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Volta Energy Technologies

Venture capital · Naperville, IL, United States · North America

Volta Energy Technologies is a specialist venture capital firm investing in companies building advanced technologies for the electrification and decarbonization of the global energy system. It was founded in 2016 by a team from Argonne National Laboratory and also provides consulting and strategic investor programs to corporate and financial partners.

Invests inIndustrial & Manufacturing AI & Machine Learning Education

In its own wordsenergy transition electrification decarbonization hard tech energy software advanced materials

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20portfolio companies

2funding rounds on record

2rounds, last 12 months

$20M to $100Mtypical round it comes in at

Seedmost frequent entry

Volta Energy Technologies lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (46%), AI & Machine Learning (22%) and Education (16%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside BGF, BMW i Ventures and Catalus Capital.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Volta Energy Technologies, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not Volta Energy Technologies' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

50%

Pre-seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Growth

Stated on its site

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
	Value
Pre-seed	0%
Seed	50%
Series A	50%
Series B	0%
Growth	0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

Rounds it ledRounds it joinedPartly covered: rounds are complete from mid-2025

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Funding rounds per year
	Total	Rounds it led
'17	0	0
'18	0	0
'19	0	0
'20	0	0
'21	0	0
'22	0	0
'23	0	0
'24	0	0
'25	0	0
'26	2	0

Investor profile

percentile among all firms

This firmMedian of all firms

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Volta Energy Technologies compared with all firms
Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	51th	20 companies
Recent activity	69th	2 rounds in 12 months
Early stage	73th	50% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence	77th	10% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus	80th	46% in its largest sector
Reach	70th	4 countries

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

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Co-investors
	Share
BGF	2
BMW i Ventures	2
Catalus Capital	2
Engine Ventures	2
Material Impact	2
Prime Movers Lab	2
AIC	1
Anzu Partners	1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

Site answers20100%
No longer answers00%
Points to another company00%
Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

Industrial & Manufacturing 46%AI & Machine Learning 22%Education 16%Space & Defense 8%Consumer 3%Healthcare & Biotech 3%Mobility & Logistics 3%

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Investment themes
	This firm	All checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing	46%	7%
AI & Machine Learning	22%	18%
Education	16%	7%
Space & Defense	8%	3%
Consumer	3%	3%
Healthcare & Biotech	3%	15%
Mobility & Logistics	3%	1%

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together

Shared portfolio companies with Volta Energy TechnologiesFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Volta Energy Technologies head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs BGF2 shared companies

vs BMW i Ventures2 shared companies

vs Catalus Capital2 shared companies

vs Engine Ventures2 shared companies

vs Material Impact2 shared companies

vs Prime Movers Lab2 shared companies

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Volta Energy Technologies

Date	Company	Stage
5 Nov 2026	FluoRokfluorok.com	Series A
2 Jun 2026	atanaelements.comatanaelements.com	Seed

Round details for Volta Energy Technologies

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Volta Energy Technologies' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

20 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
6K6kinc.com	6K Inc develops and uses UniMelt technology for advanced materials production	Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
atanaelements.comatanaelements.com · United States	Atana Elements explores and develops critical mineral resources using technology and geological expertise	Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing	Jun 2026Seed	Page + round
Caporus Technologiescaporus.com · United States	Caporus Technologies develops materials that connect the world's energy and communications	Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Conamixconamix.com	Conamix develops lithium-sulfur battery technology for various applications, including drones, micromobility, and electric vehicles.	EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
CorePower Magneticscorepowermagnetics.com · United States	CorePower Magnetics manufactures high-performance inductors, transformers, and motors using proprietary magnetic materials.	Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Echion Technologiesechiontech.com · United Kingdom	Echion Technologies develops and provides a niobium anode called XNO for industrial electrification applications	Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Energy Vaultenergyvault.com · United States	Energy Vault delivers power and resilience through energy infrastructure, including energy storage, utility services, and AI and data center infrastructure	EducationAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
FluoRokfluorok.com · United Kingdom	FluoRok develops technology for safer and more efficient fluorochemical manufacturing	Industrial & Manufacturing	Nov 2026Series A	Page + round
Pykaflypyka.com · United States	Pyka designs and manufactures autonomous aircraft for various applications including agriculture, logistics, and defense.	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Iontraiontra.com	Iontra improves battery performance with its rechargeable battery solutions and charging technology.	Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer		Portfolio page
Khemia Metalskhemiametals.com · United States	Khemia Metals makes lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable batteries using earth-abundant alloys.	EducationEducation		Portfolio page
Monolithmonolith-corp.com · United States	Monolith produces carbon black and co-products such as hydrogen and steam using a patented thermal plasma hydrocarbon pyrolysis process	Industrial & ManufacturingEducation		Portfolio page
Nanoscale Componentsnanoscalecomp.com	Nanoscale Components develops and commissions equipment for prelithiation to enable high performance and lower cost cells	Industrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Niron Magneticsnironmagnetics.com · United States	Niron Magnetics develops and manufactures rare-earth-free permanent magnets made with Iron Nitride	AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
One Next Energyone.ai · United States	One Next Energy is a US manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for grid storage, rail and defense applications.	Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
OneD Batteryonedsinanode.com · United States	OneD Battery develops and advances silicon anode technology for lithium-ion batteries to increase electric vehicle battery performance while lowering cost	EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Percepto Roboticspercepto.co · Israel	Percepto Robotics provides autonomous drone technology for inspection, monitoring, and data collection in various industries.	Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Quadric, Inc.quadric.ai · USA	Quadric, Inc. develops and licenses AI processor IP and software stack for edge AI inference.	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Resonant Linkresonant-link.com · United States	Resonant Link manages and licenses its patent portfolio for wireless power technology	Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Solid Powersolidpowerbattery.com	Solid Power develops all-solid-state battery cell technology	Industrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page

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site last read 5 Nov 2026

The homepage of Volta Energy Technologies, as last read — volta.vc as VCinfo last read it

Site: volta.vc
Last read: 5 Nov 2026
Watching since: 5 Nov 2026
Rounds since: 2 Jun 2026
Companies checked: 20

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