Sundance Growth Makes Significant Growth Investment into Molecule to Power the Future of Energy Trading Technology

MENLO PARK, Calif. and HOUSTON, Texas, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sundance Growth is excited to announce its growth investment in Molecule Software, a next-generation energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software company. Headquartered in Houston, TX, Molecule is redefining how energy traders and financial firms capture, manage, and report trades across power, gas, renewables, and other commodities. This investment will help Molecule accelerate its go-to-market strategy, continue delivering exceptional service to its customers, and further its leadership in the market through ongoing product innovation.

Founded by Sameer Soleja, Molecule has emerged as a category-defining platform in the energy industry. With an API-first, cloud-native architecture that is modern and intuitive, Molecule is empowering the energy sector with faster onboarding, greater automation, and real-time visibility into trading operations.

"Molecule is doing something very few companies in energy tech have done — combining mission-critical depth with cloud-native, scalable technology," said Christian Stewart, Managing Partner at Sundance Growth. "Sameer and his team have built a platform that's not only powerful, but user-friendly— and that's a rare combination in enterprise software. We're thrilled to partner with Molecule as they continue to grow and transform the energy trading and risk management market."

Molecule has built an impressive customer base that spans a variety of energy traders. The platform supports multi-asset trade capture and risk management with seamless integrations into leading exchanges. Driven by Molecule's modern, cloud-based architecture, customers can implement the solution rapidly, leading to quicker time to value. Molecule's best-of-breed SaaS approach provides customers with a highly configurable feature set that scales with customer needs.

"Molecule was built to meet the needs of today's energy traders — fast, flexible, and deeply integrated into their workflow," said Sameer Soleja, CEO and Founder of Molecule. "This funding gives us the opportunity to double down on product innovation, grow our team, and reach even more customers. Working with Christian and Sundance Growth has been energizing — their strategic insight, speed, and founder-first mindset made them the ideal partner for our next chapter."

About Molecule
Founded in 2012 and based in Houston, TX, Molecule provides a cloud-native ETRM system for energy traders, asset managers, and financial institutions. The platform supports trade capture, risk management, settlements, and reporting across power, gas, renewables, crude oil, metals, and more. Designed with an API-first approach, Molecule integrates seamlessly into the modern trading stack. Visit https://molecule.io to learn more.

About Sundance Growth
Founded by Christian Stewart, a former Accel-KKR investor, Sundance Growth is a growth equity firm focused on investing in mission-critical, B2B SaaS companies. The firm raised a $125 million debut fund in 2025, backed by leading institutional investors. Sundance provides founders with flexible capital and hands-on support to help companies grow and scale organically and through strategic M&A. The firm partners closely with management teams to accelerate go-to-market execution, product expansion, and operational excellence. Sundance invests in companies with $3-10 million in ARR, writing checks ranging from $5-15 million. Visit https://www.sundancegrowth.com to learn more.

For more information please contact: Christian Stewart, Managing Partner, [email protected]

SOURCE Sundance Growth