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Antora Energy

1244 Reamwood Ave, Sunnyvale, California, 94089, United States

Overview

Antora Energy develops and deploys factory-built thermal batteries that store low-cost electricity as heat in insulated solid-carbon blocks and deliver that energy as heat or power on demand. The company says its systems can store energy for multiple days, avoid supply-constrained critical minerals, and be deployed faster than conventional multi-year projects. Antora recently brought one of the largest battery storage projects online—a 5 gigawatt-hour system in South Dakota that moved from construction to energy delivery in under 12 months—and expanded its San Jose factory into a three-building manufacturing campus. The company reports a growing pipeline of signed agreements with hyperscalers and industrial customers and states its deployments have created and supported hundreds of U.S. manufacturing and construction jobs. With the $550 million Series C, Antora plans to expand production capacity, establish a second U.S. manufacturing hub, and strengthen its domestic supply chain. The company positions its technology as a tool to deliver affordable, reliable energy at scale to industry, data centers, and the grid.

Total raised
$842M
Funding rounds
8
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Jul 2026

Industries

  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Renewable Energy
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Jul 2026

    $550M

  2. Debt Financing

    Oct 2025

    $72M

  3. Grant

    Jun 2024

    $15M

  4. Grant

    Nov 2023

    $4M

  5. Series A

    Feb 2022

    $50M

Team

  • Andrew Ponec

    Co-founder and CEO

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  • Justin Briggs

    Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer

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  • David Bierman

    Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

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  • Danielle Applestone

    Interim People and Brand Leader

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