Startup · $69.5m raised · Energy · AI
AI-powered capacity management platform for energy grids
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Gridsight raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Aera VC | Series B · Series B · Series A | - |
| AirTree Ventures | Series B · Series B · Series A | - |
| Energy Transition Ventures | Series B · Series B · Series A | - |
| Galvanize | Series B · Series B | - |
| Insight Partners | Series B · Series B | - |
| Pat Cummins | Series A | - |
Companies Gridsight acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Brendan Banfield | Co-founder and CEO | Startup Daily (1 Sep 2026), finsmes.com, Capital Brief, Dealroom, thesaasnews.com, Startup Daily (8 Apr 2025), SmartCompany |
| Hugh Chan | Co-founder and Chief Product and Technology Officer | Dealroom, SmartCompany |
| Kurt Walkom | Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer | Dealroom, SmartCompany |
Stories naming Gridsight. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of the week's Australia and New Zealand raises: Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI secure the biggest cheques, Drumbeat and GonGlobal add smaller sums, and ten AI startups join Airwallex's Latitude 37 program.
Gridsight, whose platform maps electricity grid capacity for utilities in real time, has raised a $26 million Series B round with Insight Partners leading, to fund its push into the US market.
Also thesaasnews.com
Energy AI startup Gridsight, co-founded by NSW childhood friends, has raised a $36 million round led by New York's Insight Partners as it expands into the US; Endeavour Energy is among its customers.
Australian grid-analytics startup GridSight raised a $36 million Series A led by Insight Partners, funding US expansion of its AI platform that helps utilities integrate renewables and modernise operations.
Gridsight, a Sydney energy software startup, has banked $7.5 million in Series A capital, with Airtree Ventures leading and Pat Cummins among the backers, to grow its grid analytics platform.
Also energytransitionventures.com·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany