Critical Loop, a company focused on speeding power access for industrial sites, raised $26 mn in fresh funding. Total committed capital now stands at $49 mn.
The company says its model cuts grid connection wait times from years to weeks by combining modular hardware with software built to ease infrastructure bottlenecks holding back growth.
Across the US, businesses often face multi-year delays for grid upgrades. Those delays slow industrial and commercial expansion and mess with project timelines.
Critical Loop targets that problem head-on, deploying flexible microgrids that deliver reliable power far faster than traditional utility upgrades. The approach lets companies connect and expand operations without sitting around for permanent utility work.
At the center of the platform sits the CLB-5100, a scalable 1 MW integrated battery system. The unit connects with on-site generation, existing grid infrastructure, and newer distributed energy sources.
It’s portable too, which matters. Utilities place it where grid capacity is stretched the most, keeping service running while longer-term upgrades move through the pipeline.
The company has also built a set of partnerships to support expansion. One supply agreement with LG Energy Solution Vertech covers domestically manufactured energy storage systems.
Critical Loop also won a competitive bid to optimize an 11 MW load with solar and batteries at a major US airport. Those deals give the company more than a nice headline. They show the technology works in large, messy, high-stakes energy projects.
The latest round drew backing from infrastructure and climate investors focused on faster power deployment.
Nick Stork, founder and managing partner at Conifer Infrastructure Partners, said current options remain too slow and too rigid for what customers face on the ground. He said Critical Loop offers an immediate solution built around real project timelines rather than old utility schedules.
According to the company, its model has already shown value across several use cases. It kept a manufacturing facility online during an extended utility outage.
It also helped an infrastructure partner expand EV charging capacity within months, where the same process would otherwise have taken years.
The company’s work has even drawn attention from regulators and appeared in recent California energy rulemaking.
Critical Loop now operates across California and plans to use the new capital to expand into other regions facing similar grid constraints. Demand keeps climbing.
AI data centers, logistics hubs, and advanced manufacturing sites all need power faster than the grid often delivers it. The company aims to meet that demand with a platform built for speed and scale.
Industrial real estate puts extra pressure on timing. Developers and tenants don’t work on timelines that leave room for long waits on electricity. Critical Loop’s platform fits those demands, giving customers a faster route to power when delay isn’t an option.
