Energy Startups

TAE Technologies develops hydrogen-boron (aneutronic) fusion power using a beam-driven Field-Reversed Configuration reactor design, aiming to deliver utility-scale fusion electricity to the grid in the early 2030s. Through its subsidiaries, the company also works on grid energy storage solutions and cancer treatment technologies.

4 investors

Tyba offers a software platform for battery energy storage developers, owners, and operators to model project configurations, generate AI-powered price forecasts, and optimize bidding and dispatch strategies across energy markets. It supports end-to-end project optimization from initial design to operating a portfolio, with operations across markets including ERCOT.

4 investors

Arcadia (urjanet.com) offers a platform that unifies utility bill and interval data, tariff and energy rate calculations, and solar and storage analysis into energy data and analytics. It serves businesses building energy solutions or pursuing decarbonization and sustainability goals by helping them forecast costs, benchmark usage, and optimize for savings.

4 investors

VECKTA operates an onsite energy intelligence platform and marketplace that helps commercial and industrial organizations assess, configure, procure, and contract solar and storage systems. It combines software for site and portfolio analysis, system modeling, and RFP building with advisory services covering procurement strategy, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiation.

4 investors

Verse provides a faster path to grid power for data centers, helping AI infrastructure companies and large energy users bypass interconnection queue delays to come online sooner. Its Aria platform acts as an intelligence layer between energy assets and the grid, using dispatch intelligence to optimize storage and flexible assets in real time and portfolio insights to unify market prices, contracts, and meter data.

4 investors

VesprSolar manufactures PV panel fasteners and rail systems designed for large-format solar modules to handle extreme weather and reduce installation time. The company serves solar installers and utility-scale solar developers in the renewable energy industry.

4 investors

Visolis engineers industrial-scale alternatives to traditional fuels and chemicals through biology and chemistry, producing MEV as a non-toxic, biodegradable drop-in replacement that can be manufactured in distributed facilities worldwide.

4 investors

Voltfang integrates battery energy storage systems for industrial and commercial companies, combining commercial and large-scale batteries with an energy management system for load-peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, and intraday power trading. The company covers planning through optimization to reduce energy costs and improve efficiency, with a focus on the German market.

4 investors

WattCarbon provides measurement, verification, and certification infrastructure for demand-side energy programs, including meter-level M&V, an hourly energy attribute certificate (EAC) registry, and an API. It serves utilities, virtual power plant operators, performance contractors, and marketplace operators running demand response, efficiency, electrification, and certificate-trading programs.

4 investors

WattBuy helps homeowners compare and select renewable energy plans that lower their electricity bills and reduce carbon emissions. The company provides personalized recommendations across deregulated U.S. energy markets to accelerate the transition to clean electricity.

4 investors

Wattnow provides an energy management system combining smart sensors, software dashboards, and predictive algorithms to monitor consumption in real time, detect waste, and reduce energy costs for businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, telecom, and retail. The company serves industrial and commercial clients with offices in Tunisia, France, and Morocco.

4 investors

Whisper Aero develops electric propulsion technology for aircraft, emphasizing quiet, efficient thrust for urban air mobility and logistics. The company targets aircraft manufacturers and operators seeking next-generation propulsion systems for manned and unmanned vehicles.

4 investors

Yotta Energy is an energy technology company developing distributed energy products that turn buildings into on-site solar power plants. It focuses on clean energy and solar technologies for building owners.

4 investors

Zap Energy develops advanced nuclear systems built on a shared platform that combines fission and fusion technologies to deliver firm, carbon-free electricity and process heat in modular, deployable formats. Its reactors target applications including AI and data center infrastructure, remote and mining sites, industrial power and heat, logistics electrification, and national security facilities.

4 investors

LINEA Innovations is a fusion energy company developing commercial reactors based on advanced-fuel fusion reactions and related technologies. Founded in 2023 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

4 investors

1KOMMA5° provides residential energy systems that combine solar panels, heat pumps, battery storage, and EV wallboxes, coordinated by its Heartbeat AI software to optimize electricity use and offer dynamic, individualized electricity pricing. It serves homeowners through a network of regional installation businesses and showrooms across Germany and Europe.

3 investors

257 provides a customer intelligence platform built on digital energy twins of 130M U.S. homes, using data and AI to help companies identify, target, and convert households across online and offline channels. It serves solar, HVAC, utility, retail electric, and community solar providers in the U.S. residential energy market.

3 investors

8inks develops a multilayer curtain coating process for battery electrode manufacturing, enabling layered cell architectures in a single coating line to improve energy density, cycle life, and cost. It serves battery makers across applications such as automotive, aviation, drones, consumer electronics, and stationary storage, offering pilot projects, contract manufacturing, and production system implementation.

3 investors

Abacus Power is developing power delivery and conversion technology for AI datacenters, focused on high step-down, high-efficiency, high-density conversion. The company is currently in stealth mode.

3 investors

Accelerate Wind develops edge-of-roof wind turbine technology for commercial and industrial customers globally, enabling local energy generation by harnessing wind channeled by building structures. The company builds hardware solutions to make small-scale wind energy cost-effective and accessible for businesses seeking on-site renewable energy.

3 investors

Acerta develops LinePulse, an Industrial AI-powered manufacturing analytics platform designed for discrete manufacturers to identify and resolve production defects in real-time, reducing scrap, rework, and improving overall product quality without sacrificing throughput.

3 investors

ACTUAL co-develops commercial-scale energy infrastructure projects, working from early stages to turn them into financeable, bankable assets. It uses machine-learning, statistical, and physics-based modeling to design projects around required outcomes, collaborating with stakeholders such as feedstock providers, off-takers, and governments.

3 investors

Adden Energy develops solid-state, dynamically-stable batteries based on self-healing separator technology discovered at Harvard, aimed at fast charging, long lifetime, and non-flammable components. The batteries target electric vehicles, automakers, and other applications including drones, data centers, and robotics.

3 investors

Aira provides clean energy solutions centered on heat pumps, making renewable heating technology accessible and affordable for residential homes across Europe.

3 investors