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Vroom Solar, Inc.

Plug into the Sun... Anywhere
Springfield

About Vroom Solar, Inc.

Vroom Solar develops Smart Solar-Direct technology. Our groundbreaking solar inverter manages solar intermittent power and removes the cost and hurdles of the grid and battery connections. Our patent pending technology is lower cost and plug-and-play compared to traditional solar.

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Problem statement

Solar is inaccessible because of the needed battery and grid connections.

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Our MVP product, Vroom 3000, is complete and ready for remote power market entry. We have 5 supply agreements with dealers and 70+ dealers awaiting product availability. We have completed Phase 1 of our AFWERX SBIR grant and been invited to 2 Air Forces Bases to demo the product to enter Phase II. Next steps will be to scale our technology into the residential solar market and utility solar power monitoring market. THis will allow us to bring the overall cost of residential solar down 40% and head towards an IPO in 3-5 years.

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August 2024

Control Center: Smart Solar Management Prototype with Forecaster technology

Control Center Prototype featuring Smart Solar Management with Forecaster technology completed, engineered with Core Technologies LLC, patent-pending

July 2024

Top 100 of Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies

Finalists and Winners to be announced 9.26.2024.

July 2024

Rice University Clean Energy Accelerator

Began the Rice University Clean Energy Accelerator, in preparation for a Reg A raise in Q1 2025

June 2024

Vroom Rack product launch

Our patent-pending Vroom Rack for RVs and Trailers went live on our webstore.

April 2024

SBIR AFWERX grant Phase I

Accepted into Phase I of the SBIR AFWERX grant with the Airforce. PV Magazine posted our press release.

April 2024

Manufacturing partners for Vroom Rack established

Partnering with Griffin Technologies locally in Springfield MO

April 2024

Solar Forecaster concept

Developing our Control Center required “predictive” power management. As they say, “necessity is the mother of invention.” Luke and James set out to create an affordable piece of equipment that can measure available load power without any load draw, something others are spending millions to program AI to do.

February 2024

Advisory Board Tech

Chief Products Engineer for Sol Donum Clift Brisco joined the Vroom team as the Board Tech Advisor to collaborate on the engineering of the Vroom 3000 Control Center.

January 2024

First Authorized Dealer

Energia365 signed as our first Authorized Dealer and they’re ready to sell to Latin America, North Africa, and the Caribbean

January 2024

Partnered with Core Source Technologies LLC

Partnered with Core Source Technologies LLC for engineering of the Vroom 3000 Control Center.

December 2023

R&D map established

Vroom Solar 3000 Control Center production begins in Q3 2024, AFWERX grant will fund development of the Vroom 5000 Control Center

December 2023

Marketing and Sales Plan developed

Sales and Marketing Director Robin Loyed has 30+ years experience in sales and marketing, including Account and Regional Sales positions at IBM, and positions as Vice-President of Indirect Channel Sales and Director of Small Business Marketing at Sprint Business Solutions, and Senior Director of Global Field Marketing at International Game Technology.

October 2023

Smart Solar Management with Optional AC power Concept

As development continued, Luke and James developed an optional AC-input power in case solar wanes or at night, power can continue uninterrupted

April 2023

Control Center: Multi-load Management POC developed

Control Center: Multi-load Management POC developed

July 2022

Control Center: Multi-load management concept developed

Our patent-pending concept called for more advancement, so the multi-load management concept was developed to integrate into the Control Center

March 2022

Control Center: Solar-direct POC complete

Solar-direct POC complete

June 2021

Control Center: Solar-direct concept developed

Luke and James first conceptualized their solar-direct solution for the Vroom Control Center, inspired by Contractors on job sites who need portable power during daylight hours to keep tool batteries charged and power their tools

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Funding

Currently raising capital

$366,000
committed
$1,500,000
round goal
Total raised to date:$980,000

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