Derapi Secures $7 Million Seed Round to Scale Universal API for Distributed Energy Integration

New updates have been reported about Derapi.

Derapi has raised $7 million in seed financing to accelerate deployment of its universal API platform for distributed energy resources (DERs), positioning the company as a core infrastructure provider for utilities, grid operators, and energy platforms. The round was led by Earthshot Ventures, with participation from Tuesday Capital, Susquehanna Sustainable Investments, WYVC, Breakthrough Venture Capital, WovenEarth Ventures, Radicle Impact, Raisewell Ventures, and several angel investors, joining existing backers UNION, Ubiquity Ventures, and M1C. Proceeds will fund team expansion and product scaling as Derapi moves to support millions of connected devices, including solar systems, batteries, EV chargers, and smart loads, at a time when rising electricity demand and grid reliability concerns are increasing the value of flexible, software-orchestrated capacity. Derapi’s platform provides a single, standardized integration layer across a fragmented device and software landscape, offering secure data access, device control, and authorization through manufacturer-sanctioned connections.

By simplifying and centralizing DER connectivity, Derapi aims to reduce engineering overhead for utilities, virtual power plant (VPP) operators, and grid software providers, enabling faster program deployment and more predictable scaling of DER-based grid services. CEO Stina Brock framed the company’s strategy as closing the gap between the rapid physical deployment of DERs and their underutilization in grid operations, emphasizing that trust and ease of integration are preconditions for DERs to contribute meaningfully to flexibility and resilience. Customer feedback underscores the commercial impact: Derapi has reportedly accelerated onboarding of new battery partners for energy platforms, allowing utility-facing programs to access more flexible load while freeing internal teams to focus on higher-value innovation. Lead investor Earthshot Ventures describes Derapi’s role as turning a patchwork of devices into coordinated, grid-scale infrastructure, aligning the company with broader trends toward distributed, software-defined power systems. For executives in the energy and infrastructure space, Derapi’s raise signals growing investor conviction that standardized connectivity and interoperability will be a critical bottleneck—and value pool—in the evolving distributed energy ecosystem.