Liberty Mutual, Copec, National Grid, Evergy, Centrica and Avista all contributed to a round taking the solar maintenance technology developer's total funding to at least $53m.

Omnidian, a US-based provider of solar energy servicing technology, secured $33m yesterday in a series B round featuring insurer Liberty Mutual, power producer Copec and energy utilities National Grid, Evergy, Centrica and Avista.

Growth equity firm Activate Capital led the round, while Copec, National Grid, Evergy and Avista invested through Wind Ventures, National Grid Partners (NGP), Evergy Ventures and Avista Development respectively.

Congruent Ventures, the sustainability-focused fund backed by University of California, also took part in the round, as did…

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Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.