Investors want a piece of Form Energy’s stealthy long-duration storage tech, even before its first commercial deployments. Form Energy raised a $70 million Series C to scale its super-long-duration energy storage technology. That investment was first reported by Reuters Friday, without naming the participating investors. It brings Form Energy’s total funds raised to around $120 […]
Terabase Raises $6M Series A to Lower Cost of Utility-Scale Solar
The startup from SunPower alums tracks 100 different components of large-scale solar development, to squeeze out cost wherever possible. A year after launching, solar software startup Terabase Energy has raised $6 million to keep growing its team and services. The Berkeley-based company emerged when SunPower wound down its project development business. Several former SunPower employees […]
Daimler Leads $170M Investment in Sila Nano’s Next-Generation Battery Tech
Traditional automakers continue to invest big money in battery technology for electric vehicles. Sila Nanotechnologies just won another $170 million of venture and corporate funding to develop advanced battery materials that improve power performance of electric vehicles and consumer electronics. The Alameda, California-based startup, founded in 2011, is looking to commercialize a new set of […]
Tandem PV Secures a Rare Fund Raise for Perovskite Solar
A Silicon Valley startup wants to pair newfangled materials with silicon cells to create a higher-efficiency module. Silicon Valley-based Tandem PV closed a $2.4 million seed round in February to commercialize an exotic new solar technology. The startup is developing perovskite solar materials, which it will layer on top of conventional silicon cells to make […]
Invenergy Future Fund Closes $150M Fund, Changes Name to Energize Ventures
Invenergy Future Fund Closes $150M Fund, Changes Name to Energize Ventures GE, Schneider Electric and WEC Energy are among the LPs in an expanded venture fund that’s put $30 million into five startups so far and has $120 million more to go. Invenergy Future Fund has invested about $30 million in five very different startups […]
ElectrIQ Raises $6 Million Seed Round to Finance Home Storage Push
ElectrIQ Raises $6 Million Seed Round to Finance Home Storage Push The startup will need the money to take on the likes of Tesla and LG Chem. Bay Area startup ElectrIQ raised a $6 million seed round to support its challenge to the home storage incumbents. Earlier this month, the company released a new product, […]