GridStrong Secures $10M in Seed Funding to Automate Grid Compliance and Reliability

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GridStrong, the all-in-one platform for automating electric grid compliance and operations, today announced it has raised an oversubscribed seed funding round to transform how power asset owners navigate increasingly complex regulatory and reliability frameworks. GridStrong's solution automates costly and tedious interconnection and compliance processes—reducing time, improving quality, and enabling higher system reliability. The $10 million round was led by Congruent Ventures with participation from Energize Capital, along with strategic investments from Engie Renewables North America and other major utilities.

The grid faces unprecedented strain driven by load growth, interconnection bottlenecks, evolving generation mix, and underinvestment in new transmission. As capacity constraints intensify, regulators are introducing highly technical, time-critical requirements. As a result, owners and operators of generation, transmission, and large-load assets face mounting compliance pressures. But compliance is still managed through fragmented systems, spreadsheets, and labor-heavy processes that were never designed for the pace or sophistication required for the modern grid.

GridStrong's solution combines AI-native software with deep technical understanding to streamline complex workflows and give asset owners clarity, control, and confidence without the usual rework, delays, and audit risk. 

"Standards are evolving faster than ever, data is multiplying, and the stakes for noncompliance are high," said Tom Scaramellino, GridStrong Co-Founder and CEO. "GridStrong replaces the unscalable model of manual, consultant-heavy workflows with end-to-end automation built by engineers who helped write the very standards shaping our industry." 

Founded in February 2025 by Tom Scaramellino, an energy software industry veteran, and Ryan Quint, the former Director of Engineering at the NERC, the company already boasts more than half of the 25 largest renewable asset owners as customers, representing hundreds of gigawatts of power across North America. Strategic utility investors, including Engie, have been among GridStrong's early adopters and design partners. 

"Leading asset operators have seen that GridStrong combines deep domain expertise with proven software execution capability," said Kevin Kopczynski, Partner at Congruent Ventures. "Their unique insights are exactly what is required to unlock the potential of Vertical AI to  address today's challenges and achieve the speed and performance the grid demands."

"From the beginning of Energize, we have tracked how shifts in consumer behavior, industrial development, and digital technology are reshaping the grid," said John Tough, Managing Partner of Energize Capital. "Grid congestion, reliability, and rising demand have made compliance requirements more complex than ever — and platforms like GridStrong's are vital to deliver the operational scale to meet this need."

GridStrong takes a unique approach by seamlessly integrating dispersed plant information into intelligent workflows and clearly structured data frameworks. Their enterprise-class platform serves the complete asset lifecycle, from the initial interconnection request to post-COD operations across all AC plant functions.

About GridStrong. GridStrong is the unified platform for electric grid compliance and operations, serving generation, load and transmission owners across North America. Built by engineers who have written many of the industry standards, GridStrong automates compliance workflows to reduce audit risk and deliver results faster. Asset owners like Southern Company, Orsted, AES, Engie, NextEra Energy, Invenergy, Intersect Power, Akuo, Recurrent Energy, and many more rely on GridStrong to meet the demanding requirements of today's grid. Visit gridstrong.ai to learn more.

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