Best Smart Grid Companies in Australia
The 80 best Smart Grid companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Amber.
- Smart grid demand to drive transmission investment to $573.7bn
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Ranked: Best Smart Grid companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber Provider of energy solutions for home batteries, solar, and EVs | $65M | 8 mo ago | Series D | Dan Adams Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2017 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+38 | 1 launch |
| 2 | Neara Developer of physics-enabled digital twin software for utility network management 62Funding top 19%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%News top 37% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Newstop 37% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 48% Funding: Raised $61.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $62M | 4 mo ago | Series D | Daniel Danilatos Founder & CEO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | — |
| 3 | Infravision Provider of a drone stringing system | $23M | 32 mo ago | Series A | Cameron Van Der Berg Co-Founder | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 3 expansions |
| 4 | Power Ledger Online platform offering energy trading solutions | $19M | 48 mo ago | Seed | John Bulich Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+39 | — |
| 5 | Evergen Provider of decentralized renewable energy management solutions | $17M | 48 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | 1 partnership |
| 6 | GreenSync Online platform for decentralised energy marketplace and forecasting power prices | $10M | 86 mo ago | Acquired | Phil Blythe Founder & CEO | 2010 | — | — |
| 7 | Wattwatchers SaaS and IoT-based meter energy consumption monitoring devices | $9M | 56 mo ago | Series B | Gavin Dietz CEO & MD | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+35 | — |
| 8 | eleXsys Provider of AI-driven smart grid solutions | $5M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Bevan Holcombe Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 9 | Gridsight Developer of an AI-driven electrical digital twin for distribution networks 40AI top 30%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 26% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 14 mo ago | Series A | Kurt Walkom Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer | 2020 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13 | 1 partnership |
| 10 | SwitchDin Offers solar energy monitoring systems | $3M | 8 mo ago | Series A | Andrew Mears Founder & CEO | 2014 | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+18 | 1 job opening |
| 11 | Semitech Semiconductor Provider of System-on-Chip for smart grid applications | $3M | 185 mo ago | Series A | Zeev Collin ex-CEO | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 12 | Enevaro Global technology company specializing in smart energy management systems and IoT solutions. | $3M | 58 mo ago | Series A | Leonie Ladgrove Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
| 13 | Enosi Blockchain-based platform offering clean energy traceability solution | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21 | 1 partnership |
| 14 | DR2 Solutions Customer engagement and marketing software for utilities | $1M | 156 mo ago | Deadpooled | Malcolm Smith CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 15 | Aurtra Cloud-based AI software for power asset management | $1M | 78 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 16 | Energy Exemplar Energy modeling and simulation tools | $187K | 45 mo ago | Acquired | Glenn Drayton Founder | 1999 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailSalesforce+19 | — |
| 17 | Village Energy Manufacturer of smart energy meters | — | 29 mo ago | Funding Raised | Wayne Liubinskas Co-Founder | 2017 | PageFlyCart FunctionalityShopify+29 | — |
| 18 | Envizi Energy intelligence for utility customers, meter monitoring | — | 87 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2004 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 Smart Grid companies in Australia
#1
Series D · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 71 employees$61.6Mraised▾
Developer of physics-enabled digital twin software for utility network management. The software simulates network behavior under various conditions, such as severe weather and design changes. It identifies vulnerabilities and validates potential remediation solutions. The software also generates reports to quantify network needs and measure outcomes.
- Feb 2026Series D$63.5M
- Oct 2024Series C$31M
- Sep 2023Series B$10M
- May 2022Series B$14M
#2
Series D · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 87 employees$65Mraised▾
Provider of energy solutions for home batteries, solar, and EVs. It offers tools to manage energy consumption, including battery automation technology. The company provides access to wholesale electricity prices and feed-in rates. It also offers resources such as solar and battery calculators, compatibility checks, and expert consultations.
- Oct 2025Series D$10M
- Jun 2025Series D$29M
- Feb 2024Series C$19.1M
- Oct 2022Series B$13.4M
#3
Series A · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 39 employees$3.5Mraised▾
SwitchDin offers smart monitoring solutions for solar energy generation systems with battery backups. Offers solutions for monitoring, forecasting, controlling the energy consumption and generation etc., and also offers energy optimisation, demand management for solar-powered battery systems. Have developed monitoring systems named "Stormcloud" and "DROPLET" which integrates with data communications systems for smooth run of the PV system.
- Sep 2025Series A$10M
- Jun 2020Series A$3.5M
#4
Series A · Wollongong, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 17 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Developer of an AI-driven electrical digital twin for distribution networks. It provides a foundational grid model and decision layer for modern networks. The company offers solutions for flexible interconnection and energization. It also provides automated screening of interconnection queues and dynamic day-ahead curtailment quantification.
- Apr 2025Series A$4.5M
- 2021Seed—
#5
Series A · Camperdown, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 74 employees$22.9Mraised▾
Developer of drone stringing technology designed for the energy, infrastructure, and mining industries. The company's technology includes a power line stringing system that is powered by a heavy-lift unmanned aircraft to reduce environmental impacts also provides technologies to preserve vegetation, local fauna, and agricultural land, enabling businesses to have assistance with electric utilities to accelerate power grid modernization with drone-enabled power line upgrades.
#6
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2016 · 46 employees$19.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering energy trading solutions. It provides a transparent, auditable, and automated market trading and clearing mechanism for the sale of surplus renewable energy generated on-site at multi-unit, multi-tenanted residential, and commercial developments and at homes and businesses connected to microgrids and the distribution network.
- Jun 2022Seed—
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$6.2M
- Oct 2017ICO$13.2M
- Aug 2017Seed—
#7
Series B · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 72 employees$17.2Mraised▾
Provider of decentralized renewable energy management solutions. The platform offers site optimization solutions to predict solar energy generation, asset management solutions, energy trading solutions, virtual power plant management solutions, and more.
- Jun 2022Series B$10.5M
- Oct 2020Series A$3M
- Aug 2016Series A$3.7M
#8
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2007 · 24 employees$9.3Mraised▾
SaaS and IoT-based meter energy consumption monitoring devices. Enables real-time monitoring and control of electrical circuits over the internet. It can be used for residential, commercial and industrial, and utility applications.
- Sep 2021Series B$5.3M
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Aug 2017Series A$2M
- Apr 2017Series A$2M
#9
Series A · Enoggera, Queensland · founded 2012 · 40 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven smart grid solutions. The platform offers an advanced power electronics device integrating a suite of artificial intelligence applications enabling two-way smart grids. The AI software delivers services including voltage management, voltage control, power factor correction, microgrid operation, and more.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$321.8K
- May 2021Series A$5M
- May 2021Seed—
#10
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2010 · 22 employees$10Mraised▾
GreenSync provides an online platform for decentralised energy marketplace and forecasting power prices for distributed energy resources. The "dex" platform can forecast and auto-despatch load curtailment and demand-side resources in response to peak events in markets, networks, and large facilities. GreenSync helps businesses avoid those extra costs, by helping them manage their energy need and shifting the load to those peak times. For this, they have developed automation systems to reduce the load by switching on generators, switching off pumps. Works with major retailers, big business, and large facilities. GreenSync received the Victorian Government Inspiration Award, and the Startup Award under the Pioneer Domain section at the National iAwards.
- Apr 2019Series A$10M
#11
Series A · Hawthorn, Victoria · founded 2010$3.1Mraised▾
Global technology company specializing in smart energy management systems and IoT solutions. They provide intelligent energy management solutions and offer a platform for remote asset management and data collection for energy consumption and generation.
- Aug 2021Grant (prize money)$877K
- Aug 2015Series A$2M
- Jun 2014Seed$1.1M
#12
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 13 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Blockchain-based platform offering clean energy traceability solution. The platform allows customers to source electricity directly from solar and wind farms. Additionally, It allows the operators of renewable plants to offer a price directly to the end consumer.
- Oct 2021Seed$1.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Smart Grid coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Smart Grid is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Smart Grid — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,542 Australia-affiliated papers.
- UNSW Sydney175
- RMIT University131
- University of Technology Sydney117
- Deakin University102
- The University of Sydney89
- Microgrid20→164
- Renewable energy4→61
- Control theory (sociology)7→56
- Energy management1→44
- Electricity4→44
- Microgrid27→336
- Renewable energy7→187
- Control theory (sociology)10→89
- Demand response14→90
- Photovoltaic system5→76
- Renewable energy5→45
- Microgrid2→41
- Energy storage1→18
- Demand response1→15
- Key (lock)1→13
Where smart grid is researched across Australia
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.
Common questions
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