Energy Startups

Inspire is a clean energy supplier that provides residential customers with 100% renewable energy by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on their behalf and coordinating with local utilities to take over as the energy supplier without service interruption. It serves households in the United States seeking a lower-carbon energy option through their existing utility bill.

3 investors

Interface Fluidics develops microfluidic technology for the energy industry, specifically high-pressure PVT (pressure-volume-temperature) systems for fluid analysis.

3 investors

Intertrust builds trust and interoperability infrastructure for interconnected systems, focused on securing data exchange across open networks. Its offerings target the energy sector—supporting IoT networks and energy asset orchestration—and the media sector, providing rights and revenue infrastructure to protect and monetize content.

3 investors

Inventus Power designs and manufactures advanced battery technology and engineered power solutions for customers across various industries. The company operates globally with an emphasis on product safety, quality, and sustainability.

3 investors

Altergo provides a digital twin platform for managing grid-scale battery assets. The platform uses AI/ML models to optimize battery fleet performance, extend asset life, and prevent incidents across operational clusters.

3 investors

IONATE develops smart transformer hardware and AI coordination software for power systems and grids, designed to modernize electricity infrastructure for data centers and grid applications.

3 investors

Ionworks provides a Battery Simulation OS that combines physics-based electrochemical modeling with machine learning for battery R&D. The platform turns cycler data into validated models and generates labeled datasets for ML methods, serving cell makers, OEMs, and battery researchers.

3 investors

Jetson helps North American homeowners replace fossil-fuel heating and cooling systems with electric heat pumps, handling the installation process directly rather than through traditional contractors. It focuses on making home electrification cheaper and simpler while cutting energy use and emissions.

3 investors

Karman Industries builds the Heat Processing Unit (HPU), a modular thermal management system designed to cool high-power AI data center chips while eliminating water use and enabling heat reuse for power generation and district heating. It targets operators of AI data centers and industrial energy systems seeking more efficient cooling.

3 investors

King Energy develops software and financing solutions for commercial solar installations on multi-tenant properties. The company provides billing software (King Energy OneBill) that enables shared solar energy across multiple businesses and manages solar programs nationwide.

3 investors

Kinitics Automation builds all-electric valve actuators, linear actuators, and piston pumps using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) technology to replace methane-venting pneumatic actuators used at natural gas well sites. Its products serve the energy and process control industries, targeting methane emission reduction and industrial decarbonization, with a focus on North America.

3 investors

Korrai develops an AI platform for infrastructure and mining risk assessment that aggregates multi-modal data and performs automated analysis to identify geotechnical hazards and reduce critical failures.

3 investors

Krosslinker develops aerogel-based materials for thermal insulation, including cooling paints, composite boards, and silica aerogel powders. Its products target industrial and building applications requiring lightweight, high-performance insulation.

3 investors

Kyotherm is an investment company that finances decarbonized heat and energy efficiency projects serving industrial, commercial, and public sector actors in Europe and North America. The firm specializes in greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects aimed at sustainable CO₂ emission reduction.

3 investors

Lava is a climate-tech startup developing isothermal heat-engine and heat-pump technology, including research into knitted metallic structures, metamaterials, and phase-changing materials, to generate clean power at megawatt scale. Its systems aim for high thermal efficiency alongside factory-ready manufacturability.

3 investors

Linear Labs designs and builds high-torque permanent magnet motor systems based on its patented HET (Hunstable Electric Turbine) circumferential flux architecture, along with integrated drive electronics and diagnostic software. It serves energy, industrial, nuclear, defense, and mining applications, including a PitchPro 2000 drop-in pitch system retrofit for aging wind turbine fleets.

3 investors

Lithosquare develops an AI platform for mineral exploration that uses physics-based modeling of ore body formation rather than statistical pattern matching. The platform serves geoscientists and mining companies seeking to improve discovery rates and reduce exploration costs.

3 investors

Locusview provides a Digital Construction Management (DCM) platform that automates field data capture and the construction close-out process for utility construction projects. Its mobile application is used by field crews and contractors to digitize job packets and transfer data from the field to back-office financial, asset management, and GIS systems.

3 investors

Lumenaza provides a SaaS platform for energy utilities, suppliers, and new market entrants to manage direct marketing, billing, customer relationships, and grid operations in the German energy market. The platform enables utilities and energy traders to operate as power suppliers with end-to-end solutions including market communication, billing automation, and flexibility management.

3 investors

Lummus Technology develops and licenses proprietary process technologies and equipment for the energy and chemicals industry, covering petrochemical and polymer processes, heaters and heat transfer equipment, clean fuels, catalysts, hydrogen, and natural gas processing. It also provides process development, consulting, life-cycle services, and digitalization for refining and petrochemical producers worldwide.

3 investors

Machfu offers MachIO, LoRaWAN-enabled edge hardware that connects sensors in remote or harsh environments to an existing LoRaWAN network. It serves industrial verticals including oil and gas, manufacturing, energy, and water.

3 investors

Make My Day provides technology to help companies and fleet operators transition their vehicle fleets to electric vehicles. The platform aims to reduce CO2 emissions from transportation and fleet operations.

3 investors

Mangrove Lithium operates an electrochemical, modular lithium refining platform that converts raw lithium from brines, hard rock, clay, geothermal DLE, and recycled batteries into battery-grade lithium hydroxide or carbonate. It serves lithium producers, battery recyclers, and battery manufacturers, and can co-locate its technology near extraction, recycling, or manufacturing sites; the company operates in North America.

3 investors

Metafin provides financing for off-grid solar energy adoption in rural India, working with local installers and EPCs to fund solar projects for micro-businesses and households. It offers tailored loans and fast approvals to help rural customers replace diesel with solar power, operating across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh.

3 investors