National Grid Partners is the venture investment and innovation arm of National Grid plc, operating offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, London, and New York.
National Grid Partners led the Series B round to support digital automation in infrastructure projects.
"We are delighted to welcome National Grid Partners as a shareholder and look forward to serving utility customers in the UK, US and beyond, bringing a new era in digital automation for the utility and wider infrastructure sectors."
AllegisCyber Capital led the financing round with participation from a roster of new and existing investors.
"The emergence of Continuous Controls Monitoring as a new cybersecurity category demonstrates a 'coming of age' for cybersecurity. Cyber is the existential threat to the global digital economy. All levels of the enterprise, from the CISO, to Chief Risk Officer, to the Board of Directors are demanding comprehensive visibility, transparency and hard metrics to assess cyber situational awareness. Panaseer has demonstrated itself as the leader in this critical new category and we are excited to be working with the team to further advance its leadership role in this essential market."
National Grid Partners joined existing investors Cambridge Innovation Capital and IQ Capital in backing the sound recognition specialist.
"Our Series A round in 2017 raised $5.5m. Since then we’ve doubled the size of the company, licensed our technology to leading players and seen their products make a significant impact on the smart home market,"
