SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. is an Israeli company that developed a DC optimized inverter system.
In 2023, SolarEdge became the most losing stock in the S&P 500 for the year, which resulted in its delisting from the index.[2] On June 25th 2024, SolarEdge plunged nearly 15% in early morning trading to $28.41, down from an all-time-high of $368.33 on November 15, 2021.[3][4]
History
SolarEdge was established in 2006 by Guy Sella, Lior Handelsman, Yoav Galin, Meir Adest and Amir Fishelov. The company was backed by venture capital from GE Energy Financial Services, Norwest Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, ORR Partners, Genesis Partners, Walden International, Vertex Ventures Israel, JP Asia Capital and Opus Capital Ventures.
The company started mass production of its products by contract manufacturer Flex at the end of 2009.