About Us

Distributed renewable energy is leapfrogging the grid. Odyssey provides the tools the market needs to scale.

Our mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition in emerging markets.

We do this by providing financiers and renewable energy companies with data-driven tools to scale investment into distributed renewable energy.

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Odyssey CEO Emily McAteer shares our story on the MCJ Collective podcast

Unleashing the distributed renewable energy revolution

After years of building and financing distributed renewable energy (DRE) projects, Emily McAteer, Odyssey CEO and Piyush Mathur, Chief Business Officer, recognized that the challenges they faced were not theirs alone - the entire DRE industry was bottlenecked by the same frictions at each stage of deployment. They co-founded Odyssey Energy Solutions to address these bottlenecks at the industry-level and unleash the DRE revolution.

2,600+

Renewable energy companies use Odyssey for finance, procurement, and operations.

$2.6B+

Of available financing available for renewable energy projects.

50+

Countries where Odyssey solutions are deployed.

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Renewable energy infrastructure finance

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NEoT and Odyssey partner to drive more capital to renewable energy assets in Sub Saharan African

Procurement solutions

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SteamaCo and Odyssey team up to bring the best prices and warranty terms on smart meters to renewable energy companies operating in Africa

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Odyssey CEO Emily McAteer shares our story on the MCJ Collective podcast

Emily McAteer

Founder & CEO

Emily has over 15 years experience as a leader in the distributed renewable energy sector in emerging markets. Prior to Odyssey, she launched Frontier Power, Sun Edison’s DRE business.

Piyush Mathur

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

Piyush has over 20 years of financing, private equity and business experience in cleantech. Before Odyssey, Piyush was the CEO of Simpa, a solar financing business that was acquired by ENGIE.

Jay Lurie

Vice President, Commercial Finance Solutions

Jay brings 20 years in global infrastructure/energy investment and capital markets at IFC, Macquarie, Credit Suisse, and was most recently Chief Investment Officer at DC Green Bank.

Susan Smith

Vice President, Concessional Finance Solutions

Susan has 15 years of experience in energy, environment, and development finance. Previously she worked at Power Africa, expanding energy access & sustainable development in emerging markets.

Maxime Eon

Vice President, Revenue

Maxime has over 10 years of experience building and scaling businesses in the South African solar industry. Prior to Odyssey he was head of the Commercial portfolio at Emergent Energy, a leading South African solar developer and EPC.

Patrick Cousins

Vice President, Remote Monitoring and Control Solutions

With over 20 years of experience in the off-grid industry, Patrick co-founded FernTech to commercialize monitoring technologies, which was acquired by Odyssey in 2021.

Justin Tinsey

Vice President, Procurement Solutions

Justin Tinsey is the former CEO of Solarquick, a PV and battery distributor in Nigeria, and has 10+ years experience in solar equipment industry.

Henrik Axelsson Lilja

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

Henrik brings a decade of experience building, scaling and operating renewable energy companies in East Africa. Previously, Henrik was part of Accenture's Management Consulting practice as a Senior Manager based in London.

Joan Tarragó

Head of Data Services

Joan has a degree in electrical engineering and co-founded Ferntech (acquired by Odyssey) in 2016. He has implemented remote monitoring and control systems across a diverse set of companies.