Best Smart Grid Companies in Texas, United States
The 56 best Smart Grid companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lancium.
Ranked: Best Smart Grid companies in Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancium Developer of infrastructure for artificial intelligence data centers and power orchestration 72Funding top 19%Patents top 24%Moat top 26%Innovation top 28% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Patentstop 24% Moattop 26% Innovationtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Growthtop 45% AItop 45% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $150M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) Patents: 173 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 88 filings since 2022 vs 85 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $150M | 9 mo ago | Series D | Prashant Gupta Co-Founder | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | 173 patents Real-time behind‑meter power routing and load management for EV charging and flexible datacenters | — |
| 2 | VoltaGrid AI and cloud-driven platform offering microgrids to provide electricity to off-grid areas 74Funding top 18%News top 20%Growth top 25%Moat top 28% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Newstop 20% Growthtop 25% Moattop 28% Partnerstop 29% Innovationtop 32% Patentstop 33% Techtop 44% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $100M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 4 types) · +167% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $100M | 2 mo ago | Series D | Nathan Ough Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | 38 patents Grid‑scale power generation, condenser‑based stabilization, and modular energy‑system hardware | 2 internships |
| 3 | Enchanted Rock Clean onsite power generation for commercial, industrial, and data center resilience | $37M | 96 mo ago | Series C | Thomas McAndrew Founder and CEO | 2006 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Innowatts AI & SaaS-driven energy-saving electricity products for homeowners | $24M | 86 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Branch Energy Utility providing electricity from renewable sources | $15M | 23 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | SalesforceClerkReact Router+17 | — | — |
| 6 | Grid4C IoT, AI & SaaS-driven predictive analytics solution for energy sector demand forecasting & energy intelligence | $12M | 77 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Viziv Technologies Provider of wireless power transmission solutions | $8M | 80 mo ago | Series B | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | THG Energy Solutions Provider of software solution for utility connection monitoring and demand response management | $4M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | Todd Sobocinski Managing Director | Information Security | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 9 | ResilientGrid Provider of electric utility and power grid management solutions | $2M | 44 mo ago | Seed | Lance Ransom Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Carina Technology Online demand management and communication solutions for utility companies | $2M | 170 mo ago | Seed | Jim D. Caudle Chairman and CEO | 2003 | — | 24 patents Smart demand‑response control and monitoring for residential water heaters | — |
| 11 | Dash Energy Dash Energy is a company that provides an easy way to switch to renewable energy. | $1M | 68 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Curb Energy monitoring solutions provider | $1M | 128 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | — | 19 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 13 | Trinity Thermal Systems Load management systems for air conditioning | $600K | 197 mo ago | Deadpooled | Richard Hahn CEO | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 14 | HEMS Tech Communications and mesh networks | $400K | 159 mo ago | Deadpooled | Bill Melendez Founder & CEO | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Gridmates Peer to Peer energy sharing for people who can't pay for the energy needs | $329K | 109 mo ago | Seed | George Koutitas Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 16 | SynchroGrid Provider of engineering consulting services and software for electric utilities | $200K | 60 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | WordPressTypeScriptPHP+29 | — | 1 internship · 1 launch |
| 17 | Cold Futures Data analytics for electricity forecasting | $30K | 145 mo ago | Seed | Oliver Haynold Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Arbor Provider of utility bill management platform | — | 61 mo ago | Seed | Andrew Founder & CEO | 2019 | Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQL+31 | 12 patents 3D stacked reconfigurable processor modules and adaptable logic cores for microprocessor systems | — |
| 19 | AEP Texas AEP Texas: Delivering reliable electricity and energy solutions to Texans | — | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1916 | Google MapsEnvoystyled-components+13 | — | — |
Top 12 Smart Grid companies in Texas
#1
Series D · Houston, Texas · founded 2020 · 44 employees$100Mraised▾
AI and cloud-driven platform offering microgrids to provide electricity to off-grid areas. It offers solutions that include trailer-mounted custom-engineered switchgear, trailer-mounted Genset, and trailer-mounted energy storage system. The AI-driven platform allows users to track emissions, costs, power usage, equipment diagnostics, equipment operation, and more.
- May 2026Series D$775M
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$5B
- Jul 2022Conventional Debt$60M
- Dec 2021Series C$100M
#2
Series D · The Woodlands, Texas · founded 2014 · 80 employees$150Mraised▾
Developer of infrastructure for artificial intelligence data centers and power orchestration. The company designs sites and builds electrical infrastructure to deliver reliable power access. It integrates renewable energy sources directly into data center campuses. The company orchestrates power resources to optimize energy cost, carbon usage, and grid reliability.
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt$600M
- Nov 2024PE$500M
- Nov 2021Series D$150M
- Jul 2018Conventional Debt—
#3
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2020 · 17 employees$15.3Mraised▾
Online platform offering utility bill management solutions. It leverages smart home technology and analytics solutions that help users to save electricity and reduce their carbon footprint.
- Aug 2024Series A$10.8M
- Aug 2021Seed$4.5M
#4
Series C · Houston, Texas · founded 2006 · 256 employees$36.5Mraised▾
Clean onsite power generation for commercial, industrial, and data center resilience. They provide reliable power solutions, including backup power, bridge-to-grid, flexible capacity, and microgrids. They offer end-to-end services, including engineering, procurement, construction, and operations & maintenance. Their technology includes natural gas generators, ERT500, RockBlock, and Granite Ecosystem. They serve industries like data centers, distribution & logistics, electric vehicles, energy utilities, government & defense, grocery & retail, hospitals & healthcare, long-term care, manufacturing, and water utilities. They focus on electrical resiliency-as-a-service, offering clean, dependable power for critical moments. They utilize GraniteEcosystem software for monitoring, automation, analysis, and control of microgrid operations. They are committed to sustainability, using natural gas and renewable natural gas to reduce carbon emissions. They offer solutions for backup power, grid access, and microgrid projects, ensuring business continuity and community resilience.
- Jul 2018Series C$23.6M
- Feb 2017Series B$10M
- Feb 2016Series A$1.4M
- Mar 2014Seed$400K
#5
Acquired · Houston, Texas · founded 2013 · 15 employees$24.2Mraised▾
AI & SaaS-driven energy-saving electricity products for homeowners. Technology-based energy-saving electricity products for homes along with mobile-based analytics through apps to understand consumption. Offers big data analytics services to enable consumers to monitor and analyze consumption and allow energy providers to offer customized energy products. Features include monitoring usage and data analytics, and energy management system, alert systems for monthly peaking or extreme shifts in the usage, and more.
- May 2019Series B$18.2M
- Aug 2017Series A$6M
#6
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 1 employees$12.5Mraised▾
IoT, AI & SaaS-driven predictive analytics solution for energy sector demand forecasting & energy intelligence. The platform uses proprietary machine learning and big data algorithm and provides real-time load forecasts at the granular level such as the meter or appliance. The platform creates models and monitors every meter or appliance separately. It automatically learns the patterns and behavior to provide real-time energy forecasts and actionable insights.
- Jan 2020Series A$6M
- Nov 2018Series A$5M
- Dec 2014Seed$1.5M
#7
Series B · Waxahachie, Texas · founded 2013 · 13 employees$8.5Mraised▾
Viziv Technologies provides solutions for wireless power transmission. It provides surface wave systems to strengthen position and navigation technologies and enable the wireless delivery of power.
- Nov 2019Series B$350K
- Sep 2019Series B$165K
- Jul 2019Series B$407.8K
- Apr 2019Series B$46.1K
#8
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 4 employees$1.5Mraised▾
ResilientGrid specializes in providing electric utility and power grid solutions. It offers software called ResilientGrid OS for electric utility control room that allows users to monitor the entire grid system on the platform. The features of the software include ResilientGrid Map that provides the grid network on the video wall, ResilientGrid Network Model Validator, ResilientGrid Alarm Management, ResilientGrid Incident Manager, and ResilientGrid Communicator.
- Nov 2022Seed—
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$80.1K
- Aug 2018Seed$100K
#9
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2003 · 31 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of software solution for utility connection monitoring and demand response management. The software can be used for continuous monitoring of the energy program, detailed accounting and operating cost monitoring, usage and demand information reporting, data management of utility and supplier bills, smart meter and interval data integration, sub-metering, and bill auditing. The demand response solution consists of hardware & software products to leverage automation controls of buildings, real-time usage & historical data reporting, and performance reporting.
- May 2019Series A$4M
#10
Deadpooled · Austin, Texas · founded 2019 · 12 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Dash Energy is a company that offers an easy way to switch to renewable energy. They have a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Crunchbase. They also have a website where users can log in to explore plans.
- Oct 2020Seed$1.4M
#11
Seed · Huntsville, Texas · founded 2003 · 14 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Online demand management and communication solutions for utility companies. The company designs wireless hardware and software products relating to utility applications. The core design of the technology is based on commercial cellular to private networks, such as fiber optics. Offers solutions to access monitoring and remote control features.
- Apr 2012Conventional Debt$437.4K
- Jan 2010Seed$1.5M
#12
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 16 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Energy monitoring solutions provider. Its platform integrates spending, trends and historical behavior, and unusual usage in real time and gives insights. Hardware can also be integrated with other smart home devices to provide remote control and automation.
- Oct 2015Series A—
- Oct 2015Seed$1.2M
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 in Texas is moving
A read on the academic research around Smart Grid in Texas — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 515 papers.
Texas A&M and UT Austin optimistically drive smart-grid research, focusing on energy management, microgrid optimization, and security, with breakthroughs and advancements dominating over concerns.
- Texas A&M University158
- The University of Texas at Austin69
- The University of Texas at Arlington55
- Texas A&M University at Qatar52
- Texas Tech University49
- Microgrid9→38
- Electric power system7→22
- Demand response3→17
- Computer security4→16
- Control theory (sociology)2→14
- Microgrid18→84
- Renewable energy7→39
- Demand response7→30
- Electricity3→21
- Electric power system5→22
- Distributed generation1→11
- Microgrid1→8
- Electricity1→8
- Electric power system2→9
- Environmental economics1→7
Common questions
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