Founded in 2024 by Manhar Dixit and Vedant Taneja, Beyond Renewables & Recycling is building an eco-effective solar module recycling ecosystem for India’s rapidly expanding photovoltaic market. Its proprietary process combines advanced thermal and chemical treatments to extract aluminum, glass, silicon, copper, and precious metals with high purity, achieving material recovery rates above 95%. The startup has validated its technology at lab scale and is now commissioning its first industrial-scale facility in Rajasthan, supported by IIT Mandi Catalyst and NSRCEL. A multi-channel waste-sourcing strategy has already secured more than 2,000 metric tons of solar waste, and the company holds letters of intent from buyers for recycled outputs such as glass and silicon. Management positions the solution as a safer, higher-value alternative to the informal sector’s low-yield mechanical methods that dominate today. With India projected to generate up to 4.8 million tons of solar waste by 2040, Beyond Renewables aims to scale nationwide recycling capacity and meet upcoming regulatory and incentive tailwinds. The recent pre-seed infusion is the company’s first external capital and will fund technology optimization, supply-chain expansion, and initial commercial operations.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2025