Budderfly

Budderfly is solving one of the most overlooked problems in the energy transition. The next phase of the energy transition won't be won on innovation alone. To scale clean tech in the U.S., accessibility matters just as much as innovation. One of the biggest barriers to decarbonizing our economy isn't a lack of technology. It's making proven solutions accessible to the millions of businesses that don't have the capital, time, or internal resources to adopt them. For years, cleantech companies, capital markets, and corporate sustainability efforts have historically focused on the largest multinationals as a critical part of advancing the energy transition. The thinking goes: these are the private sector players with the capital, scale, and footprint to drive measurable impact. There's a lot of sense to that approach, and we've seen real wins from it. But we won't fully realize the potential of energy efficiency and renewables won't get us where we need to be if those models don't work for the small and mid-sized businesses that make up 99.9% of U.S. companies. The commercial midmarket (restaurants, QSR franchises, gyms, family manufacturers, bowling alleys, convenience stores, and hotels to name a few) spends an estimated US $55 billion annually on electricity. These businesses are powering local economies across the country, but most operate on razor thin margins. The upfront cost of upgrading their energy infrastructure ends the conversation before it even begins. They get stuck overpaying for energy, with aging equipment that wastes money and breaks. They also lose out on many of the benefits of the energy transition—lower energy costs, more resilient systems, cleaner air, reduced carbon emissions, and the opportunity to strengthen the communities they serve. Solving for this segment requires more than just technology. We need new business models and operating frameworks built around the realities these operators face every day: 1. Limited capital 2. Limited time 3. Limited in-house expertise That challenge is what drives Budderfly to keep building solutions that make cleantech more accessible and scalable for this often-overlooked segment of the market. Learn more about how Budderfly is making energy efficiency accessible to the businesses that need it most. https://lnkd.in/gePicjH9

248M invested across 8,500+ locations. Here's what Budderfly's capital investment model looks like in practice — by industry, by operator, by result.

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10+ locations means 10x the equipment headaches. Budderfly handles the surveys, installs, and maintenance across all of them—no disruption to your operations. Learn how.

Sizzler cut energy costs at 20 locations without spending a dollar upfront. See how Budderfly's $716K+ investment did the work for them.

Budderfly manages facility upgrades end-to-end: buying, installing, and maintaining equipment. Become energy efficient without the headaches.