GGBa · Jun 2026
Covers SmartHelio's strategic investment from quantumEDGE Ventures and its expansion plans as an EPFL spin-off based in Lausanne.
Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
EPFL spin-off building AI-driven solar and BESS operations software. SmartHelio positions itself as a physics-informed, auditable AI layer for solar asset management, with GAIA for autonomous operations and Autopilot for fault detection, diagnostics, forecasting, and workflow automation.
Primary product
GAIA autonomous energy operations platform built on Autopilot
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Prilly, Vaud, Switzerland
Team size
20-30 employees (public LinkedIn/company-profile estimate); some official marketing pages claim a larger global team
Industry
Services for Renewable Energy
Sub-industry
Solar and BESS asset management software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Series A / strategic investment
Total raised
$5.9M
Latest round
Strategic Investment · Jun 2026
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and COO
Co-Founder & CTO
Head of Product
Lead Data Scientist
Operations Manager / Head of Customer Service
Investors
Mission-driven, international, and fast-growing team focused on making solar energy more profitable and sustainable. Public materials emphasize solar engineers and AI researchers, customer impact, transparent/deterministic AI, and close collaboration with research institutions.
Compensation
Public job posts mention market-standard salary, performance-based bonuses, and ESOPs; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Annual subscription for monitoring, fixed-fee one-time diagnostics, and pay-per-fault usage-based billing
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
approximately $2.4M/year (third-party estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
6.1K
GGBa · Jun 2026
Covers SmartHelio's strategic investment from quantumEDGE Ventures and its expansion plans as an EPFL spin-off based in Lausanne.
SmartHelio · Jun 2026
Official company announcement describing the quantumEDGE strategic investment, the GAIA autonomous energy operations platform, and expansion priorities.
PV Tech · Jun 2026
Reports SmartHelio secured new investment from quantumEDGE Ventures to expand its AI-powered solar and BESS analytics platform, especially into the Middle East and North Africa.
pv magazine · Sep 2024
Covers SmartHelio's AI-powered suite, including climate risk assessment and forecasting capabilities, and its claims around irradiance and failure prediction accuracy.
TechCrunch · Dec 2022
Describes SmartHelio's $5M raise, its predictive maintenance software for solar plants, and investors including Y Combinator, Collab Fund, Serpentine VC, ACE & Company, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Gaingels, Soma Capital, and angels.