Capital to Fund Expansion in Manufacturing,Sales and R&D;Oak Investment Partners'Advisor Allan Kwan to Join SunSun Board of Directors
SunSun Lighting,a provider of high-performance,energy efficient and low-cost LED(light emitting diode)lighting solutions,announced today that it has received$30 million in Series B financing from GSR Ventures and Oak Investment Partners and additional commitments from its original angel investors.Oak,a multi-stage venture capital firm,is leading the round.Allan Kwan,a China-based advisor for Oak,is joining the board of SunSun.
"SunSun is committed to shifting the lighting industry to solid state lighting.We offer the world's first LED lamps that maximize both luminous efficacy and color rendering with the lowest cost.This capital will be used to expand our manufacturing capacity,sales and marketing efforts,and research and development,"said SunSun Lighting Founder and CEO Jianning Sun.
SunSun Lighting eliminates the performance and cost trade-offs of current LED lighting technology by offering a complete LED system,including power electronics,housing,packaging,and optics.The company's patented PowerXplore(TM)technology attains the highest AC/DC conversion rate of 92 percent,compared to the 85 percent conversion rate of the nearest competitor.By innovating at the system level,SunSun achieves both high performance and low lifecycle cost,significantly broadening the potential applications for LED lighting technology.
The company will debut its latest product,the MR16 LED bulb which is universally compatible with AC/DC 12V and all transformers--solving the compatibility issue of replacing halogen--on May 9,2012 at LIGHTFAIR(R)International.LIGHTFAIR is the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference.Another SunSun product is the LED A19 bulb which has 800 lumen output consuming only 8 watt with CCT 2700k and 90CRI.SunSun's technology will be on display in the LIGHTFAIR exhibit hall from May 9-11 in Booth 225,and the company's executives will be on-hand to demonstrate the technology with industry professionals.
"There is a huge market for solid state lighting,"said Sonny Wu,the co-founder and a managing director of GSR Ventures and Chairman of the Board for SunSun Lighting."It could be a$300 billion market globally in three years.GSR incubated the company in 2010 when Mr.Sun had an innovative idea of designing the LED lightbulb with a revolutionary new architecture.We were the sole investor in the$10 Million Series A round for SunSun,and continue to support the company given the phenomenal growth opportunities we see,"he added.
"SunSun Lighting stands out from the many LED companies we have seen over the years,"said Bandel Carano,managing partner for Oak Investment Partners."We are convinced that SunSun has superior architecture and technology and is well-positioned to scale.Furthermore,we are pleased to partner with GSR on another investment in China,strengthening our strategic relationship with the firm.The combination of GSR's knowledge of the Chinese market,Oak's deep domain expertise in clean energy,and SunSun's technology and leadership team,will help the company realize its tremendous potential."
"We believe strongly in SunSun's management team,including CEO Sun,and his senior research and development executives,"said Allan Kwan,a China-based advisor for Oak."The team has assembled a compelling value proposition--a superior silicon-based technology approach,a powerful customer base of world-renowned lighting companies,and a world-class manufacturing facility and process,"Kwan added.
The global lighting market has shown it is ready for LED technology that meets or exceeds the performance of conventional bulbs while lowering cost.The U.S.Department of Energy estimates that switching to LED lighting over the next two decades could save$120 billion in energy costs in the U.S.alone.
