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How Much Did CivilGrid Raise? $26M Series A, No Valuation
CivilGrid closed a $26M Series A on August 27, 2026, led by Spark Capital. Energy Impact Partners participated. PG&E is a named customer. Valuation and revenue were not disclosed. The $60M paving figure is a PG&E/company case study.
CivilGrid raised $26 million Series A on August 27, 2026. Spark Capital led. Energy Impact Partners participated.
Unexpected truth: there is no valuation in the company release. The $60 million paving line is a PG&E/company case study, not audited revenue. A Series A with a named incumbent utility is a distribution signal, not an ARR multiple.
This page is for people deciding whether underground-map software (or this grid-construction lane) is worth another hour. Last verified August 28, 2026. Facts below are the Business Wire release and TechCrunch’s exclusive.
Five-minute decision
| If you need… | Verdict |
|---|---|
| What happened | Funded. $26M Series A, Aug 27, 2026. Spark lead. No valuation. |
| What CivilGrid is | Software that maps what is underground before you dig. Not a battery. Not a generation plant. |
| Whether it is shipping | Named customers: PG&E, Atmos Energy, Mark Thomas, GHD (company). |
| Whether to diligence | Yes, if you underwrite interconnection and civil delays. No, if you need revenue or a mark first. |
Investigate further when: you believe the scarce asset is verified site data that utilities will pay for before they pour concrete.
Wait or pass when: you need a disclosed dollar of revenue, or you think Emerald AI / Form Energy already occupies the AI-power allocation.
What happened
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company | CivilGrid (civilgrid.com); CEO Josh Mackanic; HQ San Francisco |
| Round | $26M Series A · no valuation · Aug 27, 2026 (Business Wire) |
| Lead | Spark Capital (Alex Finkelstein quoted) |
| Directory name | Energy Impact Partners |
| Other named names | Afore Capital, A*, Ford Street Ventures, SNR Ventures (no /fund/ pages) |
| Named customers | PG&E, Atmos Energy, Mark Thomas, GHD (company) |
| Use of proceeds | National expansion and deeper product (company) |
| Traction disclosed | PG&E-attributed: $60M+ paving conflicts avoided; 40% less field research/survey; up to 4 months faster scoping |
| Revenue / valuation | Not disclosed |
TechCrunch: Mackanic left a 10-year PG&E engineering job after a three-day delay identifying an unknown pipe cost $60,000. Founded 2020.
What CivilGrid actually does
Product (company): a collaborative map that consolidates utility assets, municipal projects, environmental rules, and land ownership so builders are not reconstructing the subsurface from PDFs and phone calls.
Job: get grid, water, telecom, and civil projects from scoping to design without a utility strike. The release cites 200,000 U.S. utility strikes a year and $30 billion in related costs — footnotes in the PR, not our audit.
$3.7 trillion infrastructure need in the CEO quote is also cited in the release. Do not paste it as a CivilGrid TAM.
CivilGrid vs Emerald AI vs Form Energy — what differs
| CivilGrid | Emerald AI | Form Energy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live mark (Aug 2026) | $26M Series A, no valuation | $1.05B Series A | $750M Series G (no new valuation in that post) |
| Product | Underground / site-data software | Load-flex software | 100-hour iron-air batteries |
| Proof | Named utilities + PG&E case study | Demos + one named commercial site | Manufacturing-scale raise |
| Scarce asset claimed | Knowing what is buried | Interconnect / flexibility | Multi-day storage |
| Directory LP overlap | EIP | EIP on Emerald’s list too | EIP returning |
Same complaint (America cannot build power and pipes fast enough). Three different balance sheets.
Worked numbers (company figures)
Setup: a gas utility wants to avoid paving twice on 1,600 planned distribution projects (the PG&E case study named in TechCrunch).
Move: CivilGrid’s product is not 1,600 miles of new pipe. It is a map the company says lets the utility see paving conflicts before crews roll.
Punch: the Series A prices that map at $26 million of new capital with no mark. If you naively divide the $60 million paving claim by $26 million raised, you get ~2.3x “savings / new equity” — illustrative only, and it treats a case study as cash. Do not use it as an ROI.
When not to use this page
- Do not treat $60 million as CivilGrid revenue or as independently audited savings.
- Do not invent a valuation. None was published.
- Do not invent
/fund/pages for Afore, A*, Ford Street, or SNR. - Do not confuse CivilGrid with Emerald AI (load flex) or with 811 locate tickets.
Where to go next
Entity: CivilGrid. Same-week grid tape: Emerald AI $1.05B. Hardware: Form Energy $750M. Freight: Gatik $200M. Lead: Spark Capital. Month: August 2026 VC news. Directory: /directory.
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