PR Newswire · Jun 2025
Energize says its Ventures III fund will back digital climate solutions including Nira.
Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Nira Energy is grid-planning software for the clean energy transition. Its platform helps developers, utilities, and grid operators make faster interconnection and transmission decisions by combining ISO-aligned modeling with automation.
Primary product
Grid-planning software for interconnection and transmission analysis
Founded
2021
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Utilities
Sub-industry
Grid software / transmission automation / interconnection planning
Offices
Denver, Colorado, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
Enterprise software
Subscription / demo-led sales
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed Round · Jun 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Jun 2025 · Energize Capital
Mar 2022 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder, Head of Transmission
Casey Heier
Senior Director, Interconnection
Director of Interconnection
Director of Customer Engagement
Trina Whiteside
Director of Customer Engagement
Jenny Erwin
Senior Director, Customer Engagement
Technical Lead
VP of Engineering
VP of Sales
Chief of Staff
Work & culture
Mission-driven clean energy software company. Public posts indicate a hybrid and remote workforce, with regular quarterly onsites in NYC. The company emphasizes collaboration, complex problem-solving, and hiring for product, sales, and transmission planning roles.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public compensation bands or salary data found in primary sources. Hiring posts mention benefits but do not disclose pay ranges.
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely B2B enterprise/demo-led pricing.
Differentiators
- —ISO-aligned modeling plus automation
- —Replicates formal study processes
- —Claims over 97% accuracy across 700+ GW modeled
- —Used across all major U.S. power markets
- —Targets developers, utilities, and grid operators with a single workflow
- —Positions itself as replacing slow manual studies with transparent, high-fidelity results
Technology
Python
LinkedIn
Google Workspace
Slack
GitHub
Customers
AES
Cypress Creek
Invenergy
Large solar developers
Storage developers
Data center developers
Utilities
ISOs
Competitors
Energy Toolbase
Aurora Solar
GridUnity
Thinklabs AI
other transmission / interconnection planning software vendors
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Not publicly disclosed; likely sub-$10M ARR based on disclosed employee count and seed-stage status, but this is an estimate only.
Estimated monthly visits
11.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
PR Newswire · May 2025
Announced a strategic partnership with Energize Capital; says Nira is profitable since founding, used by 100+ customers, and has supported 500+ GW of interconnection studies.
FinSMEs · May 2025
Summarizes the Energize investment and notes Energize board participation.
Public updates indicate hybrid/remote work, quarterly onsites in NYC, hiring for engineering, sales, and transmission planning, and ongoing product expansion.
Jobs and careers at Nira Energy
3 jobs at Nira Energy
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Remote
Sales
Remote - USA
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Executive & Growth - Utilities
Remote
Sales
Remote - USA
5mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Executive
Remote
Sales
Remote - USA
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time