Best Smart Grid Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 51 best Smart Grid companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hydro Ottawa.
Ranked: Best Smart Grid companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydro Ottawa Provider of billing and energy monitoring services 72Funding top 20%Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Market top 37% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Markettop 37% Producttop 50% Globalbottom 25% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $235M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $235M | 18 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2000 | DrupalApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | GeoDigital Provider of digital infrastructure solutions and spatial intelligence software for utilities | $18M | 146 mo ago | Series A | — | 2005 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | — | — |
| 3 | BluWave-ai Developer of artificial intelligence software for optimizing energy grid operations 64Innovation top 21%Patents top 24%Moat top 25%Talent top 25% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 21% Patentstop 24% Moattop 25% Talenttop 25% AItop 30% Fundingtop 40% Producttop 40% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 38% Techbottom 34% Newsbottom 22% Innovation: 51 patents (top 30% of patent-holders) · 42 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 Patents: 51 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 42 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $18M | 43 mo ago | Series A | Paul Georges Leroux Co-Founder | 2017 | jQueryHSTSGoogle Workspace+3 | 51 patents Smart EV charger fleet management and grid power allocation communication systems | 2 awards |
| 4 | N-Dimesion Cyber-security protection for critical infrastructure assets | $7M | 80 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Energate Provider of app-based demand response solutions & energy management software solutions | $7M | 169 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2004 | — | 21 patents Intelligent demand‑response load control and adaptive thermostat systems for building energy management | — |
| 6 | energyX Solutions Energy audit app for energy service companies | $5M | 71 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Edgecom Energy AI-powered energy management software 27Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding bottom 49%Tech bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingbottom 49% Techbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 27% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $4M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Mostafa Salehi Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLRedis+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 8 | QEA Tech Provider of AI-powered building envelope audits and retrofit recommendations | $2M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Peyvand Melati Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 9 | Opus One Solutions Provider of software solutions for utility management | $1M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | — | 20 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 10 | Cence Power Provider of energy management solutions | $350K | 66 mo ago | Seed | Will Andrew CEO | 2015 | WebflowZohoZepto+13 | 9 patents DC power line fault detection and communication systems | 1 award |
| 11 | CircuitMeter Solutions Electrical metering solution for commercial buildings | $250K | 123 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2009 | — | 7 patents Electrical meter isolation interfaces and power network monitoring systems | 2 launchs |
| 12 | Accuenergy End to end power metering solutions provider | $150K | 200 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | 3 launchs |
Top 12 Smart Grid companies in Ontario
#1
Late Stage · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2000 · 680 employees$235Mraised▾
Hydro Ottawa is a provider of energy monitoring services and also provides billing with respect to the same for both commercial and residential sectors. Core services also include electricity distribution, renewable energy generation and energy conservation and management. Energy consumption monitoring services are additionally provided with mobile app integration for remote access.
- Jan 2025Unattributed$235M
#2
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 22 employees$3.7Mraised▾
AI-powered energy management software. It provides AI-powered energy management software solutions to large energy consumers, enabling them to reduce energy costs and emissions through predictive analytics and IoT-based monitoring.
- Jan 2025Seed$2.5M
- Dec 2024Seed$1.2M
#3
Series A · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2017 · 46 employees$17.8Mraised▾
Developer of artificial intelligence software for optimizing energy grid operations. The company provides solutions for smart grid optimization, data center energy management, and electric vehicle fleet orchestration. Its products support grid operators, utilities, and enterprises in managing energy storage and renewable energy resources. The company's technology also caters to off-grid microgrids and electric vehicle infrastructure.
- Dec 2022Series A$9.5M
- Nov 2022Conventional Debt$1.7M
- Apr 2022Series A$4.5M
- Mar 2020Seed$212.7K
#4
Seed · Markham, Ontario · founded 2019 · 22 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered building envelope audits and retrofit recommendations. The company offers comprehensive analysis of building envelopes, identifying energy loss and structural issues. It uses drones and IoT devices for data collection and proprietary software for image processing and 3D modeling. Clients access analyses and retrofit options through a customer portal. The company serves real estate, property management, utilities, government, and engineering sectors.
- Apr 2023Seed$2.2M
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#5
Series A · Hamilton, Ontario · founded 2005 · 78 employees$17.9Mraised▾
Provider of digital infrastructure solutions and spatial intelligence software for utilities. The company delivers remote sensing data services, advanced analytics, and work management software. It offers a virtual grid for utilities to navigate and optimize asset performance. The company’s software suite manages utility work, including engineering design, vegetation management, inspections, audits, and maintenance planning.
- Jun 2014Series A$5.8M
- Jan 2014Series A$11.3M
- Jun 2011Seed$800K
- Aug 2010Seed$42.4K
#6
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 12 employees$5Mraised▾
Energy audit app for energy service companies. It is designed to provide homes and small-medium businesses with actionable results in less than 15 minutes by using a proprietary algorithm and building profiles to predict the building upgrades and retrofits that will save customers the most on current energy bills.
- Aug 2020Seed$748K
- Jul 2019Seed$500K
- Jan 2019Seed$376.9K
- Sep 2018Seed$1.3M
#7
Acqui-Hired · Richmond Hill, Ontario · founded 2002 · 21 employees$7.3Mraised▾
N-Dimension assists utilities by providing them with cyber security solutions that protect against sophisticated attacks over the critical infrastructure organization’s applicable compliance requirements. It provides MSSP based service to protect OT networks from cyber attacks through vigilance, detection and alerting. Combines cloud-based security intelligence and cybersecurity experts to deliver actionable guidance. Cybersecurity partner of Hometown Connections, the utility services subsidiary of APPA, member of NRECA and EDA. It offers its services to energy market (electricity, gas and water). It offers its cyber security services for smart grid sector through N-Sentinel.
- Nov 2019PE—
- Dec 2014Series B$3.5M
- Jul 2012Series A$3.9M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2004 · 26 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Provider of app-based demand response solutions & energy management software solutions. It provides energy management solutions that enable energy management through its vertically integrated consumer-connected demand response platform. Its app is available for Android devices.
- Jun 2012Grant (prize money)$2.9M
- May 2010Series B$7.2M
#9
Acquired · Richmond Hill, Ontario · founded 2011 · 99 employees$1Mraised▾
Opus One Solutions offers a software solution that delivers real-time management of the modern electricity grid. The company offers 'GridOS' - an energy networking platform integrated with existing utility data systems, modular and scalable GridOS applications to provide powerful grid management capabilities. It also helps to monitor distributed energy resources, including renewable generation, energy storage, and responsive demand and microgrids from homes to communities.
- Dec 2018Series B—
- Oct 2017Series A$1M
- Nov 2016Series A—
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$5.4M
#10
Seed · Cobourg, Ontario · founded 2015$350Kraised▾
Provider of energy management solutions. It provides a device that plugs into alternating current and converts it into direct current. It helps to make lighting energy efficient. It reduces energy consumption while transferring.
- Jan 2021Seed$100K
- Nov 2020Seed$250K
#11
Funding Raised · Ajax, Ontario · founded 2009 · 8 employees$250Kraised▾
CircuitMeter offers a proprietary cloud-based electrical energy metering solution for commercial buildings. It offers remote monitoring and auditing capabilities with historical and real-time data from all electrical equipment within a building, office park or any size portfolio. Their products include CM-WebMeter - a electrical energy meter, CM-Monitoring cloud-interface provides circuit by circuit view of electrical usage and trends, as well as notifications for anomalies.
- Apr 2016Grant (prize money)$250K
#12
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1998 · 42 employees$149.9Kraised▾
Accuenergy provides end to end power metering solutions. Manufactures energy meters, split core and flexible transformers and energy management systems for building and industrial automation. Also, provides wireless communication systems for smart grids to transmit data from smart meters to utilities. Also, provides cloud-based electricity billing management solutions. Has a partnership with Tesla.
- Dec 2009Grant (prize money)$149.9K
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 falling · growth rising
What Ontario researches in smart grid
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology20
- Ontario Tech University16
- Ontario Power Generation2
- Ontario Brain Institute1
Common questions
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