water-utilities
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VertexOne
The company most people have never heard of is quietly running the app, the bill and the payment page behind millions of power and water accounts. VertexOne sells utilities the one thing they rarely build well themselves: a modern customer experience.
Pylon
Pylon is a Cairo-based smart infrastructure platform that sells electricity and water utilities a subscription-based Smart Metering as a Service (SMaaS). Its software layers on top of any meter - old or new - to cut losses, improve revenue collection and give operators real-time visibility, all at zero upfront cost. Founded in 2017 and backed by Y Combinator (S21), Pylon runs across more than a million metering endpoints in Egypt and the Philippines.
InPipe Energy
InPipe Energy is a Portland, Oregon cleantech company that turns the wasted pressure inside existing water pipelines into carbon-free electricity. Its flagship HydroXS system pairs micro-hydropower turbines with smart pressure controls that retrofit into municipal, industrial, and community water infrastructure - no dams, no new construction, no environmental harm. Founded in 2016 by Gregg Semler, the company helps water utilities and cities generate reliable baseload power, cut energy costs, and decarbonize aging infrastructure.
CREW Carbon
CREW Carbon is a Yale-spinout water and climate technology company based in Hamden, Connecticut. It retrofits municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants with a closed-system enhanced-weathering process: dosing alkaline minerals into wastewater to convert dissolved CO2 into stable bicarbonate. The approach lowers operating costs and improves treatment performance for utilities while permanently and measurably removing atmospheric carbon, which it sells to corporate buyers as durable carbon removal credits.
KloudGin Inc.
KloudGin is a Sunnyvale-based SaaS company that combines field service and enterprise asset management into one AI-powered, mobile-first cloud platform. Its 'Single Face of Work' approach is used by utilities, municipalities and infrastructure operators to dispatch crews, manage assets, and keep water flowing, gas safe, and lights on.