SparkMeter offers comprehensive low-cost metering solutions for everything from rural micro-grids to existing urban central grid utilities. Our products help make access to electricity possible in hard-to-reach places and underserved markets. Our metering system is being widely adopted by utilities serving customers in rural parts of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
We believe electricity and the services derived from it unlock and create the opportunity for underserved communities to achieve great things. As a main driver of economic growth and human development, we’ve seen time and time again how access to clean, reliable, electricity transforms people’s lives.
We believe electricity and the services derived from it unlock and create the opportunity for underserved communities to achieve great things. As a main driver of economic growth and human development, we’ve seen time and time again how access to clean, reliable, electricity transforms people’s lives.
Location: United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 347-415-7288
Total raised: $27M
Founded date: 2013
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Clean Ener... | cleanenerg... |
| - | Lateral Fr... | lateralfro... |
| - | Clean Ener... | cevg.com |
| - | Breakthrou... | breakthrou... |
| - | Elemental ... | elementali... |
| - | Lateral Ca... | latcap.co |
| - | TotalEnerg... | ventures.t... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 30.11.2023 | - | $5M | - |
| 25.03.2022 | - | $10M | - |
| 27.08.2020 | Series A | $12M | Breakthrou... |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.03.2024 | SparkMeter Achieves Compliance with Philippines' Energy Regulatory Commission to Bolster Grid Efforts | SparkMeter is set to bring smart grid monitoring and analytics capability to the island nation's 130+ cooperative and investor owned utilities, while leading the deployment of pilot projects for improved grid operations and renewables integ... |
| 30.11.2023 | SparkMeter Receives $5M Investment from Honeywell Smart Energy | SparkMeter, a Washington, DC-based provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions for communities across Africa, Asia and the Americas, raised an investment of $5M from Honeywell Smart Energy. The company intends to... |
| 25.03.2022 | SparkMeter Raises $10M in Funding | SparkMeter, a Washington, DC-based provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions, raised $10M in funding. The round, which brings total financing to $22m, was led by Accurant International with participation from B... |
| 16.03.2022 | Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part Two) | This post is written in collaboration with CrossBoundary, an investment firm unlocking capital for sustainable growth in underserved global markets. In January, I wrote about the case for climate tech investing in emerging markets. In addi... |
| 16.11.2020 | An insight into how impact investing firm, Alitheia Capital invests in African startups | Share this article: As an impact investing firm, Alitheia Capital focuses on channelling capital into businesses that enhance access to essential goods and services for small and growing businesses and low-income households. Founded in 2007... |
| 26.08.2020 | SparkMeter Completes $12 Million Series A Financing led by Clean Energy Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Goodwell Investments | We’re grateful for the meaningful and powerful collective of co-investors we have in SparkMeter. SparkMeter is a collection of sharp, thoughtful people out to change the way emerging markets access electricity, and they’ve got the technolog... |
| 25.08.2020 | SparkMeter Completes $12 Million Series A Financing led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures and Goodwell Investments | |
| 25.08.2020 | SparkMeter raises $12 million for smart utility meters in developing countries | SparkMeter, a provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions, today closed an $12 million funding round. A spokesperson told VentureBeat the funds will be used to launch the company’s new digital solutions that conn... |
| 25.08.2020 | SparkMeter raises $12 million for smart utility meters in developing countries | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. SparkMeter, a provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions, today closed an $12 million funding round. A spo... |
| 25.08.2020 | SparkMeter Closes $12M in Series A Financing | SparkMeter, a Washington-based provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions that increase access to electricity in underserved communities across Africa, Asia and the Americas, closed a $12m Series A financing. Th... |
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