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Mana Battery
manabattery.us ↗Develops high-energy, anode-free sodium-ion battery cells and fire-extinguishing electrolyte formulations for grid storage, EVs, and defense applications
Solar & Storage
Funding
Seed stage; grants from CU Chancellor's Innovation Fund, OEDIT, ARPA-E SBIR ($275K)
Stage
Early (Seed)
HQ
Boulder/Broomfield, CO
Founded
2023
The Current Angle
CU Boulder spinout founded October 2023 from Chunmei Ban's mechanical engineering lab; claims 45% lower bill-of-materials cost than lithium-ion at similar or better energy density; backed by Buff Gold Ventures, Third Derivative, and Nanoramic Laboratories; competes directly with Peak Energy (also in this directory) in the sodium-ion space
Leadership
- CBChunmei BanCo-Founder & Chief Scientific Advisor
- TETyler EvansCo-Founder & CEO
- AWAlbert WengerBoard Observer
- DCDoug CampbellIndependent Director
- LBLeonardo BanchikBoard Director
- SHSally HatcherBoard Observer
Snapshot
- Target customer
- Grid operators, EV manufacturers, defense, electronics producers
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