# Josh Goldberg

> Josh Goldberg is the Baltimore-based co-founder and CEO of Sunstone Credit, a commercial financing platform founded in 2021. A former M&A lawyer, he co-founded Astrum Solar, Sunlight Financial and Legends of Learning. His work connects contractors, business owners and financial institutions to finance solar, storage and, through Sunstone’s 2026 Flex Loan launch, other energy-related building improvements.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sunstone Credit
- **Organizations:** Sunstone Credit, Astrum Solar, Sunlight Financial, Legends of Learning, Sunrock Distributed Generation, Ballard Spahr LLP
- **Education:** BS, Finance; BA, History, University of Maryland, College Park, JD, University of Maryland School of Law
- **Known for:** Co-founded Astrum Solar, acquired by Direct Energy for $54 million in 2014., Co-founded residential finance company Sunlight Financial., Led Sunstone Credit through its announced $20 million Series A in January 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2008** — Began his career as an M&A lawyer at Ballard Spahr LLP.
- **2008** — Co-founded Astrum Solar with Vadim Polikov and Ben Davis.
- **2014** — Astrum Solar was acquired by Direct Energy for $54 million; Goldberg was among the co-founders of Sunlight Financial.
- **2017** — Legends of Learning, which he co-founded, launched its educational games platform in March.
- **2021** — Co-founded Sunstone Credit.
- **2023** — Sunstone announced a $20 million Series A and participated in the investor consortium involved in Sunlight Financial’s emergence from restructuring.
- **2024** — Sunstone acquired ORKA Finance, launched Express Loan and opened its Baltimore co-headquarters.
- **2025** — Sunstone announced $1 billion in commercial solar loan applications and introduced standalone storage financing through SOL.
- **2026** — Sunstone introduced a $6 million-$30 million Large Loan Program and launched Flex for other commercial energy-related building improvements.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Astrum Solar, acquired by Direct Energy for $54 million in 2014.
- Co-founded residential finance company Sunlight Financial.
- Led Sunstone Credit through its announced $20 million Series A in January 2023.
- Sunstone reported more than $2 billion in loan applications since inception in October 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Sunstone launched Flex Loan on October 7, financing energy-related commercial projects from $25,000 to $6 million; the announcement reported more than 1,000 solar contractor partners and more than $2 billion in applications since inception.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on episode 49 of Sunvoy’s What Solar Installers Need to Know, listed July 21 in Sunstone’s media archive.
- **2026-04** — Sunstone launched its Large Loan Program on April 7 for solar and storage projects from $6 million to $30 million.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamgoldberg

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Last updated: 2026-10-25