Geo-Connections

Name

Geo-Connections

Legal name

Geo-Connections, Inc.

Website

https://geoconnectionsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geothermal HVAC Design Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

Geothermal Heat Pumps & Ground-Source Systems (Residential/Commercial, Drilling/Loop Installation) (EUAMAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Heat Pump & Smart HVAC Controller Integration (HSAOANAD), Heat Pumps (Air/Water/Ground Source) (IMAHAKAF), Geothermal HVAC Installation (HSAOAGAE)

Keywords

• Ground loop design
• Geothermal HVAC software
• Heat exchanger sizing
• Building load analysis
• Geothermal savings estimation

Headquarters

HQ city

Elkton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Subscription: Online subscription-based software for ground loop design. Includes LoopLink PRO and LoopLink RLC accessible via web browser. Updates, new features, and equipment catalog updates included at no extra cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Geo-Connections develops and sells web-based SaaS software for designing ground loop heat exchangers used in geothermal heating and cooling systems. Its flagship offerings are LoopLink PRO for commercial projects requiring detailed load analyses, LoopLink RLC for residential and light commercial installations, and LoopLink GSE, an API that estimates energy and cost savings of geothermal versus traditional HVAC systems. All products are delivered through a browser-accessible subscription platform with continuous updates included.

Product overview

Geo-Connections is a geothermal software-as-a-service (SaaS) company offering a suite of three interconnected web-based products. LoopLink PRO serves commercial designers with detailed load analysis capabilities, while LoopLink RLC targets residential and light commercial ground loop design. LoopLink GSE provides an API-based geothermal savings estimation engine for embedding performance calculations into third-party applications. All products are accessible via subscription through any web browser.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LoopLink PRO: Web-based ground loop design software for commercial designers with building loads not necessarily driven by local weather, suitable for manufacturing facilities, schools, data-centers, and hospitals.
• LoopLink RLC
• LoopLink GSE

Products and services

• LoopLink PRO

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy savings of 40-70% for heating and cooling compared to conventional systems
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DandelioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2018Dandelion acquired Geo-Connections in March 2018. The tools built over the past decade were transitioned to be offered through Dandelion. Both companies had been working together on software projects for a year prior to the acquisition, with shared alignment in purpose and solving similar problems in the geothermal industry. Geo-Connections joined Dandelion to more effectively pursue widespread geothermal adoption.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carrier (Carrier Corporation): Carrier's HAP (Hourly Analysis Program) is a long-established HVAC load and energy analysis software used by the same commercial designer buyer that LoopLink PRO targets. Both are subscription/web-based design tools for HVAC sizing and energy modeling, serving mechanical engineers and building designers.
• Trane Technologies: Trane's TRACE 700/TRACE 3D is one of the dominant commercial HVAC energy analysis and load-design platforms on the market. Like LoopLink PRO, it is sold to commercial designers and engineers specifying HVAC systems, and competes for similar professional seats.

Broad incumbents

• ClimateMaster: ClimateMaster is one of the largest geothermal heat pump (GSHP) equipment manufacturers and provides design sizing tools and support to its installer network. It serves the same end customer (geothermal system designers/contractors) and overlaps with LoopLink on ground-loop/heat-pump sizing workflows.
• WaterFurnace: WaterFurnace is one of the most prominent U.S. manufacturers of residential and commercial geothermal heat pumps, with its own dealer training and design resources for ground loop sizing. It addresses the same residential/commercial GSHP designer buyer that LoopLink RLC and PRO target.

Others

• ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America): ACCA publishes Manual J (load calculation), Manual S, and Manual T — the foundational residential HVAC design standards that LoopLink RLC explicitly references in its workflow. ACCA sets the design methodology LoopLink operationalizes and is the industry body whose standards govern GSHP and conventional HVAC design.
• IGSHPA (International Ground Source Heat Pump Association): IGSHPA is the industry research and standards body for ground source heat pumps, co-located at Oklahoma State University. Ryan Carda at Geo-Connections co-authored IGSHPA's reference residential/light commercial GSHP design and installation text, tying the company's tools tightly to IGSHPA's installation and design methodology.
• Dandelion Energy: Dandelion Energy is the Google spin-off that acquired Geo-Connections in March 2018 and now offers the LoopLink toolset. Although now the parent, Dandelion operates as the residential geothermal installer partner and primary U.S. deployment channel through which LoopLink is distributed to homeowners and installers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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