a software startup backed by the venture capitalist chamath palihapitiya is launching a digital platform that allows companies such as mortgage lenders and homeimprovement retailers to sell rooftop solar installations directly to consumers the wall street journal reported palihapitiya told the paper in an interview that the new law will accelerate deployment of rooftop solar and electric vehicles theyre just creating a tidal wave of incentives he said palmetto solar llc compares the new product to what the canadian ecommerce firm shopify inc does to help companies sell goods online the news comes a day after palihapitiya said he was winding down two social capital hedosophia holdings corp specialpurpose acquisition corporations or spacs after failing to find target companies in the required time in regulatory filings palihapitiya known as the spac king for the number of vehicles he has launched said he is winding down social capital hedosophia holdings corp iv ipod  which raised 461 million and social capital hedosophia holdings corp vi ipof  which raised 115 billion