We power sustainable infrastructure development
We are the provider of an AI-powered infrastructure development platform -Optioneer - that enables power, utility and renewables companies to instantly visualise, analyse and comprehensively assess routing options for power lines, cables and pipelines.

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Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to renewable energy
By helping the infrastructure industry teleport itself into the digital age and deliver more for the people and the planet.

Our History
We started in 2016 as a university project and became the providers of an enterprise software for infrastructure planning.

Founders meet at the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop Team
Continuum Industries founded, backed by Skyscanner’s Gareth Williams


The team develop first prototype optimisation engine, later to become Optioneer, which was demonstrated for railways
Continuum Industries closes a £1.5m seed investment round with participation from Playfair Capital, Credo Ventures and Techstart Ventures


Launched Optioneer for power cables to ten early adopter companies including Mainstream and Energia
Continuum Industries raises a further £2.5m round with Techstart increasing their stake and participation from David Sigsworth, a former chairman of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and now advisor to Continuum Industries
Our team

Andreas studied Computational Physics at the University of Edinburgh before joining Continuum Industries during his last year at university, initially as an algorithm developer. As the company evolved, so did the role. Currently Andreas is leading the “engine” team at Continuum Industries. This is the team that develops the AI engine that powers our product, as well as the digital engineering models that are fed to it. Andreas manages and curates the roadmap for all features related to these two components of our product, Optioneer.
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Tomas leads the commercial team at Continuum Industries, driving adoption of Optioneer across customer organisations. The commercial team works to understand the technical and organisational goals of our customers, provides tailored solution packages and measures outcomes achieved. Prior to joining Continuum Industries, Tomas spent 5 years building and scaling high-growth tech startups, creating new offerings by combining innovative software with professional services.
Advised by leaders in
the industry

David is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and brings over ten years of Board Director experience at FTSE 100 utility companies Scottish Hydro Electric and SSE as well as being Chair of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency from 2008 to 2015.
Backed by prominent investors in tech


