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Antora Energy

Energy · Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 2017

Antora builds and deploys American-made thermal batteries to power always-on industrial operations with low-cost renewable energy MoreLess

Antora Energy is a startup that operates in the renewable energy sector, specifically focusing on providing zero-carbon industrial heat and power. The company's primary mission is to combat climate change by making renewable energy a viable and profitable option for heavy industries. They achieve this by utilizing thermal energy storage, which converts excess solar and wind electricity into heat. This heat is then stored in carbon blocks, similar to the heating elements in a toaster, and can be delivered to customers as electricity or industrial process heat up to 1500°C, on demand.

Antora Energy's business model is centered around the production and sale of these thermal batteries. These batteries are designed to absorb and store renewable energy, which can then be sold to heavy industries looking to transition to cleaner energy sources. This approach not only helps industries reduce their carbon footprint but also offers a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

The company's market includes heavy industries that require large amounts of heat and power, such as manufacturing and processing plants. Antora Energy's solution presents a significant opportunity in the decarbonization of these industries, a market that CNBC highlighted as a "multitrillion-dollar market opportunity".

In summary, Antora Energy is a promising startup with a unique solution to a pressing global issue. Its innovative approach to storing and delivering renewable energy could revolutionize the way heavy industries operate, making them more sustainable and less dependent on fossil fuels.

Keywords: Renewable Energy, Zero-Carbon, Thermal Energy Storage, Heavy Industry, Decarbonization, Solar Power, Wind Power, Thermal Batteries, Clean Energy Transition, Climate Change.

Company overview

Antora Energy company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, United States
Employees
261
Open positions
12
Dealroom signal
93.1
Investment activity
1 companies · latest Dec 2022
Capital deployed
Preferred round
ACQUISITION
client focusb2btechnologyHardwaretechnologyDeep Techsub industryEnergy Storagebusiness modelManufacturingsectorBatterysectorSustainable Development GoalssectorIndustrial TechnologysectorThermal Energy StoragesectorClimate TechsectorStationary Energy StoragesectorNovel EnergysectorHard TechsectorIndustrial Heat

Valuation & funding

Antora Energy funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
LATE VCOther financing May 2026 $0 Grok Ventures
GRANTOther financing Jun 2024 $15M Undisclosed
SERIES BOther financing Feb 2024 $150M $600M Emerson Collective · Grok Ventures · Trust Ventures · The Nature Conservancy
GRANTOther financing Nov 2023 $4M California Energy Commission
EARLY VCOther financing Feb 2022 $50M $200M Fifty Years · Shell Ventures · Grok Ventures · Lowercarbon Capital
FundingOther financing Jan 2021 Grok Ventures
GRANTOther financing May 2020 US National Science Foundation
FundingOther financing Jan 2020 Creative Destruction Lab
GRANTOther financing Apr 2019 MIT CleanEnergyPrize
GRANTOther financing May 2018 US National Science Foundation
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Growth signals

Antora Energy website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Antora Energy is 13K monthly website visits, down 40.9% over the last three months. Antora Energy's team grew 9.7% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits13K 3-month web change-40.9% 1-year team growth+9.7%
Monthly website visits67 observations · Dec 2020–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

Antora Energy compared with similar companies

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CompanyHeadquartersStatusEmployeesTotal fundingValuation
Rondo EnergyOndo Energy makes industrial decarbonization possible via a Heat battery that captures low-cost renewable electricity and delivers continuous high-temperature heat, enabling customers to power their operations with zero-carbon energy Oakland, United States Operational 167 $82M $88M
Found EnergyFound Energy develops rechargeable aluminum fuel power systems to eliminate carbon emissions from heavy industrial applications Boston, United States Operational
SaltX TechnologyDeveloped a worldwide patented ground-breaking nanotechnology that enables storing energy in salt and delivering high quality steam Stockholms kommun, Sweden Operational
MaltaBuilding a new type of electro-thermal energy storage systems that collects and stores energy from any source Cambridge, United States Operational
SilbatLong-duration molten silicon batteries for renewable energy Madrid, Spain Acquired
KraftblockKraftblock provides an eco-friendly, cost-efficient and highly scalable, modular thermal energy storage system Sulzbach/Saar, Germany Operational
Energy VaultEnergy Vault SA offers ground-breaking energy storage technology utilizing fundamental principles of science to deliver a storage solution Lugano, Switzerland Operational
SunampSunamp develops thermal energy storage devices Tranent, United Kingdom Operational
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Capital deployed

Antora Energy investments and acquisitions

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Talent graph

Antora Energy's talent

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Team profiled 17 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

16 investors on Antora Energy's cap table

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Seed 3 investors entered at this stage
US National Science Foundation
MIT CleanEnergyPrize
California Energy Commission
Series A 12 investors entered at this stage
Fifty Years
Shell Ventures
Grok Ventures
Lowercarbon Capital
BHP Ventures
Trust Ventures
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Overture VC
Emerson Collective
The Nature Conservancy
GS Futures
Decarbonization Partners
Other known 1 additional known investor
Creative Destruction Lab

Global footprint

Where Antora Energy has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States99.5%
🇪🇸 Spain0.5%
2 countries shown

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Antora Energy

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