Rondo Energy

Energy & Utilities · Solar Energy
$25.1Mlatest round · Venture round · Jan 2022 · 4 yr ago
2backers · Aramco Ventures, Energy Impact Partners
37team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
2020founded

Overview

The Rondo Heat Battery converts intermittent wind and solar power into a simple, safe, practical, efficient, and affordable supply of continuous industrial heat and power.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$25.1M
1 round on record
Latest round
$25.1M
Venture round · Jan 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
37
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Backers
2
Aramco Ventures, Energy Impact Partners
The money's age
Long since its last round
58 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
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Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 4, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $25.1M · SEC Form D 2020 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jan 2022 $25.1M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Rondo Energy, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Peter von BehrensExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
John ODonnellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Lily GuseExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Open roles in United States
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Construction managers
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Financials

Total raised
$25.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $25.1M Details

People

Peter von Behrens
Executive Officer, Director
John ODonnell
Executive Officer, Director
Lily Guse
Executive Officer
David Rogers
Director
Samuel Bursten
Director
Mark Hartney
Director
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Shared investors2
Aramco VenturesVia a fund
70 portfolio companies: AnTech Ltd, Target Intervention, Paradigm and 67 more
148 portfolio companies: Zitara, JOLT, ASI and 145 more

News

News YahooFinance 1 year ago
Rondo Energy turns on first major thermal battery - at an oil field
Thermal energy storage systems, which turn electricity into heat that can be tapped for hours or days at a time, could help decarbonize the production of everything from cement to beer. But in the U.S., where the economics of replacing fossil fuels with e
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News The Conversation 1 year ago
How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution
The Trump administration is pulling back billions of dollars in industrial development money for carbon capture and storage projects. That may force industries to actually cut emissions instead.
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News mandagmorgen 1 year ago
Simpelt, men effektivt: Varmelageret er dybest set en enorm brødrister og en masse mursten - Mandag Morgen
Det er afgørende for omstillingen til sol og vindenergi, at man kan lagre strømmen. GreenLab i Skive har valgt en ganske enkel løsning.
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News The Cool Down 1 year ago
Startup unveils impressive heat batteries made from bricks - and they could revolutionize factories around the world
One company's invention, zero-emissions heat batteries made from bricks and iron wire, could slash industrial carbon pollution.
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News CNBC 2 years ago
Why thermal batteries could replace lithium-ion batteries for energy storage
Thermal batteries store renewable energy as heat, offering a cost-effective way for industries like steel and cement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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News rechargenews.com 2 years ago
EU and Bill Gates fund back superhot brick batteries to help green industry
Three heat battery facilities will help decarbonise food, clean fuel and chemical production across Europe by storing excess wind and solar power for when it's needed
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News rechargenews.com 2 years ago
EU and Bill Gates fund back superhot brick batteries to help green industry
Three heat battery facilities will help decarbonise food, clean fuel and chemical production across Europe by storing excess wind and solar power for when it's needed
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News WWD 2 years ago
H&M Group Backs Heat Batteries to Cut Clothing's Carbon Footprint
H&M Group's first decarbonization tech investment is in Rondo Energy's heat batteries, which can cut clothing's carbon footprint by nearly two-thirds.
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News POWER Magazine 2 years ago
Aramco, Rondo Energy Studying GW-Scale Thermal Storage, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Deployment
A major global energy and chemicals company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a provider of lower-carbon industrial heat and
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Oakland United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff