Debt Financing Funded Energy Startups
Debt financing rounds in this slice skew toward a handful of very large disclosures.
Debt financing rounds in this slice skew toward a handful of very large disclosures. The largest disclosed amount is Axpo’s $4.1B on 2022-09-06; every other disclosed figure is below $2.6B (the next-largest shown is Intersect Power at $2.6B on 2021-11-18), making Axpo an outlier relative to the rest of the table. At the low end, the smallest disclosed amount is Enerdrape’s $100K on 2022-07-12.
Timing is concentrated in mid-to-late 2022: 19 of the 50 rows fall between 2022-04-19 and 2022-10-18, and the most recent entry is JSW Steel USA (Baytown, Texas) on 2022-10-27 ($182M). Geographically, there is no single dominant city: the list includes multiple countries and only repeats a name/location pairing where it appears explicitly (for example, Toronto, Ontario shows up for 60Hertz Energy at $630K on 2022-07-11 and for Orb Energy only via the single entry shown). The segment is overwhelmingly labeled “Energy” across all rows, with funding amounts disclosed in 48/50 entries; 2 rounds are marked “undisclosed” (Sympheny on 2022-08-18 and Edify Energy on 2022-06-14).
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Frequently asked
What’s the largest disclosed debt round here, and does it materially change the distribution?
Axpo’s $4.1B disclosed debt round (2022-09-06) dwarfs the rest of the table: the next-largest disclosed amount is Intersect Power’s $2.6B (2021-11-18), while many other rounds sit in the tens to hundreds of millions (e.g., Enfinity Global $242M on 2022-08-03 and Amp Solar Group $155M on 2022-08-26).
Are there clear date clusters in the 50 most recent entries, or is activity spread out evenly?
Activity is concentrated in mid-to-late 2022: 19 of the 50 rows fall between 2022-04-19 (Cypress Creek Renewables $450M) and 2022-10-18 (Pivot Energy $100M and Tecpetrol $300M). The oldest row shown is 2021-08-06 (OXTO Energy $400K), and the most recent is 2022-10-27 (JSW Steel USA $182M).
Which amounts look like extreme low outliers among disclosed rounds?
Near the bottom, Enerdrape’s $100K (2022-07-12) is the smallest disclosed amount in the list, while other very small disclosed rounds include Summit Nanotech’s $200K (2021-11-11) and SeaChange Group’s $200K (2021-08-19). These lows contrast with multiple large disclosures like Venture Global LNG $1.3B (2021-11-22) and Eolian $925M (2022-04-21).
How often are amounts missing, and does that affect comparisons?
2 of the 50 entries have “undisclosed” amounts (Sympheny on 2022-08-18 and Edify Energy on 2022-06-14), so comparisons of largest/smallest disclosed values are based on the remaining 48 rows with numeric amounts (e.g., Axpo $4.1B vs Enerdrape $100K).
Is any geography or city over-represented in this debt-financing energy list?
No single city dominates the table as shown. For example, Toronto, Ontario appears for 60Hertz Energy ($630K on 2022-07-11) and SWTCH ($3M on 2022-04-27), but most entries are distributed across different countries and cities such as Baytown, Texas (JSW Steel USA $182M) and Dublin, Ireland (Urban Volt $29M on 2022-10-07 and Gazelle Wind Power $3M on 2021-08-11).
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