CivilGrid Raises $26M Series A to Map Buried Utilities

CivilGrid closed a $26 million Series A led by Spark Capital, with participation from Energy Impact Partners — a fund whose LPs include utilities. The startup aggregates data on buried utility assets, property ownership, and environmental regulations. Roughly 200,000 buried utility strikes occur annually in the U.S. A PG&E case study using CivilGrid identified $60 million in avoidable paving costs across 1,600 planned gas distribution projects.