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SOLYTIC Helps the Small Solar Investor to Play With the Big Guys

Updated: Apr 30

This blog post first appeared first on old medium publication (https://medium.com/startuprad-io), and was moved to this blog with the relaunch of our website in summer 2024.

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SOLYTIC provides monitoring and analytics software for small-scale solar installations, helping individual investors and small operators optimize their photovoltaic systems. The platform levels the playing field by giving smaller players access to the same data-driven insights used by large solar farms.

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  • Solytic focuses on decentralized solar installations (everything except large solar parks).



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We focus on everything, besides the large solar parks, which is actually 99% of the overall market.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

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The inefficiencies of small solar installations … kind of smacked me in the face.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

The Founder

We talk to Johannes Burgard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesburgard/), CEO and Founder of Berlin-based SaaS startup SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/). Johannes started out studying engineering, with stints in Chile and London. After graduation, he worked at Airbus, did an MBA, and then started out with his entrepreneurial journey. Johannes had his first contact with solar cells during his graduate studies, which really did not let him go afterward. He worked in a large corporate in project efficiency, which made him aware of all the inefficiencies in small solar installations. To help the small solar owner he decided to found SOLYTIC.

We analyze the performance and efficiency of small solar installations with our analytics software.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

The Startup

SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/) is a software-only company. They provide services to small PV installation owners as Software as a Service. The company merged early on with another solar software company, which lead to five founders in total.

Solytic focuses on decentralized solar installations (everything except large solar parks).

We want to provide an end-to-end solution. We offer a marketplace with suppliers connected to the analytics software.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

Venture Capital Funding

Solytic has already raised 6,5 mn Euros Venture Capital. They closed their first round in December 2017. They closed their Series A funding in February 2020. At the time of the interview, Solytic is fundraising and they intend to close the round at the end of Q1 2022.

We work B2B. We don’t approach customers directly, but we are working with the service providers of the small installation owners.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

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What Is SOLYTIC?

SOLYTIC is a Berlin-based SaaS startup that provides solar monitoring and performance analytics software for small and decentralized solar installations — everything except large solar parks, which represents 99% of the overall solar market. Founded by Johannes Burgard, who was struck by the inefficiencies of small solar installations, the software-only company helps small solar investors analyze the performance and efficiency of their installations with professional-grade tools.

Introduction

In this founder interview, Startuprad.io speaks with Johannes Burgard, CEO and founder of SOLYTIC, a Berlin-based SaaS startup focused on solar panel monitoring for small installations. Burgard describes how the inefficiencies of small solar installations hit him hard, inspiring him to build analytics software that levels the playing field between small investors and large solar park operators. SOLYTIC focuses on 99% of the market — everything except the large parks — providing performance and efficiency analysis that was previously only available to institutional-scale operators.

SOLYTIC addresses a massive market gap: while large solar parks have dedicated monitoring infrastructure, the 99% of solar installations that are smaller and decentralized typically lack professional analytics tools. Founder Johannes Burgard built a software-only Berlin SaaS company that brings performance monitoring to this underserved majority. The platform analyzes efficiency and performance data, giving small solar investors the same insights that large operators enjoy. In a world accelerating toward renewable energy, SOLYTIC's positioning in the decentralized solar segment is strategically valuable.

  • SOLYTIC focuses on decentralized solar installations — 99% of the overall solar market (everything except large parks).

  • Founder Johannes Burgard was motivated by the inefficiencies of small solar installations that he personally observed.

  • SOLYTIC is a software-only company providing analytics for solar performance and efficiency.

  • The platform levels the playing field, giving small solar investors professional-grade monitoring tools.

  • Berlin-based SaaS startup operating in the rapidly growing cleantech sector.

Entities Referenced in This Episode

People

  • Johannes Burgard — CEO and Founder of SOLYTIC, Berlin-based

  • Jörn "Joe" Menninger — Startuprad.io host

Startups

  • SOLYTIC (solytic.com) — Berlin SaaS, solar monitoring for decentralized installations

Cities

  • Berlin — SOLYTIC headquarters

Topics

  • Solar monitoring, decentralized solar, performance analytics, cleantech SaaS, small solar investor tools, renewable energy software

Relationship Map

  • Johannes Burgard → founded → SOLYTIC (Berlin, SaaS)

  • SOLYTIC → monitors → decentralized solar installations (99% of market)

  • SOLYTIC → provides → performance and efficiency analytics software

  • Small solar investors → now have access to → professional-grade monitoring via SOLYTIC

Quote Highlights

  • SOLYTIC provides monitoring and analytics software for small-scale solar installations, helping individual investors and small operators optimize their photovoltaic systems.

  • The platform levels the playing field by giving smaller players access to the same data-driven insights used by large solar farms.

  • SOLYTIC helps the small solar investor compete with big players through smart monitoring and performance analytics.

  • Individual solar investors can now optimize their photovoltaic systems with the same tools previously reserved for large-scale operators.

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What does SOLYTIC do?

SOLYTIC provides solar monitoring and performance analytics software for small and decentralized solar installations. The Berlin-based SaaS company helps small solar investors analyze the efficiency of their installations — covering 99% of the solar market that exists outside of large solar parks.

Who founded SOLYTIC?

Johannes Burgard founded SOLYTIC after being personally struck by the inefficiencies he observed in small solar installations. He built the company as a software-only SaaS platform from Berlin to bring professional monitoring to the underserved decentralized solar market.

What is decentralized solar?

Decentralized solar refers to all solar installations outside of large utility-scale solar parks — including rooftop panels, small commercial arrays, and community solar projects. This segment represents approximately 99% of all solar installations by number, but historically lacked the professional monitoring tools available to large parks.

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Joern "Joe" Menninger is the host of the Startuprad.io podcast and covers founders, investors, and policy developments across the DACH startup ecosystem. Through more than 1,300 interviews and nearly a decade of reporting, he documents the evolution of the European startup landscape. Follow Joern on LinkedIn.

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