PVpallet Named Semi-Finalist in Pepperdine’s Most Fundable Companies Competition
PVpallet’s mission to reduce packaging waste in solar and beyond has earned the company recognition as a Semi-Finalist in Pepperdine University’s 2025 Most Fundable Companies competition. The top 20 finalists will be announced September 24 at the Showcase in Malibu.
PVpallet, the company rethinking how solar and industrial products move through supply chains, has been named a Semi-Finalist in Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s 2025 Most Fundable Companies® competition.
From a pool of more than 2,300 applicants nationwide, PVpallet was selected as one of the top 85 companies recognized for building scalable, investable businesses.
“At PVpallet we set out to fix solar’s packaging problem, but the need goes far beyond one industry,” said Philip Schwarz, Cofounder and CEO of PVpallet. “Reusable packaging that saves money, reduces waste, and improves efficiency isn’t just good for the planet—it’s good business. We are incredibly humbled and excited to be named as a semi-finalist in Pepperdine's Top 20 Most Fundable Companies competition. This nomination validates that we’re building a scalable model with real traction and impact across industries with the biggest logistics challenges.”
About the Most Fundable Companies® Competition
Launched in 2018, the Most Fundable Companies® competition is designed to shine a spotlight on promising private U.S. companies and help them attract the capital needed to scale. The program evaluates startups using a rigorous multi-phase assessment that benchmarks a company’s financial projections, business model, market opportunity, intellectual property, competitive positioning, and team strength against what investors look for most.
Each year, the competition receives thousands of applications from across the country, but only a select group advance to the Semi-Finalist and Finalist stages. The top 20 finalists will be announced on September 24, 2025 at the Most Fundable Companies® Showcase in Malibu. In addition, all companies that earn a spot on the official list will be featured at the showcase and highlighted in Entrepreneur magazine, providing national visibility among investors and business leaders.
PVpallet’s Impact
PVpallet designs reusable packaging that eliminates packaging waste, protect products, and simplify logistics. In solar, packaging has become a hidden cost driver. Millions of pounds of wood and cardboard are discarded every year, costing the U.S. industry more than $1.5 billion annually in materials, disposal, and breakage. PVpallet’s system flips that equation: reducing solar panel damage by more than 90% and saving $150,000-300,000 per 10 MW project. Reusable packaging often pays for itself in as few as 3–5 uses.
Today, PVpallet’s reusable pallets, bulk containers, and custom packaging solutions are trusted by over 150 leading solar manufacturers, EPCs, and installers. The company also works with enterprise corporations in other high-volume industries, proving the model scales into markets with the most demanding logistics.
For more information on the competition, visit Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.