# Arun Gore

> Arun Gore is a Series A investor at Global Impact Investing Network backing Solar and Energy. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global Impact Investing Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-impact-investing-network)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-gore-2684b912

Arun Gore is a Series A investor at Global Impact Investing Network in Atlanta focused on Solar and Energy. Arun Gore is the Board Member at PharmaSecure.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| d.light | Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com. | $11M | Series C | Feb 25, 2014 |  |
| d.light | Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com. | $6M | Series A | Nov 10, 2008 |  |
| d.light | Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com. | $6M | Series A | Nov 10, 2008 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Garage Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahindra-mahindra) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Threshold](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/threshold) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Fisher Jurvetson](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-fisher-jurvetson-7387) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Global Impact Investing Network

VC Fund · New York, United States

The Global Impact Investing Network is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. They can be made inboth emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending upon the circumstances. The GIIN addresses systemic barriers to effective impact investing by building critical infrastructure and developing activities, education, and research that attract more investment capital to poverty alleviation and environmental solutions.

3 contacts available at Global Impact Investing Network.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Antony Bugg-Levine | Co-founder and Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antony-bugg-levine |
| Arun Gore | Charter Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-gore |
| Luther Ragin | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luther-m-ragin-jr |

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## FAQ

### What does Arun Gore invest in?

Arun Gore invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arun Gore last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arun Gore closed in Feb 2014. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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