sunfund founded

    Created to remove the upfront cost of rooftop solar for Filipino homes and businesses (Sunfund website).

  2. March 2026

    Loan disbursed and partnership announced

    Aquila disburses a $150k, 12-month bridge loan, and Sunfund's founder and CEO announces the partnership on LinkedIn.

Aquila is the lender on this loan. Loan figures as of October 2026. This case study describes one borrower and does not predict results for others.

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