Pre-Seed · Climate tech

Vela Energy raises $1.3m pre-seed for energy-project workflows

AI agents coordinate procurement and permitting work for large energy and data-center projects.

Vela Energy raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, with Andreessen Horowitz and Z Fellows recorded as co-leads.

The company is developing AI agents for procurement and permitting work on large energy and data-centre projects. The software helps engineers coordinate documents and tasks through utility processes.

Funding history

Pre-Seed · This round$1.3M

Sources

  1. Startuply.vc: Vela Energy's AI Agents Aim to Unstick the Power Queue for Data Centersstartuply.vc · Sep 28, 2026
  2. startupdb.com