What it sells
Raptor Maps builds software to manage the solar PV lifecycle.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Asset owners, IPPs, O&Ms and EPCs of utility-scale solar plants.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Time-intensive manual inspections, truck rolls, safety risk and underperformance across solar fleets.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Digital Twin of the plant from aerial/ground/sensor data; analytics, task triggering and remediation; Solar Sentry remotely launches drone missions (visual and thermal data), deployed across 4GW+.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Software subscription plus managed robotics (helps procure, install and manage hardware); claims remediation started 25% faster.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Demo-led (Contact us / Get a tour); proof-of-concept pilot then fleet scale-up.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2016 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.