# Samuel Adeyemo

> Samuel Adeyemo is the co-founder and CEO of Duranta, a Seattle software company building AI tools that help landscapers and lawn care businesses measure properties, design projects, and win contracts. Born in Nairobi and trained in finance at JP Morgan before pivoting to climate tech, he previously co-founded Aurora Solar, the solar design platform that grew to a reported $2 billion valuation and powers a large share of the U.S. residential solar market. In 2025 he raised a $7 million seed round for Duranta, backed by Base10 Partners, Pear, and angels including GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. His through-line is taking the unglamorous back-office work of physical-world trades and turning it into software.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Duranta
- **Organizations:** Duranta, Aurora Solar, Vituo Technologies, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- **From:** Nairobi, Kenya
- **Nationality:** Kenyan-American
- **Education:** A.B. in Economics (Phi Beta Kappa), University of Chicago, MBA and MSc (Engineering / Earth Sciences), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aurora Solar, a solar design and sales platform reported at a $2 billion valuation that has processed 20M+ projects., Aurora Solar named 'Software Product of the Year' by Solar Power World for four consecutive years., Helped raise over $321 million in venture funding across Aurora Solar's history.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Joins JP Morgan Chase as an analyst, rising to Vice President in the Chief Investment Office.
- **2012** — Becomes President of Vituo Technologies, installing small commercial solar PV systems in emerging markets.
- **2013** — Co-founds Aurora Solar with Stanford classmate Christopher Hopper.
- **2021** — Aurora Solar raises a $200M Series D; later reported at a $2B valuation.
- **2024** — Co-founds Duranta, software for landscapers and lawn care businesses, in Seattle.
- **2025** — Raises a $7M seed round for Duranta led by Base10 Partners and Pear.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aurora Solar, a solar design and sales platform reported at a $2 billion valuation that has processed 20M+ projects.
- Aurora Solar named 'Software Product of the Year' by Solar Power World for four consecutive years.
- Helped raise over $321 million in venture funding across Aurora Solar's history.
- Won a $400,000 Innovation Transfer grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Raised a $7 million seed round for Duranta in 2025 with backing from GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke and PagerDuty co-founder Andrew Miklas.
- Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Duranta announced a $7 million seed round led by Base10 Partners, Pear, Coalition Operators and Sunshine Lake to scale its AI landscaping platform.

## Links

- Website: https://getduranta.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdadeyemo/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/solarsamrise

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Last updated: 2026-06-21