Awesense

What Awesense does

Awesense Inc. (founded 2009, Vancouver, Canada; previously Awesense Wireless Inc.) is a privately-held, remote-first software company that operates a cloud-based digital energy platform for electric utilities. The platform ingests, validates, estimates, and synchronizes heterogeneous utility data sources — AMI, SCADA, GIS, and IoT — into a standardized Energy Data Model (EDM) that functions as a digital twin of the distribution grid, accessible through SQL and REST APIs and through a web-based visualization application called True Grid Intelligence (TGI). The company originally built hardware sensors to capture blind-spot data on distribution lines before pivoting to a software/data-platform focus.

Name

Awesense

Legal name

Awesense Inc.

Website

https://awesense.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Awesense is a Vancouver-based private software company that provides a cloud-based digital energy platform for electric utilities, ingesting and synchronizing AMI, SCADA, GIS, and IoT data into a standardized Energy Data Model that serves as a digital twin of the distribution grid, accessible via SQL/REST APIs and visualization tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility Data Analytics Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Grid Data & Analytics Enablement (MDM, Data Integration, Hosting) (EUAEANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) & Smart Metering (EUADAPAB), Smart Grid Automation & Distribution Management (DA/ADMS) (EUADAPAA), Revenue Protection, Theft Detection & Meter Analytics (EUADAFAG)

Keywords

• Utility data analytics
• Grid digital twin
• Energy data platform
• Distribution grid software
• Grid modernization SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform SaaS/Subscription: Cloud-based platform subscription with access to Energy Data Engine, True Grid Intelligence, and APIs. Deployed as SaaS, on client's cloud tenant, or on-premise. Pricing based on data volume computing.
2. Professional Services: Data science services including data cleansing, data architecture, use case design and development, predictive modeling, and forecasting. Team of experienced data scientists with specialized grid knowledge.
3. Usage-based Computing: Business model based on data volume computing. Varying payment models depending on Awesense tools and services required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Awesense sells a cloud-based digital energy platform that ingests, cleanses, validates, and synchronizes utility data (AMI, SCADA, GIS, IoT) into a digital twin of the electricity grid backed by the Energy Data Model. The platform is composed of three core products — the Energy Data Engine (data cleansing/structuring), True Grid Intelligence (visual digital twin exploration), and APIs & Sandbox (use case development with synthetic data) — and is sold to electric utilities, system integrators, technology vendors, and industrial customers, with pricing based on data volume computing and complemented by data science professional services.

Product overview

The Awesense Platform is a modular digital energy platform designed to accelerate utility grid modernization. It consists of three core integrated products: the Energy Data Engine for data cleansing and structuring, True Grid Intelligence (TGI) for visual asset exploration, and APIs & Sandbox for use case development. These components work together to ingest, validate, and synchronize utility data (AMI, SCADA, GIS, IoT) into a unified Energy Data Model-backed digital twin, enabling analytics and applications to be built up to 20X faster than traditional methods. The platform is complemented by Data Science Services for professional implementation support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Energy Data Engine: A data cleansing and structuring engine that ingests, validates, estimates, and corrects utility data, producing a digital twin of the grid backed by the Energy Data Model (EDM).
• True Grid Intelligence (TGI)
• Awesense Platform
• Sandbox

Quantifiable outcome

• Grid projects accelerated up to 20X faster than traditional methods
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• vadimUScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2021Unique collaboration to address nanogrid integration challenges for electric utilities. Combined Awesense Platform with vadimUS vadiMAP solution enables utilities to track nanogrid evolution, monitor C&I customer nanogrids, and identify optimal target customers. Addresses decentralization, decarbonization, and digitalization challenges.
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 July 2020Joint winners of Tech&Climate challenge to measure and reduce environmental impact of technology sector. Collaboration on digitalizing energy use optimization.
• NexxlonminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 28 July 2020Partner in Germany supporting Awesense TGI integration with Industriepark Werk Bobingen (IWB) for pilot project kickstart.
• Kitu SystemscoreTechnology or Integration · 7 October 2019Partnership to help electric utilities successfully deploy Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS). Integrates Awesense platform with Kitu Systems' technology for DER management.
• Industriepark Werk Bobingen (IWB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPilot project in Germany integrating Awesense True Grid Intelligence (TGI) solution with industrial park energy systems, supported by Nexxlon partner.
• Arthur Energy AdvisorscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGhanaian advisory firm tapped Awesense technology for electricity grid distribution improvement projects in Ghana and Sierra Leone, driving power grid modernization in West Africa.
• AccenturecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integrator partner delivering Evergy utility project using Awesense Platform for grid data analytics.
• DeloittecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting partner for Saint John Energy Zero30 project delivering energy analytics and grid modernization services.
• PwCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting partner for FortisBC Project Greenlight, delivering utility data analytics and grid modernization.
• DoosanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementation partner for Snohomish County PUD grid analytics project.
• Digital Future SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for Tech&Climate Open Innovation Challenge for smart energy management solutions. Initiative includes support from European Commission, Mobile World Capital, and Barcelona Agenda 2030.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Grid Software (EnergyIP / Spectrum Power): Siemens offers EnergyIP MDM and a broad grid software suite (ADMS, SCADA, DERMS) to large electric utilities. Directly competes with Awesense's data integration/digital-twin layer as part of a much larger portfolio serving the same utility customers globally.
• Itron: Itron provides AMI endpoints and an enterprise meter data management/analytics platform (IEE) widely deployed at North American utilities. Overlaps Awesense's AMI data ingestion and analytics capability but as part of a much broader hardware-plus-software stack.
• Landis+Gyr: Landis+Gyr supplies AMI metering, MDM, and grid edge intelligence to electric utilities worldwide. Comparable to Awesense in serving utility data modernization needs, but at much larger scale as an incumbent meter hardware + software vendor.
• Oracle Utilities: Oracle Utilities offers Customer Care & Billing plus a Meter Data Management product widely used by large IOUs and municipal utilities. Competes with Awesense on the utility data platform layer, anchored in a much larger enterprise software portfolio.
• Esri (ArcGIS): Esri's ArcGIS is the dominant GIS platform for electric utilities and integrates with Awesense's Energy Data Engine (which is GIS-agnostic). Comparable as a foundational spatial-data layer for grid operations, but broader in scope and incumbency.
• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure (ADMS/DERMS, AutoGrid): Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure ADMS/DERMS suite (including AutoGrid DER analytics) is a major incumbent platform for distribution grid management. Comparable to Awesense's digital twin and DER analytics capabilities, embedded in a much larger industrial-software portfolio.

Direct peers

• Kitu Systems: Kitu Systems builds DERMS and IEEE 2030.5 / OpenADR software for utilities. Comparable to Awesense in addressing the utility data + DER integration layer and is also an existing Awesense technology integration partner (DERMS collaboration announced 2019).
• Smarter Grid Solutions: Smarter Grid Solutions provides an active network management / DERMS platform used by utilities to integrate distributed energy resources. Comparable to Awesense in enabling DER/EV integration on top of grid data, with overlapping customer base among distribution utilities.
• Uplight: Uplight offers an energy data and customer engagement platform for utilities (DER programs, rate plans, EE). Comparable to Awesense in addressing utility data modernization, with broader focus on the customer-engagement side of the value chain.

Others

• AVEVA (formerly OSIsoft PI System): AVEVA PI is the dominant operational time-series data historian used by utilities and grid operators. Adjacent to Awesense's Energy Data Engine as a foundational data infrastructure layer, and increasingly extended with analytics — making it an enabling/alternative data-platform peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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