Best Energy Tech Companies in Pittsburgh, United States
The 32 best Energy Tech companies in Pittsburgh, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aquion Energy.
Our analysis of 79 Energy Tech companies
$38.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Energy Tech companies in Pittsburgh
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquion Energy Energy storage solutions for homeowners, businesses, and utilities | $165M | 126 mo ago | Acquired | 125 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 67 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 2 | Watt Fuel Cell Develops and manufactures solid oxide fuel cell systems | $163M | 47 mo ago | Series C | 25 25 → 31 (+24%) | Caine Finnerty Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | 370 patents Tubular solid oxide fuel cell manufacturing and integrated reformer‑fuel cell systems. | — |
| 3 | Plextronics Developer of conductive polymers and inks for electronic printing | $59M | 157 mo ago | Acquired | 31 | — | — | 292 patents Organic optoelectronic materials and devices: conductive polymers for photovoltaics, OLEDs, and capacitors | — |
| 4 | Powercast Provider of wireless power technologies, devices, development kits, and design services | $10M | 235 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Joe Walton co-founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 263 patents Wireless RF power transmission and harvesting for battery-less IoT devices | — |
| 5 | kWantera Predictive analytics for Power seller and purchases of the wholesale energy market | $10M | 118 mo ago | Acquired | 7 | Mark DeSantis Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 6 | Encentiv Energy Online platform offering energy efficiency incentive solutions | $7M | 69 mo ago | Series A | 27 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Crystalplex Develops alloy gradient quantum dots (QDs) for the Optoelectronics industry | $6M | 88 mo ago | Series A | 4 | Matt Bootman CEO & President | — | 41 patents Quantum dot dispersion, stabilization, and integration into light-emitting modules | — |
| 8 | The Efficiency Network Provider of building energy efficiency management solutions | $6M | 127 mo ago | Acquired | 29 29 → 59 (+103%) | Rob Campbell Pe President and Co-Founder | SanityTailwind CSSEmotion+8 | — | — |
| 9 | Boss Controls Energy management system with smart plugs | $5M | 98 mo ago | Seed | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | ATRP Solutions Manufacturing polymers engineered for specific properties | $5M | 122 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 8 | — | — | 79 patents Star-shaped polymer additives for surfactant, salt tolerance, and thickening in fluids and personal care | — |
| 11 | Pearl Street Technologies Provider of grid planning solutions | $3M | 19 mo ago | Acquired | 13 13 → 23 (+77%) | David Bromberg Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 12 | HiberSense Premier online platform for direct web slots, offering secure gaming | $775K | 82 mo ago | Seed | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | LeanFM Technologies Provider of an AI-driven smart 3D building visualization management platform | $605K | 79 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Burcu Akinci Co-Founder & CIO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Ionworks Platform for designing batteries | $500K | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Valentin Sulzer Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+15 | — | — |
| 15 | Power 3D Developer of 3D-printed microbatteries for medical, industrial, and wearable devices | $303K | 17 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Rahul Panat Co-Founder & CTO | — | 256 patents Liquid‑cooled power electronics and integrated PFC/DC‑DC modules for IT equipment | — |
| 16 | Teratonix Developer of batteryless power source using ambient radio frequency energy | $100K | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | Yi Luo Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Energy Tech companies in Pittsburgh
#1
Acquired · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2018 · 13 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of grid planning solutions
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Mar 2022Seed$2.8M
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$340K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$749.9K
#2
Funding Raised · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2023$303.1Kraised▾
Developer of 3D-printed microbatteries for medical, industrial, and wearable devices. It focuses on advanced micro-battery technology, delivering higher energy density and lower costs. It uses a proprietary 3D printing process to create microlattice-structured electrodes. It provides power solutions tailored for integration into various technologies.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$303.1K
#3
Series C · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 25 employees$163.4Mraised▾
Develops and manufactures solid oxide fuel cell systems. It operates on common, readily available hydrocarbon fuels such as propane, natural gas, JP-8, and diesel. Its ceramic-based micro-tubular SOFCs operate at high temperatures, enabling operation on commercial fuels such as propane, and delivering efficient, clean power.
- Dec 2022Series C$82.3M
- Jan 2022Series C$67M
- May 2020Series B$8.1M
- Aug 2018Series B—
#4
Acquired · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2008 · 125 employees$165.2Mraised▾
Energy storage solutions for homeowners, businesses, and utilities. The company focuses on providing clean and simple energy storage. They offer battery innovations and technology to power the future, addressing the increasing importance of efficient batteries in modern life. The company provides information and resources related to various battery types, including solar lights, golf cart batteries, motorcycle batteries, rechargeable batteries, portable solar panels, AGM batteries, marine batteries, and deep-cycle batteries. They also offer guidance on choosing the right solar battery and solar battery chargers. The company provides support, contact information, and resources like battery FAQs. They are involved in renewable energy and sustainable solutions.
- Apr 2016Series E$33.2M
- Nov 2014Series E$36.8M
- May 2014Venture Debt$20M
- Mar 2014Series D$56.6M
#5
Acquired · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2002 · 31 employees$59.3Mraised▾
Developer of conductive polymers and inks for electronic printing. Its main product is an organic solar cell and OLED lighting system. Its technology is solution processable ink for printed electronics either conductive, photoactive, or semi-conductive. The inks are unable to provide customized solutions.
- Oct 2013Conventional Debt$572.5K
- Jun 2013Series B$2.5M
- Jul 2012Series B$4M
- Apr 2012Conventional Debt$3M
#6
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
Platform for designing batteries. It develops virtual prototyping suites for accelerating battery research and development, enhancing the product development process for battery and automotive companies.
- 2024Seed$500K
#7
Series A · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2009 · 27 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Online platform offering energy efficiency incentive solutions. It offers a platform for identifying and keeping track of energy efficiency incentives and financing opportunities. It also provides energy audit, project financing, and energy advisory services.
- Jan 2021Series A$2.7M
- Sep 2016Series A$2.4M
- Jun 2016Series A$1.1M
- Mar 2015Seed$75K
#8
Series A · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2003 · 4 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Crystalplex works on nanotechnology for wavelength engineering to develop high performance LED lights and displays. The firm develops nanocrystals for photoluminescent, electroluminescent and photovoltaic applications. The nano-illumination technology is capable of yielding light with precisely controlled color temperature and diffusion.
- Jul 2019Conventional Debt$326.1K
- Jun 2019Series A$50K
- Apr 2018Series A$908K
- Oct 2016Series A$2.1M
#9
Acquired · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2006 · 7 employees$10Mraised▾
kWantera is an energy analytics company which provides predictive modeling based recommendation engine to power market players, such as Commercial and Industrial electricity consumers and power generators who sell their power in the wholesale energy market. kWantera's predictive engine assists tracks and monitors a million data points to help users in day ahead purchase and sale of power in the exchange. The system provides for the daily optimized bidding strategies through their cloud-based web portal, the HUB, which provides access to market intelligence, data visualization, and energy management tools. It is backed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
- Dec 2016Series A$2.8M
- May 2016Series A$813.8K
- Dec 2014Series A$4.4M
- Nov 2012Seed$1.9M
#10
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2012 · 15 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Boss Controls is an Internet of Things (IoT) energy management and controls company. Boss designs, markets, and sells patent pending, cloud-based, WiFi enabled product solutions and software. Their product includes 120V smart plug for smaller loads and 220V smart plug for heavy loads which can measure appliance level consumption. Atmospheres®, their cloud-based platform collects data from smart plugs and provides the web and mobile interfaces data. Boss works with schools and commercial for monitoring and managing energy. They also work with utilities for demand response programs
- Sep 2018Seed$825K
- Oct 2017Seed$120K
- May 2017Seed$250K
- Sep 2016Seed$1.2M
#11
Acquired · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2012 · 29 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Provider of building energy efficiency management solutions. The company develops, designs, and manages energy-saving retrofit projects that address lighting, HVAC, envelope, and water systems. They provide smart solutions for street lighting and smart cities.
- Mar 2016Series A$1.5M
- Dec 2014Series A$4M
- Mar 2013Seed$147.8K
- Mar 2012Seed$150K
#12
Series A · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2003 · 14 employees$10Mraised▾
Provider of wireless power technologies, devices, development kits, and design services. The company offers radio frequency, magnetic resonance, and inductive wireless power solutions. It provides antenna design, product design, engineering, and manufacturing services. The company's technologies aim to reduce the need for wires and batteries.
- Mar 2007Series A$10M
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- University of Pittsburgh11
- University of Pittsburgh at Bradford2
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