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The startup CivilGrid, founded by former PG&E engineer Josh Mackanic, received a Series A financing of $26 million in August 2026, led by Spark Capital. The company aims to address the issue of missing underground utility data in the United States. By integrating scattered asset, property rights, and environmental regulation data, it seeks to create a platform similar to ‘underground Google Maps’ and sell access rights to governments, engineering companies, and utility companies. So far, CivilGrid has helped PG&E identify $60 million in avoidable road construction costs across 1,600 gas distribution projects and plans to further simplify the approval processes in U.S. infrastructure construction through automated processes.
前 PG&E 工程师 Josh Mackanic 创立的初创公司 CivilGrid 于 2026 年 8 月获得由 Spark Capital 领投、总额达 2600 万美元的 A 轮融资，旨在解决美国地下公用设施数据缺失问题。该公司整合分散的资产、产权及环境法规数据，构建类似“地下 Google Maps"的平台，向政府、工程公司及公用事业公司出售访问权限。CivilGrid 已帮助 PG&E 在 1600 个燃气分销项目中识别出 6000 万美元的可避免铺路成本，并计划通过自动化流程进一步简化美国基础设施建设中的审批障碍。