How much did Critical Loop raise?

Critical Loop raised $26M at Series A, announced 13 April 2026.

Who founded Critical Loop?

Balachandar Ramamurthy is CEO & Co-Founder of Critical Loop.

What does Critical Loop do?

Critical Loop operates in Climate & Energy and is based in United States.

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Critical Loop raises $26M

Critical Loop announced a Series A round of $26M on 13 April 2026. The company operates in Climate & Energy and is based in United States. It was founded by Balachandar Ramamurthy, CEO & Co-Founder.

Raised

$26M

Stage

Series A

Industry

Climate & Energy

Country

United States

Founder

Balachandar Ramamurthy

CEO & Co-Founder, Critical Loop

LinkedIn profile criticalloop.com

Outreach angles

-Bala Ramamurthy led human-rating work on the Falcon 9 rocket at SpaceX before pivoting to energy infrastructure, bringing space-grade systems engineering to microgrid hardware.
-He discovered his co-founders while serving as an executive-in-residence at Oxford, an unusual academic-to-operator pathway that shaped Critical Loop's rigorous engineering culture.
-With a $26M Series A, Critical Loop is scaling production of its Cygnus controllers to help industrial sites get connected to power in weeks rather than waiting years in interconnection queues.