Mainspring Energy Secures $258 Million in Series F Financing

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">MENLO PARK<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Mainspring Energy Inc&period; has secured <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;258 Million<&sol;span> in a Series F financing round to expand the company&&num;8217&semi;s linear generator power business and operations as it grows in both manufacturing and customer sales&period; The company also has added two Board members with deep energy and tech industry operating experience – <span class&equals;"xn-person">Tom Linebarger<&sol;span>&comma; former Chairman and CEO of global power solutions leader Cummins&comma; and <span class&equals;"xn-person">Bethany Mayer<&sol;span>&comma; former CEO of public technology company Ixia and former Board member of energy infrastructure giant Sempra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Global investment and transformation company General Catalyst led the raise&comma; joined by Amazon&&num;8217&semi;s Climate Pledge Fund&comma; DCVC&comma; Temasek&comma; Marunouchi Innovation Partners&comma; M&amp&semi;G Investments&comma; Pictet Group&comma; and Mainspring&&num;8217&semi;s earlier investors including Lightrock and LGT Bank&comma; Khosla Ventures&comma; and Gates Frontier&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mainspring Linear Generators deliver significant advantages in cost&comma; reliability&comma; and flexibility&comma; including the ability to dynamically switch among fuels&period; The products are also fully dispatchable&comma; and their low emissions make them easily sited and permitted anywhere&period; They are scalable from a single unit to a grid-level array&comma; delivering from 250 kW to 100&plus; MW of power in any increment needed&period; The product is easily manufacturable and can scale to meet growing power needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This combination of flexibility benefits gives customers unmatched optionality in power deployment and has led to the products&&num;8217&semi; rapid adoption in segments as diverse as data centers&comma; EV charging microgrids&comma; commercial buildings&comma; residential developments&comma; cold storage facilities&comma; hospitals&comma; and wastewater treatment plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am excited to join the Mainspring Board of Directors at this critical time for energy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Linebarger&period; &&num;8220&semi;The demand for innovative solutions to meet power needs has never been higher&comma; and Mainspring brings a unique and winning solution to the market&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Mainspring&&num;8217&semi;s linear generator technology has the potential to accelerate the future of low-carbon energy and support a more resilient electric grid – two important goals for Amazon as we work to become net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Thomas Selby<&sol;span>&comma; corporate development manager with Amazon&&num;8217&semi;s Climate Pledge Fund&period; &&num;8220&semi;We are excited to collaborate with the talented team at Mainspring as they work to scale their business to meet growing energy demands for new and existing customers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two new Mainspring Board members bring valuable operational knowledge and expertise in the power generation and hardware industries&period; Linebarger&comma; who will be joining the Board on behalf of General Catalyst&comma; is the former Chairman and CEO of global power leader Cummins Inc&period;  Previously he served as SVP at GE Capital&comma; Chair of the U&period;S&period;-China Business Council&comma; and in other corporate leadership roles&period; Mayer is an experienced public company executive&comma; CEO&comma; and board member with roles at leading corporations including Sempra&comma; Box&comma; HP&comma; Cisco&comma; Apple&comma; and various startups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Mainspring is fortunate to have the support of many of the top energy investors in the world&comma; with a strong international perspective&comma; as we prepare for our next phase of growth&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Mainspring CEO and Founder <span class&equals;"xn-person">Shannon Miller<&sol;span>&period;  &&num;8220&semi;This round&comma; along with the growth of our Board&comma; strengthens our capacity to deliver more power – faster and at scale – around the world&period; It also positions us to advance U&period;S&period; leadership in innovative power technology and bolster national energy security&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Editor

Chai Discovery Raises $130 Million

SAN FRANCISCO -- Chai Discovery, the AI company that predicts and reprograms the interactions between…

2 days

Nirvana Lands $100 Million Series D

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nirvana Insurance, an AI-native commercial insurer, has secured a preemptive $100 million…

1 week

Kargo Scores $42 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO -- Kargo, a provider of industrial artificial intelligence (AI) technology for supply chain…

1 week

Instacart to Pay $60 Million to Settle FTC Lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission announced that grocery delivery provider Instacart will pay $60 million in…

1 week

ServiceNow to Buy Armis for $7.75 Billion

SANTA CLARA -- ServiceNow has agreed to buy Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. Armis…

1 week

Six Companies Added to Nasdaq 100

The Nasdaq stock market has reformulated the list of 100 companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index…

2 weeks