# Continuum Industries

> Continuum Industries is an infrastructure-technology company behind Optioneer, an AI-powered platform that helps utilities, developers and engineers plan large linear infrastructure - power lines, cables, water networks and pipelines. Optioneer analyses geospatial data and tests millions of routing alternatives against environmental, social, cost and technical criteria, producing a shortlist of viable options in hours rather than months. Founded in 2018 and headquartered across Edinburgh, London and New York, the company raised a $10M Series A in 2023 to accelerate the build-out of grid and water infrastructure needed for the energy transition.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Grzegorz Marecki (CEO & Co-founder), Adam Anyszewski (Co-founder & Chief Product Officer), Emil Hansen (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~30
- **Products:** Optioneer, Optioneer for Screening, Optioneer for Development
- **Notable:** Raised a $10M Series A led by Singular in September 2023., Deployed Optioneer across 55+ utility and developer organizations including National Grid, Severn Trent and Ameren., Reported reducing a customer's program length by ~60% and cutting route planning from ~12 months to ~8 weeks.

## Products & services

- **Optioneer** — AI-powered infrastructure development platform that ingests geospatial data and design/planning rules, then tests millions of routing alternatives against environmental, social, cost and technical criteria to generate a shortlist of viable options in hours.
- **Optioneer for Screening** — Early-stage product for rapid site selection and corridor/route screening across large study areas, used to scope and de-risk projects before detailed design.
- **Optioneer for Development** — Detailed development product for refining routes, running scenario analysis, automated reporting and supporting permitting and stakeholder consultation.

## Achievements

- Raised a $10M Series A led by Singular in September 2023.
- Deployed Optioneer across 55+ utility and developer organizations including National Grid, Severn Trent and Ameren.
- Reported reducing a customer's program length by ~60% and cutting route planning from ~12 months to ~8 weeks.
- Expanded from Edinburgh into London and New York to serve US utilities.
- Trialing Optioneer to incorporate Biodiversity Net Gain into the earliest stages of infrastructure development.

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — Closed $10M Series A funding round led by Singular with Credo Ventures, Techstart, Playfair and angels.
- **2024-01** — Split Optioneer into two products - Optioneer for Screening and Optioneer for Development - to cover the full early-stage planning lifecycle.
- **2024-06** — Announced trials of Optioneer to build Biodiversity Net Gain into early infrastructure design.
- **2025-01** — Expanded North American presence from its New York office, adding US utility customers such as Ameren, Avangrid and Grid United.

## Links

- Website: https://continuum.industries
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/continuum-ind
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/continuum_ind

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Last updated: 2026-07-21