Austin-based Infravision just secured $91 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $115 million since 2018. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC led this massive round, joined by Activate Capital, Hitachi Ventures, and existing investor Energy Impact Partners. This infravision funding represents a critical moment for transforming how the world builds power infrastructure.
Why Traditional Power Line Construction Needed Disruption
For over a century, building power lines has relied on two methods: ground crews using pulleys and winches, or expensive manned helicopters. Both approaches create massive problems. Traditional projects consistently run over budget and behind schedule. Helicopters cost thousands of dollars per hour, require perfect weather, and put pilots at significant risk. Ground methods are slow and labor-intensive. Infravision’s flexible, automated approach eliminates many contingencies and hazards inherent in conventional power line stringing methods, speeding project execution and reducing costs. The company raised $23 million in Series A funding in September 2023 before this major Series B round, proving investor confidence in solving this infrastructure bottleneck.
Where the $91 Million Infravision Funding Will Go
CEO Cameron Van Der Berg expects aggressive hiring, with the company reaching 150 to 200 employees by year end. The new capital significantly strengthens Infravision’s ability to hire world-class engineers and scale U.S. operations and manufacturing. The funding accelerates deployment of Infravision’s TX System, a fully integrated combination of drones, intelligent ground equipment, and stringing hardware already used to deliver extra high-voltage transmission projects globally. The company plans to use the financing for new hires to meet orders and continue project development, having proved out the technology in Australia and now scaling across the U.S., Canada, and India. This strategic expansion targets the most critical power infrastructure markets worldwide.
What Problem Infravision Solves for the Power Industry
Electricity demand is surging as the world races to double grid infrastructure by 2040. Surging demand comes from AI, industrial onshoring, and electrification. Power companies face a crisis: they need to build transmission lines faster than ever, but traditional methods cannot keep pace. Infravision’s aerial robotics system has been proven on some of the largest and most complex power line projects in the world, including Powerlink Genex in Australia and emergency response deployments with PG&E in California. Since launch, Infravision has delivered more than 40 major projects across four countries, saving utilities, contractors, and developers millions of dollars and thousands of work hours. The TX System brings helicopter-level capabilities into a daily-use, truck-based fleet vehicle that reduces outages and improves emergency response.
How Infravision’s Technology Changes Grid Construction
Infravision combines precision drones with a ground power line winching system to string high-voltage transmission lines, replacing manned helicopters. The system reduces outages, improves emergency response, and minimizes community disruption in even the toughest conditions. The technology operates in weather that would ground helicopters, requires smaller crews, and completes projects dramatically faster. Infravision operates a B2B revenue model, focusing on utilities, contractors and developers as key buyers, forming long-term strategic partnerships where it leases equipment and provides services. This business model ensures utilities can access cutting-edge technology without massive capital expenditure, making adoption easier across the industry.
Industry Response to Infravision’s Growth
Energy Impact Partners’ Swap Shah stated that reliable, modern transmission infrastructure is foundational to the global energy transition. Major utilities have become customers and strategic partners. With Australia established as a proven market, Infravision is now focused on expanding North American operations and partnering with leading utilities, developers, and contractors across the U.S. Founded in 2018 by Cameron Van Der Berg, a robotics engineer specializing in high-voltage electric power systems, and Chris Cox, a military veteran with extensive operational experience, they built the aerial robotics system from the ground up as a faster, safer, and more efficient alternative. The infravision funding validates that industry leaders see drone-based construction as the future standard for power infrastructure development.
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