Best Smart Grid Companies in Colorado, United States
The 33 best Smart Grid companies in Colorado, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tendril.
Ranked: Best Smart Grid companies in Colorado
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tendril Online building energy management solution for homeowners 57Funding top 19%Growth top 32%Moat top 37%Patents top 40% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Growthtop 32% Moattop 37% Patentstop 40% Innovationtop 45% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $337M across 21 rounds · 21 rounds over 22 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Headcount 60 → 86 (+43%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $337M | 19 mo ago | 86 | Chris Bahry Co-Founder | Creative Director | Google CloudReactAtlassian Statuspage+20 | 18 patents Intelligent energy management and optimization using adaptive profiling and model-based simulations | — |
| 2 | Husk Power Systems AI-powered distributed energy platform delivering clean, reliable power in Global South 76Funding top 22%Customers top 24%Product top 26%Talent top 28% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Customerstop 24% Producttop 26% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 32% AItop 35% Innovationtop 39% Techtop 41% Globaltop 42% Newstop 49% Fin. healthbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Moatbottom 46% Funding: Raised $74.3M across 13 rounds · 13 rounds over 18 yrs (0.7/yr) Customers: Play-Store rating 5.00★ across 2,880 ratings (3 apps) · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $74M | 13 mo ago | 443 443 → 480 (+8%) | Ratnesh Yadav Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — |
| 3 | Recurve Provider of energy management software | $33M | 18 mo ago | 39 | Matt Golden Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | EnergySavvy Online building energy management solution for homeowners | $31M | 120 mo ago | 58 | — | SentryZendeskReact+7 | 3 patents Real-time analytics for utility program performance and energy consumption monitoring | — |
| 5 | Uplight 🦄 AI and SaaS-driven solutions for energy monitoring in residential and commercial buildings 80News top 22%Tech top 24%Growth top 25%Moat top 31% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 22% Techtop 24% Growthtop 25% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 34% Patentstop 34% Innovationtop 36% Markettop 37% Talenttop 39% Globalbottom 44% News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 5 types) · 2 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $30M | 19 mo ago | 496 | Luis D'Acosta CEO | WordPressAlgoliaMySQL+27 | 20 patents Smart energy management, demand-response rebates, and adaptive HVAC control optimization | — |
| 6 | Copper Labs Provider of AI-enabled energy monitoring solutions for residential applications | $11M | 41 mo ago | 10 | — | — | 33 patents Smart grid radio telemetry and analytics for asynchronous energy meter data | — |
| 7 | Power Survey Provider of solutions for distribution grid management | $10M | 129 mo ago | 26 | — | — | 58 patents Stray voltage detection and hazardous energized object monitoring using photonic sensors | — |
| 8 | Simple Energy Customer engagement platform for energy savings | $9M | 108 mo ago | 65 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | cQuant Provider of energy analytics quantitative models | $3M | 77 mo ago | 18 18 → 40 (+122%) | Brock Mosovsky Co-Founder and VP | — | — | — |
| 10 | Distill Developer of a platform for forecasting and simulating energy grid behavior | $2M | 8 mo ago | — | Sonya Gustafson Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | — | — | — |
| 11 | Spirae Technology solutions for integrating renewable and distributed energy resources within microgrids and power… | $150K | 189 mo ago | 10 | Sunil Cherian CEO | — | 28 patents Smart grid automation and distributed power control with energy service interfacing | — |
Top 12 Smart Grid companies in Colorado
#1
Series D · Fort Collins, Colorado · founded 2007 · 443 employees$74.3Mraised▾
AI-powered distributed energy platform delivering clean, reliable power in Global South. The company powers prosperity by providing renewable electricity to unserved and underserved communities. It utilizes an AI-enabled distributed energy resources (DER) platform to serve communities, commercial & industrial (C&I) businesses, and individual households. It offers flexible “pay-as-you-go” options. The company's assets are grid interoperable, supporting national electrification efforts. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to optimize energy demand, maximize renewable energy mix, and enhance customer service. It focuses on clean energy, renewable energy, solar power, rural electrification, energy access, commercial and industrial solar, rural e-commerce, digital finance, distributed renewable energy, community solar, and solar minigrids.
- Sep 2025Conventional Debt$3.2M
- Apr 2024Conventional Debt$4M
- Mar 2024Venture Debt$20M
- Oct 2023Conventional Debt$60M
#2
Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2004 · 86 employees$336.7Mraised▾
Online building energy management solution for homeowners. Offers software to increase energy efficiency for homeowners. The Company provides software systems that integrate with utility and government energy efficiency programs to help guide homeowners and commercial businesses.
- Mar 2025Series E$58M
- Dec 2021Series E$101.9M
- Dec 2018Series E—
- Mar 2018Series E—
#3
Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2004 · 39 employees$33Mraised▾
Provider of energy management software. It develops and provides internet-based home performance software solutions for contractors and companies which provide home energy audits and residential retrofits. It offers energy modelling, reporting, pricing software tools, home energy audits, and green energy remodelling services.
- Apr 2025Series B$12.3M
- May 2022Series B$19M
- Jun 2010Series B$8M
- Sep 2008Series A$6M
#4
Seed · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2025$2.2Mraised▾
Developer of a platform for forecasting and simulating energy grid behavior. The platform brings together probabilistic power flow, long-horizon fundamentals, and a forward evolving grid model. It reveals congestion, curtailment and price risk years before it materializes, enabling better decision-making.
- Mar 2026Seed$2.2M
#5
Uplight 🦄Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2019 · 496 employees$30Mraised▾
AI and SaaS-driven solutions for energy monitoring in residential and commercial buildings. It provides energy management systems designed to offer control, demand response, electric vehicle charging, and distributed generation support.
- Mar 2025Series A$30M
- Mar 2021Seed—
#6
Series A · Longmont, Colorado · founded 2012 · 10 employees$10.6Mraised▾
Provider of AI-enabled energy monitoring solutions for residential applications. The platform leverages machine learning to understand electric meters and track energy. It offers technology to utilities to collect real-time data from electric, gas, and water meters.
- May 2023Series A$1.1M
- Mar 2022Series A$5.5M
- Feb 2021Seed$2M
- Nov 2019Seed$2M
#7
Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2008 · 58 employees$31.3Mraised▾
Online building energy management solution for homeowners. Offers software to increase energy efficiency for homeowners. The Company provides software systems that integrate with utility and government energy efficiency programs to help guide homeowners and commercial businesses.
- Oct 2016Series D$14.1M
- Aug 2015Series C$3.6M
- Jul 2014Series C$8.2M
- Aug 2012Series B$3.2M
#8
Series B · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2011 · 65 employees$9.3Mraised▾
Customer engagement platform for energy savings. The platform develops an online customer engagement platform that helps users to understand their energy use. The company’s Software-as-a-Service platform engages customers and delivers energy efficiency, demand-side management, and smart grid results. It supports utility smart grid, energy efficiency, and demand response programs.
- Oct 2017Series B$200K
- Jan 2014Series B$6.1M
- Feb 2013Series A$2M
- Sep 2011Seed$900K
#9
Acqui-Hired · Thornton, Colorado · founded 2006 · 26 employees$10Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for distribution grid management. The solution provided is GridHealth - which is a mobile electric field detection system. This uses a non-invasive testing method for locating faults in underground electric distribution systems with a focus on detecting the low-level electric fields emanating from structures that are energized due to an underground distribution system fault.
- Jan 2016Series A$10M
#10
Acquired · Louisville, Colorado · founded 2016 · 18 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of energy analytics quantitative models. It currently provides Analytic VaR, Multi Commodity Sim Engine, Single Variable Sim Engine, Plant Dispatch Optimization Cash Flow at Risk model. It plans to add demand response optimization, load forecasting, renewable energy dispatch integration, and energy storage dispatch optimization.
- May 2020Seed$1.6M
- Mar 2019Seed$1.4M
- Aug 2017Conventional Debt$200K
- 2017Seed—
#11
Funding Raised · Fort Collins, Colorado · founded 2002 · 10 employees$150Kraised▾
Technology solutions for integrating renewable and distributed energy resources within microgrids and power systems. The Wave platform offers a scalable architecture for managing high levels of renewable and distributed energy.
- Jan 2011Grant (prize money)$150K
#12
Seed · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2014 · 26 employees$95Kraised▾
Online platform offering grid management solutions. It is specializes in electric vehicle and commercial fleet charging and grid optimization. It uses advanced machine learning and data analytics to optimize grid performance, existing utility tariffs and rates, and electric charging infrastructure.
- May 2015Seed—
- Jul 2014Seed$95K
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
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How research on Smart Grid in Colorado is moving
A read on the academic research around Smart Grid in Colorado — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 90 papers.
- Colorado School of Mines25
- University of Colorado Boulder22
- Colorado State University21
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs13
- University of Colorado Denver8
- Microgrid1→9
- Demand response1→6
- Microgrid5→17
- Renewable energy2→9
- Electricity1→4
- Demand response2→5
- Distributed computing1→3
- Smart meter1
- Subsidy1
- Externality1
- Flexibility (engineering)1
- Willingness to pay1
Common questions
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