Startup CivilGrid Raises $26M to Map Underground Pipes and Cables

CivilGrid raised $26 million from investors including Spark Capital and a fund backed by utility companies. The startup combines maps of underground pipes and wires with property and environmental rules. About 200,000 accidental strikes on buried utilities happen yearly in the U.S. PG&E used CivilGrid to find $60 million in avoidable paving costs across 1,600 gas pipe projects.