The digital foundation for a more scalable and resilient solar industry
Our Mission
Against the backdrop of booming electricity demand and the need for clean, low cost energy supply, the solar industry has grown rapidly to supercharge the energy transition.
Increasing total installed capacity and the average size of solar plants, coupled with more frequent occurrence of both expected and unexpected issues, have created challenges for asset owners and operators as they grow their portfolio.
We believe that technology like software and robotics can be a force-multiplier for solar companies building and managing solar farms so that the industry can scale to meet our climate goals.
Our solar management platform (Raptor Solar) combines the solar industry's most comprehensive visual analytics suite with the ability to orchestrate solar operations and maintenance work by people and robotics - providing the digital foundation owners and operators need to scale their capabilities without straining budgets and ultimately increasing the reliability and the rate of return of solar assets.
Thanks to our deep partnerships with leading OEMs and operators, we are at the forefront of module and equipment anomaly detection, robotics deployment on solar sites, and asset management best practices. Our global engineering and technical teams support solar operations across six continents.
Our Founding Story
Founded by two MIT engineers, Raptor Maps pioneered both drone-based aerial thermography of solar sites and delivering the results of those inspections through interactive, map-based digital twins so that solar owners and operators can get the most out of their inspections.
Since then, our platform has evolved alongside the solar industry to bring more robust performance and asset optimization insights, automate time-intensive and manual processes, and provide tools to bridge the gap between insight and action in order to empower the people who power our world with the tools they need to build a cleaner energy future.
Leadership
Nikhil Vadhavkar
Co-founder and CEO
Eddie Obropta
Co-founder and CTO
Courtney Strauss
Chief of Staff
Don Nista
Knowledge
James Wagstaff
Chief Revenue Officer
Kevin Krachman
Finance
Mike Davey
Product
Rachel Segall
Operations
Josh DelCastillo
Software Engineering
