We design beautiful custom solar panels that complement your home - because you shouldn't have to sacrifice style for sustainability.
Traditionally, solar panels have been manufactured to maximize utility without considering aesthetics. But there’s another way. We at Sistine Solar are on a mission to showcase the innate beauty of solar energy through stunning design, captivating the world’s imagination and ushering in the era of clean energy. We passionately believe that by designing beautiful products that generate electricity more elegantly, we can capture the hearts and minds of the world, driving the mass adoption of clean energy.
"We envision a world where solar energy is iconic and inspirational."
In just one hour, the sun produces enough energy to power the world for an entire year. Yet solar makes up less than 1% of our global energy production. How can we leapfrog incremental progress to convert the planet to 100% clean energy in our lifetime?
The answer is to make solar capture the world’s imagination. Like Tesla and Apple before us, we elegantly marry form and function. By freeing solar from its traditional form, we at Sistine envision a world solar is everywhere, on every surface of every building, ushering in the era of 100% clean energy.
Traditionally, solar panels have been manufactured to maximize utility without considering aesthetics. But there’s another way. We at Sistine Solar are on a mission to showcase the innate beauty of solar energy through stunning design, captivating the world’s imagination and ushering in the era of clean energy. We passionately believe that by designing beautiful products that generate electricity more elegantly, we can capture the hearts and minds of the world, driving the mass adoption of clean energy.
"We envision a world where solar energy is iconic and inspirational."
In just one hour, the sun produces enough energy to power the world for an entire year. Yet solar makes up less than 1% of our global energy production. How can we leapfrog incremental progress to convert the planet to 100% clean energy in our lifetime?
The answer is to make solar capture the world’s imagination. Like Tesla and Apple before us, we elegantly marry form and function. By freeing solar from its traditional form, we at Sistine envision a world solar is everywhere, on every surface of every building, ushering in the era of 100% clean energy.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $1M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.11.2015 | Grant | $1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.06.2021 | Solar 101: It all comes down to curb appeal | When it comes to buying residential solar panels in the United States, the most important factor is curb appeal. U.S. home equity collectively represents the largest savings account in the country. And because aesthetics are among the most ... |
| 25.02.2021 | Sistine Solar’s Award-Winning SolarSkin™ Technology Used in Flagship Universal Orlando Installation | Sistine Solar’s SolarSkin™ highlights world's first custom-branded floating solar array at Universal Orlando (photo credit: @bioreconstruct on Twitter) The breakthrough that solar can be customized to any look and feel has opened up interes... |
| 18.11.2020 | Solar Builder names Editor’s Choice Award winners for 2020 | After the Solar Builder readers cast their votes to choose our annual Project of the Year winners, Solar Builder’s editor gets to pick his favorites among the Project of the Year field of nominees. In a variety of categories from the Most R... |
| 24.08.2020 | This commercial solar project blends public art, on-site generation in Minneapolis’ Uptown | Wavy ribbons of tilted panels run the length of the MoZaic East building in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. Photo by Katherine Jossi From Energy News Network: MoZaic East’s developers worked with artists, engineers, designers and architec... |
| 21.10.2019 | Sistine Solar Raises Funding Round | Sistine Solar, a provider of a technology product that transforms industrial solar panels into a way to generate electricity, raised a funding round of undisclosed amount. Energy Foundry, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and Thin... |
| 17.04.2019 | Thin Line Capital Backs Solar Technology Developer | Pasadena-based venture capital investment firm Thin Line Capital, a new venture capital firm led by venture veteran Aaron Fyke, has made its first investment, in a developer of solar technology. According to Thin Line Capital, it has made a... |
| 08.03.2018 | SolarSkin Design Studio gives homeowners control of solar panel graphic design | SolarSkin Design Studio gives homeowners control of solar panel graphic design By Chris Crowell March 8, 2018 View Profile Homeowners care about curb appeal, and sometimes a solar system clashes with their aesthetics. To remedy this, there ... |
| 23.02.2017 | Solar panels get a face-lift with custom designs | Residential solar power is on a sharp rise in the United States as photovoltaic systems become cheaper and more powerful for homeowners. A 2012 study by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that solar could reach 1 million to 3.8 mi... |
| 04.06.2014 | Solar parklets // $360K for yak hair [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting funded? Bay Ridge’s mYak raised $359,955 on an offered $536,775 equity-only round, according to an SEC filing. Led by Paola Vanza, the company makes clothes and home goods from baby yak hair. Here’s a bit more about the advant... |
| 19.03.2014 | Startup ecosystems need an outward looking university: Micah Kotch | Silicon Valley has Stanford and Boston has MIT. A mature startup ecosystem needs some major institution working hard to turn research into products, and investors in those places learn that those institutions are fountains of profitable ide... |
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