Top Residential Solar Startups in 2026

Aurora Solar develops cloud-based software that enables sophisticated solar PV engineering design, provides workflow management functionality, and facilitates sales and customer acquisition for solar installers and financiers. Our software is used to create over 200,000 solar projects a month across the US and around the world.

Electrum empowers communities to adopt sustainable technologies through transparency and choice to improve the quality of life for all people. The site walks a user through online education and a simple registration process that creates a project for certified, vetted installers to place bids on. After a set period, the bidding process ends and bid analysis is carried out through a proprietary algorithm. The final three bids selected presented in a user friendly format to allow a homeowner to understand the advantages of each bid. The homeowner then has the opportunity to select a bid on the site and e-sign a contract directly with the installer.

HomeWorks Energy, is an energy efficiency company tackling the massive problem of homes consuming between 30-50% more energy than necessary. We've taken the fractured energy efficiency market and created a single point-of-contact for homeowners to upgrade their homes with solar, heating and cooling, insulation, windows, and appliances and we help navigate the complex rebates and subsidies offered by various government programs.

Solar, EV charging and storage installations for commercial and residential customers.

mPower Technology is shaping the future of solar power with a revolutionary new patented technology called DragonSCALES™, a completely flexible, interconnected mesh of miniature solar cells. Leveraging well-established and affordable materials, processes, and tools from the silicon photovoltaic (PV) and microelectronics industries, DragonSCALES™ create new design options for solar power. mPower removes the constraints of existing silicon and gallium arsenide solar solutions and enables highly flexible, resilient, light-weight designs that can be rapidly deployed at extremely low cost. mPower Technology has gained significant market traction since its Series A investment, including the recent award of an SBIR contract from the US Army to develop and test solar modules for soldier portable and remote power applications. The company has also made notable progress in the space solar power market, mPower is deeply engaged with multiple customers for large, low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations worth between $50-100M in revenue each. Please see mPower Advisors profiles below: Michael Gross Division Manager, Autonomous Systems at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - linkedin.com/in/michael-gross-639b9521 Stuart Rose, Entrepreneur and Investor - linkedin.com/in/stuart-rose-b779351 Doug Rasor, The President of Rasor Advisors and Chairman of Kitu Systems - linkedin.com/in/doug-rasor-7a7911 Freeman Ford, Chairman and Founder of Fafco Inc. - linkedin.com/in/freeman-ford-94a8a612 David Lyle, CFO Airgain - linkedin.com/in/david-lyle-8429a74 Alan Heim, VP of Human Resources Interactive - linkedin.com/in/alan-heim-4173491 Darius Sankey, Co-Founder Moore Ventures - linkedin.com/in/dariussankey

Founded in 2012, Pegasus Solar designs and manufactures innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company began commercialization in mid-2014 and is supplying the LightSpeed Mount, a revolutionary new rail-less system, to major solar installers nationwide. Operating from facilities in Richmond, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talented engineers and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations and driving out cost.

Our mission is to deliver energy that lets you live a life without compromise. Ossiaco sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home and customer-centric utilities. The Ossiaco team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from large utility customers to distributed energy resource providers. Our AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes and their lifestyles. Ossiaco has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.

We provide homeowners with the option to purchase their electricity utility through solar energy at a lower rate than they currently pay. Typically 20-40% savings on their energy bills. We win the hearts of our customers because they can see that we are fighting for them. We are committed to doing this the right way. Our customers are no longer consumers. They become producer - consumers who sustainably use what they produce, and save money while doing it. Our average customer saves $45 per month right away, and locks in low energy rates. As traditional energy costs continue to rise, our customers’ savings grow exponentially. Our customers join a new movement to change the way we power our homes and businesses, promote a healthy environment and economy, and save money while doing it. Its a win-win-win for all. Join Us.

8Minutes helps homeowners & businesses switch to clean energy at no upfront cost by installing Solar, and simply having our customers pay for clean energy at a lower rate than what they pay to their utility company.