Best Smart Cities Companies in New York, United States
The 31 best Smart Cities companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Amperon.
Ranked: Best Smart Cities companies in New York
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amperon Provider of energy forecasting and analytics solutions for grid reliability 60Funding top 28%Moat top 39%Product top 40%Tech top 41% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Techtop 41% Growthtop 42% Innovationtop 43% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 43% Newsbottom 32% Funding: Raised $30.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $30M | 9 mo ago | Series B | 55 | Sean Kelly Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowWordPressApple iCloud Mail+29 | — | — |
| 2 | Circuit Developer of an app-based platform for shuttle services via electric vehicles 48Customers top 24%Funding top 31%Growth top 37%Moat top 39% All 9 signals ▾Customerstop 24% Fundingtop 31% Growthtop 37% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 36% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.67★ across 3,453 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +19% in 6 mo Funding: Raised $11.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $11M | 21 mo ago | Series B | 80 | Alexander Esposito Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | 3 patents Electronic design automation tools for circuit data management, contextual functionality, and generation | — |
| 3 | Placemeter Provider of products and equipment for security and surveillance solutions | $8M | 145 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 244 | — | — | 31 patents Video analytics for pedestrian/traffic monitoring, object detection, and queue estimation | — |
| 4 | Uncharted SaaS-driven solution for last-mile connectivity in smart cities | $7M | 119 mo ago | Series A | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | STAE Civic intelligence platform streamlining data workflows for public agencies | $5M | 79 mo ago | Series A | 128 | John Edgar Co-Founder & MD | — | — | — |
| 6 | Sidewalk Labs Provider of solutions for building energy management | $5M | 97 mo ago | Series A | — | — | — | 58 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 7 | Aō Air Provider of smart mask with air purification solution | $2M | 72 mo ago | Seed | 7 | — | — | 95 patents Catalytic conversion of CO₂/CO to renewable fuels like ethanol, diesel, and olefins | — |
| 8 | Arcturus Developer of messenger RNA medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases | $2M | 69 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Ben Salander Co-Founder | — | 2 patents RNA cap analog therapeutics and modular AI knowledge‑module integration platforms | — |
| 9 | Intelen Building Energy Analytics and Engagement | $2M | 118 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Vassilis Nikolopoulos Co-founder | PHPNginxAmazon Web Services+4 | 3 patents Interactive educational software promoting environmental resource conservation | — |
| 10 | CloudParc AI-enabled parking management solutions | $1M | 150 mo ago | Seed | 2 | — | — | 69 patents Intelligent transportation: multi-vehicle parking management, UAV vehicle tracking, automated tolling. | — |
| 11 | Duro UAS Provider of AUVs for environment safety and sustainability | $150K | 96 mo ago | Seed | 20 | Brian Wilson Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 12 | Envairo Provider of occupancy-based climate control and ventilation for commercial spaces | $150K | 116 mo ago | Seed | 33 | Gabriel Peschiera President & CEO | — | — | — |
| 13 | ClearRoad Developer of IoT-based congestion pricing platform for government agencies | $100K | 102 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | TypeScriptNode.jsZoho+9 | — | — |
Top 12 Smart Cities companies in New York
#1
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2017 · 55 employees$30Mraised▾
Provider of energy forecasting and analytics solutions for grid reliability. The company delivers short-term and long-term forecasts, using machine learning methodology. It offers forecasts for weather events, market fluctuations, and customer contract requirements. The company provides tools for power markets trading, demand management, and asset optimization.
- Jan 2026Series B—
- Jul 2025Series B—
- Mar 2025Series B—
- Oct 2023Series B$20M
#2
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2011 · 80 employees$11Mraised▾
Developer of an app-based platform for shuttle services via electric vehicles. It lets users book seats and pay for shuttle services via the app. The company monetizes through advertisements on internal and external surfaces on the car. It also offers a platform for businesses to run and analyze marketing campaigns. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Feb 2025Series B$17M
- Sep 2022Series A$11M
- Jul 2022Seed—
- Feb 2019Seed$1.3M
#3
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2015 · 128 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Civic intelligence platform streamlining data workflows for public agencies. It empowers civic leaders to achieve more with fewer resources by automating data processes. The platform facilitates the integration of legacy datasets and Business Intelligence systems, enabling robust performance management and unlocking valuable insights across various sectors like mobility, housing, and budgeting. It provides data ingestion, insight, and interoperability tools to organize, understand, and share civic data effectively. This Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is designed for the public sector, offering a cloud-based platform to improve data-driven decision-making and promote transparency. The platform supports data storytelling and helps cities leverage data for better governance and citizen services.
- Mar 2020Series A$400K
- Feb 2019Series A$3.1M
- Oct 2018Seed$600K
- Dec 2017Seed$500K
#4
Acqui-Hired · New York City, New York · founded 2012 · 244 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Provider of products and equipment for security and surveillance solutions. It provides users with a platform that uses algorithms and lives feeds from traffic cameras to collect foot traffic data on people outside of businesses, inside them, walking past, and in public places. It also has a consumer app to show how crowded a certain outlet is and has B2B plans, with applications for retailers and urban planners.
- Sep 2014Series A$6M
- Nov 2013Seed$1.7M
- Jun 2013Seed—
- Jul 2012Angel$125K
#5
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2011 · 24 employees$7Mraised▾
SaaS-driven solution for last-mile connectivity in smart cities. The company provides an operating system with micro power generators that can be used to help generate power from the motion of people and vehicles for sustainable last-mile infrastructure. Its product works on the piezoelectric effect and can be integrated into products like speed breakers on roads, sidewalks, floor panels, cycles, consumer goods items, and others.
- Nov 2016Series A—
- Mar 2016Seed$7M
- Jan 2016Conventional Debt$813.4K
#6
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2015$5Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for building energy management. It provides users with solutions to optimize and manage building energy resources. Its transportation management system analyzes traffic data and helps citizens by providing them with information on routes and parking, as well as helps local governments and urban planners understand traffic congestion problems, and simulate traffic conditions on new roads.
- Oct 2018Series A$5M
#7
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2016 · 7 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of smart mask with air purification solution. It uses an active nanofiltration system that protects users from molecular-level particles.
- Nov 2020Seed—
- Jul 2020Seed$1.8M
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$300K
- 2018Grant (prize money)—
#8
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2018 · 4 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Developer of messenger RNA medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases. It focuses on creating innovative treatments and preventive measures. The company researches and develops self-amplifying mRNA technology for potential use against various diseases. It also manufactures premium woolen goods and outdoor gear, including blankets and hunting camouflage. Additionally, it publishes classic literature, children's fiction, and adult reference books.
- Feb 2021Seed$950K
- Feb 2020Seed$950K
#9
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2011 · 15 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Provides tools that transform real – time energy data into information that makes sense and drives energy consumption reduction and efficiency through long engagement. Provides a data logger to accurately capture energy consumption data and a series of smart algorithms that analyze, process, correlate and disaggregate that data, combining it with historical, weather, occupancy, usage and behavioral records to identify with accuracy and precision where and how energy is consumed, wasted and put into good use, suggest more efficient behaviors.
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$266.2K
- Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$554K
- Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$330.3K
- May 2014Angel$1.2M
#10
Seed · Great Neck, New York · founded 2011 · 2 employees$1.2Mraised▾
CloudParc provides AI-enabled end-to-end parking management solutions. The patented solution uses computer vision & ML-algorithms to detect vacant parking spaces & track vehicles as they park. Features include automated number plate recognition (ANPR), parking enforcement management, real-time availability detection, dynamic pricing, automated reporting, and analytics.
- Apr 2014Seed$1.2M
#11
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2016 · 14 employees$60Kraised▾
Developer of a connected trash can for smart city applications. Its chief offering TetraBIN is a three-sided, smart trash receptacle featuring a wrap-around screen displaying a sidescrolling green field with flying creatures that have to be aimed for while dropping the trash. The inner part of the bin is lined with motion sensors that detect when something is tossed into the bin and the same is translated into chicken drumsticks on the screen. Successfully feeding the creatures results in a win and the user is rewarded with a code that can be redeemed on the website.
- Jan 2022Seed—
- Mar 2017Seed$60K
#12
Seed · The Bronx, New York · founded 2015 · 20 employees$150Kraised▾
Duro UAS provides autonomous unmanned systems for marine environmental research, urban development, sustainability, and youth career readiness. It provides Duro Harbor AUV for urban coastal mapping and environmental data collections. This project will support oyster and other keystone species growth in the ocean.
- Oct 2018Seed$150K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Smart Cities coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Smart Cities is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Smart Cities — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 4,295 United States-affiliated papers.
- Purdue University West Lafayette101
- Carnegie Mellon University79
- Georgia Institute of Technology69
- Northeastern University68
- Virginia Tech66
- Intelligent transportation system46→270
- Smart city37→169
- Scalability10→102
- Reinforcement learning2→82
- Key (lock)3→79
- Smart city29→230
- Intelligent transportation system62→252
- Key (lock)11→85
- Internet of Things12→79
- Traffic congestion9→74
- Smart city50→211
- Intelligent transportation system31→108
- Internet of Things11→67
- Computer security24→69
- Context (archaeology)9→53
Where smart cities is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing smart cities patents in the United States
United States smart cities patent filing is accelerating — 206 filings from 114 assignees (2016–2025), led by Intel, Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022, ARGO AI; annual filings 5→16.
- Intel38
- Strong Force TP Portfolio 202223
- ARGO AI23
- Navio INT12
- Cisco10
- Qualcomm10
- T Mobile USA8
- The Wilfred J And Louisette G La7
Common questions
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