ConnectDER
Series D in 2024
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
Cala Systems
Seed Round in 2024
Altus Thermal, founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, focuses on transforming thermal energy solutions for residential settings. The company aims to enhance efficiency, comfort, and user experience while providing benefits to the electrical grid. Altus Thermal develops energy technology designed to electrify residential heating, cooling, and hot water systems. By maximizing performance and facilitating better integration with renewable energy sources and other distributed energy resources, the company enables homeowners to electrify their living spaces in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
ConnectDER
Series C in 2023
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
LineVision
Series C in 2022
LineVision, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing advanced transmission line monitoring systems for electric utilities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, LineVision offers a patented non-contact sensor technology that enables real-time monitoring and analytics of overhead power lines. This system provides crucial insights into the health and performance of transmission lines, allowing utilities to enhance capacity, reliability, and safety without the need for scheduled outages or specialized installation equipment. Key features of LineVision's platform include asset management, dynamic line ratings, and a secure web interface for data and analytics. By leveraging these capabilities, LineVision supports utility partners in their efforts to improve grid resilience and facilitate the energy transition.
Itselectric
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Itselectric provides curbside electric vehicle charging solutions tailored for urban environments, connecting charging posts behind the meter to adjacent buildings. The system expands public charging access, helping overcome infrastructure and environmental justice barriers, encouraging EV adoption, and improving air quality and community health. Property owners can earn passive income by hosting the charging posts.
LineVision
Series B in 2021
LineVision, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing advanced transmission line monitoring systems for electric utilities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, LineVision offers a patented non-contact sensor technology that enables real-time monitoring and analytics of overhead power lines. This system provides crucial insights into the health and performance of transmission lines, allowing utilities to enhance capacity, reliability, and safety without the need for scheduled outages or specialized installation equipment. Key features of LineVision's platform include asset management, dynamic line ratings, and a secure web interface for data and analytics. By leveraging these capabilities, LineVision supports utility partners in their efforts to improve grid resilience and facilitate the energy transition.
ConnectDER
Series B in 2020
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
LineVision
Convertible Note in 2019
LineVision, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing advanced transmission line monitoring systems for electric utilities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, LineVision offers a patented non-contact sensor technology that enables real-time monitoring and analytics of overhead power lines. This system provides crucial insights into the health and performance of transmission lines, allowing utilities to enhance capacity, reliability, and safety without the need for scheduled outages or specialized installation equipment. Key features of LineVision's platform include asset management, dynamic line ratings, and a secure web interface for data and analytics. By leveraging these capabilities, LineVision supports utility partners in their efforts to improve grid resilience and facilitate the energy transition.
ConnectDER
Series B in 2019
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
LineVision
Series A in 2019
LineVision, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing advanced transmission line monitoring systems for electric utilities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, LineVision offers a patented non-contact sensor technology that enables real-time monitoring and analytics of overhead power lines. This system provides crucial insights into the health and performance of transmission lines, allowing utilities to enhance capacity, reliability, and safety without the need for scheduled outages or specialized installation equipment. Key features of LineVision's platform include asset management, dynamic line ratings, and a secure web interface for data and analytics. By leveraging these capabilities, LineVision supports utility partners in their efforts to improve grid resilience and facilitate the energy transition.
Pika Energy
Series A in 2016
Pika Energy, Inc. is a manufacturer based in Westbrook, Maine, specializing in the development and production of renewable energy technologies for the residential market. Founded in 2010 by engineers from MIT, the company offers a range of products, including small wind turbines, high-efficiency bidirectional inverters, charge controllers, and solar optimizers. Its patented REbus DC Nanogrid technology facilitates efficient power transmission and integration of various energy sources, allowing homes to collect, store, and utilize clean energy. Pika Energy's products are designed and manufactured in the United States, using domestic materials, and are marketed through a network of trained dealers and installers across North America. The company operates as a subsidiary of Generac Holdings Inc.
Quidnet Energy
Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Quidnet Energy develops grid-scale energy storage systems using a unique hydroelectric technology. The company stores excess renewable energy by pumping water under pressure into underground geological reservoirs and releases it to drive hydroelectric turbines when needed. This process enables seamless integration with existing electricity-generating facilities at a lower cost than lithium-ion batteries.
Skystream Markets
Series A in 2014
Skystream Markets Inc. operates as an institutional transaction platform for the environmental markets in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers automation in the trade cycle, including execution, trade capture, processing, and reporting. The company also acts as a neutral intermediary for market participants in the environmental markets; provides client support, which includes structuring customized physical and financial hedging strategies in the spot, option, and forward markets; and builds auctions and electronic markets for the primary and secondary markets in renewable energy certificate (REC) markets. In addition, Skystream Markets offers transaction services in REC markets. Further, the company operates a trading platform that connects pools of capital with renewable power projects through an electronic process. It serves power producers and major trading counterparties. Skystream Markets was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York with a sales office in Boston, Massachusetts.
Skystream Markets
Series A in 2012
Skystream Markets Inc. operates as an institutional transaction platform for the environmental markets in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers automation in the trade cycle, including execution, trade capture, processing, and reporting. The company also acts as a neutral intermediary for market participants in the environmental markets; provides client support, which includes structuring customized physical and financial hedging strategies in the spot, option, and forward markets; and builds auctions and electronic markets for the primary and secondary markets in renewable energy certificate (REC) markets. In addition, Skystream Markets offers transaction services in REC markets. Further, the company operates a trading platform that connects pools of capital with renewable power projects through an electronic process. It serves power producers and major trading counterparties. Skystream Markets was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York with a sales office in Boston, Massachusetts.