Sensat
Water Utilities
$25Mtotal raised · 17 rounds on record
Venture roundlatest round · Mar 2026 · 7 mo ago
1backers · National Grid Partners
$396kgrants · 3 grants · CORDIS
Overview
Sensat is a London company founded in 2015 that builds digital twins of large infrastructure sites. Its platform turns survey and drone data into navigable three dimensional models that engineering teams plan and coordinate work in. The company works on major British infrastructure programmes including rail and utilities projects.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$25M
17 rounds on record
Latest round
Venture round
Mar 2026 · 7 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Grants
$396k
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
National Grid Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 31
Raised a round Venture round
Jan 7, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Apr 23, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Nov 9, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Oct 20, 2022
Raised a round Series B $20.5M
Jun 16, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 17, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Dec 9, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 6, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Aug 27, 2019
Raised a round Venture round
Sep 24, 2018
Raised a round Venture round
Aug 10, 2018
Raised a round Seed $4.5M · TechCrunch
Dec 29, 2017
Raised a round Venture round
Dec 1, 2017
Won a grant $42k · CORDIS
Oct 1, 2017
Won a grant $276k · CORDIS
Apr 25, 2017
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 1, 2017
Won a grant $78k · CORDIS
Apr 16, 2015
Founded per the company register
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Web presence
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Funding rounds
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Sensat Digital Limited | its site |
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Visa sponsorship
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Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
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Financials
Total raised
$25.4M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
17
Investors
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Series B | 2022 | $20.5M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | — | Details |
| Seed | 2018 | $4.5M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $42k | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $276k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $78k | Details |
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News
Detailed digital twin of M25 delivers improved decision-making and work planning
The infrastructure technology company has partnered with Connect Plus (featuring Balfour Beatty, Edge Orbital Holdings and Egis) and Octavius
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Severn Trent eyes enhanced visualisation with Sensat
Severn Trent aims to improve its capital project delivery by using the Sensat visualisation platform to present data in a real-world context.
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Sensat platform helps UK power project visualise a fusion future
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has adopted a digital visualisation tool to support the design of a prototype fusion energy power plant
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Green energy investment, artificial intelligence and purpose-driven technology adoption set to storm 2024
Sensat anticipates the perfect storm of green energy investment, AI integration and purpose-driven technology adoption in 2024
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Building better to build businesses
The UK faces a huge challenge over the next 25 years to develop infrastructure that's fit for the future. But how can civil engineering include B Corp principles in the planning of multimillion-pound projects?
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National Grid's Venture Capital Arm Is Blazing A New Path For Utilities Forbes May 11, 2023
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London-based Sensat raises $20.5M to digitise construction industry - TFN
Sensat, a London-based digital twin company, has raised $20.5m (£16.7m) in a Series B funding round led by National Grid Partners.
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National Grid backs digital twin startup Sensat in £17m Series B
Sensat has secured £16.7m in a Series B round led by National Grid Partners for its digital twin techn aimed at the construction industry.
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Sensat raises $20.5M to build digital twins for infrastructure companies
Sensat, a platform that helps physical infrastructure companies map and visualize all their data, has raised $20.5 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded in 2015, London-based Sensat is one of a number of so-called "digital twin" software compani
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Sensat raises $20.5M to build digital twins for infrastructure companies
Sensat is one of several "digital twin" platforms that help infrastructure projects recreate their physical footprint digitally.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
London
United Kingdom
HQ
50-200 est. staff