EarthSpark has acquired SparkMeter, Inc.'s emerging market operations

After developing and operating metering technology for its own minigrids in Haiti, EarthSpark spun out SparkMeter, Inc. in 2013 to serve the broader sector. EarthSpark's team and the SparkMeter founding team felt that a private company would be best placed to raise the capital required, deliver innovation, and ensure long-term sustainable operations of a smart metering enterprise to serve and enable a growing microgrid/minigrid sector. 

For over a decade, that theory proved true. SparkMeter grew to be the leading minigrid metering company in the world, serving minigrid operators in 30 countries.

In 2025, that dynamic reversed. SparkMeter's efforts to raise additional capital faced headwinds, and the company ultimately was unable to sustain operations.

With 144 thousand meters reporting and an additional 55 thousand meters sold to customers and awaiting installation, SparkMeter hardware and software were essential for delivering electricity to about 1 million people around the world. 

SparkMeter management was able to secure a sale of the company's US operations to Honeywell.

When efforts to secure a commercial buyer for the emerging markets operations failed, and with the prospect of service collapsing for minigrid operators around the world, EarthSpark stepped in. By acquired the emerging market operational assets, EarthSpark is working to 

• Ensure that the “lights stay on” for the 1 million people that are accessing electricity through a SparkMeter meter including EarthSpark's minigrid customers in Haiti and
• Ensure open collaboration and co-creation of a sustainable smart metering solution and business model with sector stakeholders.
  
  

EarthSpark has hired key SparkMeter staff, and over the coming months, the combined team will be working closely with customers, funders, and other stakeholders to shape the future of the SparkMeter smart metering platform and to ensure that the critical infrastructure of smart metering continues to enable the delivery of high-quality energy services around the world.

Image: A map of SparkMeter’s reporting meters in June 2025. Of the 144,334 active meters, 125,758 (87%) are in Africa.

A prototype pre-SparkMeter meter in Les Anglais, Haiti, circa 2012.