SenseHawk is a Solar Digitisation Platform (SDP) with customers throughout the solar asset lifecycle in the US, EMEA, APAC, and SEA.
SenseHawk offers an SDP SaaS for process optimization, automation, and asset information management.
Mumbai, NFAPost: Reliance Industries Ltd (“RIL”), has today signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in SenseHawk Inc (“SenseHawk”) for a total transaction value of USD 32 million, including funding for future growth, commercial rollout of products, and R&D.
Founded in 2018, SenseHawk is an early-stage California-based developer of software-based management tools for the solar energy generation industry. SenseHawk helps accelerate solar projects from planning to production by helping companies streamline processes and use automation.
SenseHawk has helped 140+ customers in 15 countries adopt new technology for their 600+ sites and assets totalling 100+ GW. SenseHawk’s Solar Digital Platform offers end-to-end management of solar asset lifecycles. Customers see value with SenseHawk in:
a) Pre-construction evaluation and process optimization: The platform approach enables unification of multiple processes and data into a single GIS supported view for dashboarding, land data management, design option management, BOQs, approvals and more.
b) Construction management: Combined with the map view, chat, and digital forms, the SDP provides improved communications between project teams enabling early issue detection and onsite resolution, automated progress reports, connects engineering drawings and schemas to components on site and accelerates processes.
c) Operations and maintenance: SenseHawk brings all stakeholders to a single interface. Teams work off of the same map-based tasks, with access to all required data mapped to a digital twin, significantly improving new site ramp up. Customers save time and effort with preventive maintenance schedules, alarm handling and performance visualization.
SenseHawk, along with RIL’s other investments in New Energy, will be synergistic and create unique solutions with higher value to customers.
Speaking about the acquisition, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh D. Ambani said RIL welcomes SenseHawk and its dynamic team to the company’s family.
“RIL is committed to revolutionize the Green Energy sector and has a vision to enable 100 GW of solar energy by 2030. In collaboration with SenseHawk, we will drive down costs, enhance productivity and improve on-time performance to deliver the lowest LCoE for solar projects globally and make solar energy the go-to source of power in lockstep with our vision for solar energy. It is a very exciting technology platform and I am confident that, with RIL’s support, SenseHawk will grow multifold,” said Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh D. Ambani.
Commenting on the partnership, SenseHawk CEO and Cofounder Swarup Mavanoor said ahul Sankhe, Karthik Mekala, Saideep Talari, Viral Patel and he collaborated with a vision to impact all of the processes in the solar lifecycle.
“We are delighted with the confidence that RIL has demonstrated in us with this investment. The SenseHawk team foresees strategic value in working with RIL, as one of the largest global infrastructure corporations, and look forward to this next phase in our growth,” said SenseHawk CEO and Cofounder Swarup Mavanoor.
Adding to that, SenseHawk President and Cofounder Rahul Sankhe said he supports Swarup’s feelings and believe this partnership will open new use cases, help nascent markets, and offer higher value to customers across the solar lifecycle.
“We are on a mission to improve the solar energy ecosystem, acquiring 50% of the market by 2025 and with RIL as our partner, we will accelerate on our execution toward that goal,” said SenseHawk President and Cofounder Rahul Sankhe.
The transaction is subject to certain regulatory and other customary closing conditions and is expected to complete before end 2022. Covington & Burling LLP and Khaitan & Co. acted as the legal advisors and Deloitte as the accounting and tax advisor to RIL on this transaction.
About SenseHawk Inc (SenseHawk)
SenseHawk is an early-stage California-based developer of software-based management tools for the solar energy generation industry with operations in the United States, the UAE and India. SenseHawk’s Software Digitization Platform (SDP) SaaS helps with process optimization, automation, and asset information management.
The SDP enables yield improvement, defect identification, progress monitoring, productivity enhancement, cost reduction, collaboration, and data management throughout the solar lifecycle. From development and construction, through operations and maintenance, SenseHawk software has been deployed on 600+ solar sites worldwide.
