About Us
Open up to the sun.
We enable consumers and businesses to participate in energy transition by helping developers with management expertise and capital to advance their projects to generation. Our model has proven potential to provide investors with outsized financial results in this fast expanding industry. With Apricus, everyone can grow in the sunshine.
Why Us
We are proven entrepreneurs and investors in energy and renewable businesses, including Distributed Generation, aggregation of businesses and projects, building companies to scale and successfully exiting. We know this industry through and through.
Industry Pioneers
Over 15yrs experience in solar & 25yrs in energy
Expertise in all facets of solar
Meet the Founders
Gautam Chandra
Executive Chairman, Founder
Led the $6.4B sale of a national energy company — generated the second highest industry multiple ever paid
Principal deal maker in $10B in transactions
Built $1B commercial solar portfolio, the largest in the industry at the time
Serial entrepreneur with multiple start-ups and exits including three to-public companies
Launched PE firm with 6x return to investors in three years
Oversaw corporate sustainability for a national energy utility company
Ravi Thuraisingham, CFA
President & Chief Executive Officer, Director, Founder
Restructured and Spun off a division from a leading community solar developer, raised Series A, turned around the company with 5x EBITDA improvements
Created tax equity fund with a utility and served as general partner—grew it from $50M to $200M+
Seven (7) Competitive retail energy companies built or developed in electricity business and conducted M&A — helped generate over $400M in EBITDA for these retail energy companies
Utilizes background in nuclear engineering, safety analytics and advanced nuclear reactor design for energy trading, energy business building and now, distributed generation, asset financing and ownership