Climate tech investor backs platform that streamlines regulatory processes and enhances regulatory intelligence for the energy sector
Thursday, January 15, 2026—HData today announced an investment from MassMutual Ventures to scale the delivery of regulatory intelligence technology for the energy sector. Serving the largest customer ecosystem in regulated energy, HData helps utilities, regulators, advocates, advisory firms, corporates, financial institutions, and energy technology companies turn regulatory complexity into strategic advantage.
Through its Climate Technology Fund, MassMutual Ventures invests in companies that drive electrification, grid optimization, and resource efficiency. MassMutual Ventures is a subsidiary of MassMutual, a Fortune 500 financial services firm with over $500 billion in assets under management.
Timothy Krysiek, Managing Partner at MassMutual Ventures, will join HData's board as an observer, adding expertise in growth strategy and the climate tech landscape. Krysiek previously led Americas investment for Equinor Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Equinor. The HData investment is the latest in a series focused on companies applying digital technology to infrastructure and real assets, including Crux, Pano, Runwise, and Cultivo.
“Utilities are projected to invest up to a trillion dollars in U.S. infrastructure by the end of this decade and regulatory processes will play a critical role in determining how that capital is spent,” said Krysiek. “We believe that integrating AI into these workflows can create immense value for utilities, developers, regulators, and corporate energy managers. Reducing regulatory complexity can help accelerate the modernization of a cleaner, more efficient power grid.”
By combining centralized data, powerful AI, and purpose-built tools, HData reduces the time and cost burdens of manual research and analysis. The platform helps teams make sense of the vast amounts of data available in regulatory filings, and quickly uncover insights from rate cases, integrated resource plans, and other data sources. Built for enterprise security and scale, features include detailed, downloadable citations for AI-generated insights, suggested questions and prompts to accelerate research, and the industry’s highest analysis capacity for large document volumes. HData also focuses on specialized applications to streamline regulatory business processes that are time-intensive, expensive, and painful for the energy sector.
“Working with MassMutual Ventures brings us new opportunities to expand across verticals in the energy ecosystem that benefit from more efficient regulation,” said Hudson Hollister, HData CEO and Co-Founder. “They also provide a strong network for future growth capital, plus expertise in the energy sector that we’re thrilled to add to our team.”
About HData
HData delivers actionable regulatory intelligence to energy professionals through centralized data, powerful AI, and purpose-built tools. By reducing the burdens of manual research and analysis, HData enables teams to efficiently monitor regulatory developments, prepare for proceedings, mitigate potential risks, and confidently make decisions that consider comprehensive data. Learn more at hdata.com.
About MassMutual Ventures
MassMutual Ventures (MMV) is a multistage venture capital firm investing globally in financial technology, enterprise SaaS, healthtech, climate technology and cybersecurity companies. MMV helps accelerate the growth of the companies it partners with by providing capital, connections and advice. With deep expertise and extensive network, MMV helps entrepreneurs build compelling and scalable companies of value. For more information, visit www.massmutualventures.com.
