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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 & StorageEarly (Seed)Boulder/Broomfield, COFounded 2023

The interesting 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

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Last updated August 2026Sources: [1][2][3]

Snapshot

Funding
Seed stage; grants from CU Chancellor's Innovation Fund, OEDIT, ARPA-E SBIR ($275K)
Stage
Early (Seed)
HQ
Boulder/Broomfield, CO
Founded
2023
Target customer
Grid operators, EV manufacturers, defense, electronics producers

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