Tech Company Financing Transactions

ESS Funding Round

ESS closed a $30 million Series C venture capital round on 10/30/2019. Investors included Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SoftBank Group and BASF Venture Capital America.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/30/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$30,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to expand and automate the manufacturing process of its second-generation iron flow battery technology.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
26440 SW Parkway Ave. 83
Wilsonville, OR 97070
USA
Email Address
Overview
ESS Inc. manufactures low-cost, long-duration all-iron redox flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications requiring 4+ hours of flexible energy capacity.
Profile
ESS LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
ESS Company Twitter Account
Company News
ESS News
Facebook
ESS on Facebook
YouTube
ESS on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Craig Evans
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Chief Financial Officer
Amir Moftakhar
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Chief Technical Officer
Julia Song
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VP - Bus. Development
Hugh Mcdermott
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VP - Operations
Donald Humphreys
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