Trove Predictive Data Science, which is targeting its business analytics software at energy utilities, has pulled in equity financing from backers including Avista, Itron and Ecova.

US-based business data analysis technology producer Trove Predictive Data Science has closed $11m in equity financing from investors including corporates Avista, Itron and Ecova, Buffalo Business First has reported.

Energy utility Avista, energy and water resource management provider Itron, and energy management service provider Ecova were joined in the round by non-profit research and development company CUBRC.

Founded in 2011 as GridGlo, Trove has built a platform called Sunstone that combines internal and external business data and uses machine learning…