About Solabrix

We exist to make rooftop solar actually work.

Rooftop solar in India has massive potential. But too many systems go unmonitored, underperform, and stop delivering the savings they promised. We are here to close that gap, and build something bigger while we do it.

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Why We Do This

Solar is a distributed source of energy.

Ask someone "what is solar?" and they will probably say "a source of energy." That is correct, but only partially. Solar is a distributed source of energy, and getting the most out of it requires a distributed workforce: people spread across the full skill spectrum, from technicians who fix problems, to people who wash modules, to Solar Champions who watch over plants and raise service requests, to owners who care about the returns they get and pay to keep their plants at their best.

And here is what excites us most: that workforce can work right where they already live, in towns and districts where the cost of living is lower than in the big cities, where people already have a home, a community, and roots.

Done right, solar does not just generate electricity. It generates livelihoods locally, and has real potential to ease the pressure of migration into overcrowded cities.

That is not a side benefit we tacked on later. It is part of why Solabrix exists. Every Service Provider job assigned in Pune, every Solar Champion referral in a smaller town, every plant owner who learns to read their own score. It adds up to a solar ecosystem that works where people are, not just where the metros are.

The Name

Sola. Brix. The building blocks of solar performance.

"Sola" is solar, said plainly. "Brix" is bricks, the building blocks: structure, reliability, something built to last.

But the 'brix' in Solabrix were never meant to be software modules. They are the countless acts of care and stewardship it takes to keep a plant generating at its very best. Solar plants do not maintain themselves; somebody has to do the boring, unsexy work. And that is what Solabrix actually is: not an app, a team that shows up.

Even the ranking is built the same way. Every plant earns a Generation Score normalised for its size, so it can genuinely be compared against any other plant on Solabrix, big or small, anywhere in Pune. We still surface the comparisons that matter most to you (your segment, your area, your city), but the fairness is not a limitation we work around, it is built into the number itself.

That is the promise behind the name: solid, dependable, built the same way for everyone.

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What We Focus On

Outcomes, not just installations.

The solar industry has largely focused on putting panels on roofs. But installation is just the beginning. Solabrix shifts the focus to what happens for the next 25 years.

Energy Generation

How much energy your system actually generates, compared to how much it should if constructed and maintained properly.

Long-Term Reliability

Whether your plant performs close to its optimal level, consistently, year after year, not just in year one.

Fast Resolution

How quickly problems are found and fixed, by qualified Service Providers.

Technology

Applied where it matters.

We are a technology-driven platform, but not for the sake of it. Every feature exists because a real Plant Owner or Service Provider needs it.

  • Monitor plants and spot underperformance early
  • Benchmark performance fairly, within the right size and area
  • Connect Plant Owners to local Service Providers fast
  • Simple enough for anyone to use on their phone, no tech background needed

Installing solar is easy. Making it work well for 25 years is the real challenge. That is exactly what we are solving.

The Ecosystem

Built for everyone who touches solar.

Plant Owners

Transparency and peace of mind. Know your score, see your rank, book the right service when something drops.

Service Providers

Steady work, fair pay. Jobs come to you, priced transparently, no chasing leads.

Solar Champions

Referral income, close to home. Invite plant owners, earn a fixed commission on what they book.

OEMs

A direct line to the field. Publish your prices where every Service Provider sourcing equipment can see them.

Our Mission

To maximise the performance of every rooftop solar plant, and make solar a reliable, trusted asset class for India.

Leadership

The people behind Solabrix.

A team that combines deep solar operations experience with decades of building technology products.

Prashant Karhade
Prashant Karhade Co-Founder & CEO LinkedIn

Prashant, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and MS from Vanderbilt University, has 28+ years of experience across hardware, software, and everything in between. He has worn many hats, worked in many domains, and built the conviction that solar's biggest unsolved problem is not installation: it is the distributed workforce and data layer that keeps plants performing for 25 years.

Prasanna Karhade
Dr. Prasanna Karhade Co-Founder & Angel Investor LinkedIn

Prasanna, PhD from UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), is an Associate Professor at CUHK Business School and has 9 FT50 research papers in his name. He researches G.R.E.A.T. economies (Growing, Rural, Eastern, Aspirational, and Transitional) and brings engaged scholarship to Solabrix's mission of impact beyond the metros. He is also its angel investor.

P Sreeram
P Sreeram Technical Advisor LinkedIn

Sreeram, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, is an industry veteran who worked at SAP for 22 years over two tenures, where he led a global supply-chain engineering organisation of around 80 people across four countries as VP Engineering. He was also the Co-Founder of FrontalRain, a startup. At present, he is a hands-on advisor to early-stage startups, including Solabrix.

Swapnil Ughade
Swapnil Ughade Strategy & Marketing Advisor LinkedIn

Swapnil, Founder & Director of Magicworks IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., has been a leader in the digital marketing industry, helping brands dominate their markets. Now, he is also at the forefront of AI, guiding companies to leverage its power for efficiency and genuine business transformation and growth. He uses his rich experience to help Solabrix with strategy and marketing.

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