# 루트에너지 (ROOTENERGY)

> Seoul-based Root Energy is a climate-fintech company that connects residents and individual investors with renewable-energy projects, helps developers finance construction and share returns locally, and advises companies on RE100 electricity procurement. Its distinctive move is to treat community acceptance as part of the capital stack: give people near a wind or solar project a clear way to invest, then let the project's economics create a constituency for clean power.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Founders:** Taehwan Yoon (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn showed 8 visible employees and a company-size band of 11-50 when reviewed; the supplied company record also lists 8 employees.
- **Products:** RootFund climate-finance platform, Community Fund, Climate Fund, RE100 Solution, Open Market
- **Notable:** Helped the Yangcheon shared solar plant raise KRW 180 million from 65 investors in 55 minutes in 2017., Designated an innovative financial service under Korea's financial regulatory sandbox in 2019., Earned B Corp certification in 2020, according to the company's milestone history.

## Products & services

- **RootFund climate-finance platform** — An online investment and lending platform connecting individuals and institutions with vetted solar, wind, ESS and other lower-carbon projects, with project information, investment management and repayment tracking.
- **Community Fund** — A resident-participation structure that gives people near renewable projects priority access to debt, fund or equity-style economic participation and helps developers improve local acceptance.
- **Climate Fund** — Financing for K-taxonomy-aligned low-carbon businesses, paired with sustainable-investment opportunities for individual and corporate investors.
- **RE100 Solution** — Corporate advice and execution across green premiums, renewable-energy certificates, third-party and direct PPAs, equity investment and self-generation, including procurement matching and reporting support.
- **Open Market** — A secondary marketplace where eligible investors can seek to buy or sell platform-linked claims before final repayment, subject to platform rules and available counterparties.
- **Renewable-project loans** — Short construction and long operating loans for permitted small and mid-sized renewable projects; the public loan page lists financing of 50-90% of project cost with terms varying by product and risk.

## Achievements

- Helped the Yangcheon shared solar plant raise KRW 180 million from 65 investors in 55 minutes in 2017.
- Designated an innovative financial service under Korea's financial regulatory sandbox in 2019.
- Earned B Corp certification in 2020, according to the company's milestone history.
- Supported certification of Taebaek Gadeoksan Phase 1 as Korea's first resident-participation wind project in 2020.
- Registered as an online investment-linked finance business in 2021.
- Received a Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ministerial award and a Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation award in 2021.
- Completed RE100 implementation support for JYP Entertainment and provided a solution to a global OTT company in 2022.
- Recruited KRW 20 billion of resident investment for Hallim offshore wind in Jeju, announced in February 2024.
- Opened recruitment for Yeongdeok County's first wind resident-participation fund in June 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Root Energy announced recruitment for Yeongdeok County's first wind resident-participation fund.
- **2024-05** — The company's Root Letter climate and energy newsletter reached its 100th issue.
- **2024-02** — The company said it completed recruitment of KRW 20 billion in local resident investment for the Hallim offshore wind project in Jeju.
- **2023-03** — A public company profile records a KRW 4.5 billion Series A follow-on investment.

## Links

- Website: https://rootenergy.kr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rootenergy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootenergy_story/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootenergy

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Last updated: 2026-08-19