Powerhouse

Founded in 2013, Powerhouse is an innovation firm that supports seed-stage startups developing software to accelerate decarbonization in global energy and mobility systems. It offers a 6-month program, investing $50,000 to $250,000 for equity stakes.

Emily Kirsch

Founder and CEO

Past deals in Electric Grid

ThinkLabs AI

Seed Round in 2024
ThinkLabs AI is a technology company that specializes in developing and deploying artificial intelligence solutions. Its primary focus is to enhance critical industries and infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on the energy sector. The company's core product is a grid planning platform designed to assist utility firms in managing the complexities of the electrical grid. This platform enables utility control room operators and planners to maintain grid reliability, reduce bottlenecks and outages, and proactively integrate distributed energy resources (DERs) to optimize grid capacity. ThinkLabs AI aims to contribute to global energy sustainability by empowering these industries with trustworthy AI solutions.

Overstory

Seed Round in 2021
Overstory is a vegetation management software company that serves electric utilities. The platform integrates artificial intelligence with remote sensing from satellite and aerial imagery to monitor vegetation near power corridors, assess wildfire risks, and optimize resource use. By prioritizing vegetation risks before they materialize, Overstory helps utilities prevent outages, reduce wildfire risk, and improve reliability and safety across service areas, contributing to a safer, more resilient grid.

Pearl Street Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pearl Street Technologies develops a simulation, optimization, and design platform for power grid planning. Its SUGAR platform uses advanced circuit simulation methodologies to analyze and optimize grids, enabling utilities and stakeholders to prepare for renewable energy integration.

Overstory

Seed Round in 2020
Overstory is a vegetation management software company that serves electric utilities. The platform integrates artificial intelligence with remote sensing from satellite and aerial imagery to monitor vegetation near power corridors, assess wildfire risks, and optimize resource use. By prioritizing vegetation risks before they materialize, Overstory helps utilities prevent outages, reduce wildfire risk, and improve reliability and safety across service areas, contributing to a safer, more resilient grid.

Leap

Series A in 2020
Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market. It allows every connected device to help balance the grid, and get paid for it and access wholesale markets through a single API and help build the flexible, renewable grid of the future. Leap aims to make global energy markets accessible to anyone, starting with demand response and expanding into generation and ancillary services. Leap was founded by Thomas Folker and Remco Van Den Elzen.

Leap

Seed Round in 2018
Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market. It allows every connected device to help balance the grid, and get paid for it and access wholesale markets through a single API and help build the flexible, renewable grid of the future. Leap aims to make global energy markets accessible to anyone, starting with demand response and expanding into generation and ancillary services. Leap was founded by Thomas Folker and Remco Van Den Elzen.

SHYFT Power Solutions

Seed Round in 2018
SHYFT Power Solutions develops an integrated hardware and software platform to monitor, manage, and control distributed energy resources from mobile and cloud interfaces. Its core offering, the SHYFT system, combines a hybrid smart meter and transfer switch to enable IoT-driven energy management that automatically transitions between the grid and backup sources. The company provides software that allows users to monitor, meter, and control power sources across sites, supporting residential, commercial, and industrial deployments. SHYFT focuses on industrial IoT and the orchestration of distributed energy resources to improve energy efficiency, resilience, and cost savings, with initiatives to expand decentralized power systems in markets with unreliable infrastructure.

Heron Power

Heron Power is a startup specializing in energy technology. It focuses on developing innovative power electronics to modernize and strengthen the electrical grid, enabling increased electricity generation.
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