SwitchDin - About the company
SwitchDin is a series A company based in Newcastle (Australia), founded in 2014 by Andrew Mears. It operates as an Offers solar energy monitoring systems. SwitchDin has raised $13.5M in funding from Q-Cells. The company has 123 active competitors, including 36 funded and 18 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like GridBeyond, Voltus and Autogrid.
Company Details
SwitchDin offers smart monitoring solutions for solar energy generation systems with battery backups. Offers solutions for monitoring, forecasting, controlling the energy consumption and generation etc., and also offers energy optimisation, demand management for solar-powered battery systems. Have developed monitoring systems named "Stormcloud" and "DROPLET" which integrates with data communications systems for smooth run of the PV system.
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- www.switchdin.com/
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Newcastle, Australia
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$13.5M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
10th among 123 active competitors
Employee Count
44 as on May 31, 2026
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Legal entities associated with SwitchDin
SwitchDin is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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SWITCHDIN PTY LIMITED CIN: 29154893857 , Australia, Active | Dec 20, 2011 | - | - |
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SwitchDin's funding and investors
SwitchDin has raised a total funding of $13.5M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 04, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Sep 24, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. SwitchDin has 26 institutional investors and 6 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of SwitchDin:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 24, 2025 | 8173706 | Series A | 9949613 | 2672684 | 8694177 | 1336230 |
Jun 04, 2020 | 1756677 | Series A | 2883876 | 7766311 | 5192628 |
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SwitchDin's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of SwitchDin is Andrew Mears. Andrew Mears is the CEO of SwitchDin.
Here are the details of SwitchDin's key team members:
- Andrew Mears: Founder & CEO of SwitchDin.
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SwitchDin's employee count trend
SwitchDin has 44 employees as of May 26. Here is SwitchDin's employee count trend over the years:
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SwitchDin's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of SwitchDin include GridBeyond, Voltus and Autogrid. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of SwitchDin, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | GridBeyond 2007, London (United Kingdom), Series C | Provider of software for managing distributed energy resources and assets | $89.9M | 64/100 | |
2nd | Voltus 2016, Boston (United States), Series C | Provider of demand response solutions for industrial and commercial applications | $66.2M | 63/100 | |
3rd | Autogrid 2011, Redwood City (United States), Acquired | IoT enabled distributed energy resource management solutions provider | $160M | 63/100 | |
4th | Virtual Peaker 2015, Louisville (United States), Series A | Provider of solutions for demand response and energy intelligence | $19.8M | 60/100 | |
5th | Franklin Energy 1994, Milwaukee (United States), Acquired | Provider of energy efficiency and decarbonization program implementation services | - | 60/100 | |
6th | GreenCom Networks 2011, Munich (Germany), Acquired | Cloud & AI-based mesh networking management solutions provider | $17.8M | 55/100 | |
7th | Arenko 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Provider of software for automated control of energy storage assets | $25.6M | 55/100 | |
8th | Developer of unified API platform that connects and controls energy devices | $17.3M | 55/100 | ||
9th | Entech smart energies 2016, Quimper (France), Public | Provider of distributed grid management solutions | $9.23M | 55/100 | |
10th | Offers solar energy monitoring systems | $13.5M | 53/100 |
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SwitchDin's Investments and acquisitions
SwitchDin has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to SwitchDin
Media has covered SwitchDin for 1 event in last 1 year.
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SwitchDin to share Australian lessons with US-based VPP bodyv magazine•Jan 16, 2023•SwitchDin, Google, General Motors, Ford
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Google Nest, Ford, Sunpower and Sunrun amongst founders of new VPP partnershipEnergy-Storage•Jan 10, 2023•Google, Ford, SunPower, Sunrun and 4 others
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Australia energy firms to boost solar hosting capacity on distribution networkPower Engineering International•Oct 07, 2020•SA Power Networks, AusNet Services, SwitchDin
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QCELLS invests in Australian DER software company SwitchDinEnergy-Storage•Jun 04, 2020•Q-Cells, SwitchDin
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