Nyobolt

Uses carbon-block thermal batteries to store low-cost wind and solar power as high-temperature heat above 1,500°C, supplying process heat to heavy industry with the ability to convert it back to electricity; also supplies energy to data centers and the grid.

Series C · $780M · 2026-07

Anode-free sodium-ion battery cells and electrolytes for energy storage, defense and AI data center backup power

Seed · $14M · 2026-10

Li-ion cells and packs for e-mobility, data center/AI backup storage, telecom and defense, with local manufacturing in India

Deep energy-saving control services for industrial and building MEP energy systems, based on in-house physical AI engine (PhyAI)

Series B · 2026-09

Xinqing Yuneng, founded in 2025 in Shanghai's Lin-gang by SJTU professor Hu Zhiyu's team, develops micro-electro-mechanical energy (MEME) thermoelectric chips integrating about 60,000 thermoelectric pairs on a single silicon die to generate power from very small temperature differences, targeting industrial waste-heat recovery and data-center cooling.

AI for healthcare

Series A · $69M · 2026-08

Unified API connecting home EV chargers, storage batteries and heat pumps to power markets, aggregated into virtual power plants for grid balancing.

Series A · $34M · 2026-07

Space solar power satellites: R&D, in-orbit assembly and RF wireless power transmission to supply power grids and energy utilities.

$7M

In-house energy technology R&D for EDP Group: renewable grid integration, smart grids, energy storage and green hydrogen, e-mobility and grid digitalization

Clean energy retail platform using AI to automatically optimize power use across home batteries, solar and EVs

Series D+ · 2026-09

Batterfly is a Seoul-based EV battery lifecycle data platform spun off in 2022 from LG CNS's ninth in-house venture. Using five-plus years of real-world battery data from electric buses, taxis and railways, it has built 20+ machine-learning diagnostic models to assess battery state of health, safety and residual value, serving EV fleet operators, insurers, repair networks and recyclers through BBTAN, DEAL4EV and Volt Harvest, with a focus on battery passports and the circular battery economy.

AI carbon emissions management SaaS for manufacturing and supply chains, covering Scope 1-3 greenhouse gas accounting, emissions reduction and compliance disclosure.

Series D+ · $161M · 2026-07