Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Daylight Energy Raises $75 Million, Launches DayFi to Tokenize Home Power Revenues

The company is tying homeowner rewards to grid services by aggregating residential devices into a dispatchable virtual power plant.

Overview

  • The financing combines $15 million in equity led by Framework Ventures with $60 million in non‑recourse project funding led by Turtle Hill Capital.
  • Investors in the equity round include a16z Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, M13, Room40 Ventures, EV3, Crucible Capital, and Not Boring Capital.
  • DayFi will enable DeFi participants to earn yields linked to electricity revenues from Daylight’s residential solar and battery assets.
  • Daylight’s network connects thermostats, home batteries, EVs, and solar inverters, rewarding participants and pooling storage into a virtual power plant for peak demand events.
  • Pilots are active in Illinois and Massachusetts using direct origination and local installer partnerships, and the company says DeFi-based financing rollout is planned next quarter.