Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Piq Energy builds an agentic grid planning platform that sits on top of industry engineering tools to connect models, data and workflows and automate complex engineering studies. The company aims to streamline interconnection processes by enabling agents to run studies simultaneously, unlock existing grid capacity, and accelerate adoption of flexible transmission solutions. Piq launched in 2025 after stealth development and reports managing more than 1,000 transmission grid models and completing over 10,000 engineering workflows while supporting customers running dozens of analyses daily. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in San Francisco. Its founders, Tom Nudell, PhD (CEO), and Dionysios Stamatiadis, MSc (Chief Engineer), bring experience from utilities and technology firms including Smart Wires, UK Power Networks, EirGrid, APS, Oncor, Palantir and C3 AI. The recent $5 million seed raise led by Active Impact Investments will fund the next phase of product rollout to utilities and developers and further development of Piq’s grid intelligence layer.

Participated · Series A · Feb 2025

Tyba provides a unified simulation and operations platform for energy storage that combines AI-enabled forecasting, automated dispatch and bidding strategies with project simulation tools. Its Asset Operations product automates execution while letting operators make quick strategic adjustments, and its Project Simulation product has been used to model over 100GW of projects under development. Tyba supports operations of more than 1 GWh of storage assets in Texas and California, has tripled its customer base in the past year, and delivers revenue outcomes in the top 5% of assets. Since founding, Tyba’s simulation work has helped secure over $1 billion in project funding. The company is hiring across engineering, modeling, and commercial functions and plans to expand its forecasting and optimization capabilities into new markets and across asset classes. Tyba is headquartered in San Francisco. Tyba provides an accessible modeling platform that simplifies and unifies project modeling applications for solar and storage development, financing, and operations. The platform is used by leading community and utility-scale solar and storage firms to determine solar production, inform energy storage dispatch, leverage historical and forecasted wholesale price data, and generate risk-adjusted bids for physical power delivery. Tyba combines AI/ML for price forecasting, cutting-edge physical models for energy production, and linear optimizers to drive valuation and dispatch decisions. The company is led by Michael Baker (CEO), Tyler Nisonoff (CTO), and Tom Thunell (COO). Tyba raised $2.25M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. The platform’s focus is on improving modeling accuracy and usability across development and operations workflows.