Name of the Company: MYSUN (Registered as Eastern Light & Power Private Ltd.)

Set up in: September 2016

Based in: Delhi NCR

Founder: Gagan Vermani with co-founders Divyanshu Sachdev, Gyan Prakash Tiwari and Ashit Maru.

Funding received: Raised first funding of $2.5 million in 2016 from a strategic investor

What it does: Is an online platform hosted at www.itsmysun.com that uses engineering, data and analytics to deliver customised solar solutions to residential, commercial and industrial energy consumers.

How it does it: It creates a convenient and guided buying environment for consumers by providing competitive pricing, rated vendors, quality standards, advanced engineering tools and financing options, all under one roof and connects them to highly-rated pre-screened solar installers to deliver a high quality and best-priced solar system.

Big moment: In a short period of just six months, it became the most visited rooftop solar platform online in India with five million page views. Also received ‘Rooftop Solar Innovative Company of the year’ at IIRSC, 2017.

Impact: Has more than 50,000 visitors to its platform every month and over 13,000 rooftops registered as well as 200 installers and developers in addition to more than a hundred other stakeholders including banks, financial institutions and architects.

Vision: To solarise 10 million rooftops in India and establish itself as a key technology organisation that helps clients realise the benefits of solar power and helps them go solar in an easy manner.

Preeti Mehra

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