Grant Funded Energy Startups
Across the 50 most recent energy grant entries, the largest disclosed award is Piedmont Lithium at $142M (2022-10-19).
Across the 50 most recent energy grant entries, the largest disclosed award is Piedmont Lithium at $142M (2022-10-19). That $142M figure sits far above the rest: only three other disclosed grants are $100M or higher (Group14 Technologies $100M on 2022-10-19, CeraPhi Energy is undisclosed on 2022-10-17, and Stockholm Exergi is $199M on 2022-04-01), while many rows cluster between hundreds of thousands and low single-digit millions (e.g., Clean Foundation $4M on 2022-10-13; Revterra $20K on 2022-10-12). The disclosed outlier profile also includes the smallest disclosed amount, Revterra’s $20K (2022-10-12), contrasting sharply with multiple double-digit million grants like ITM Power’s $12M (2022-05-19) and Heliogen’s $39M (2021-12-21).
Date-wise, the listing spans 2021-01-25 (Solarflux Energy Technologies $300K) through 2022-10-19 (Group14 Technologies $100M; LanzaJet $50M; Lilac Solutions $50M; Piedmont Lithium $142M). There’s also a tight top-of-window cluster: four grant rounds close on 2022-10-19, including three $50M-class entries and one $142M entry, while 2021-12-16 alone includes four separate grants (Corde Electrique $400K; Nova Innovation $3M; STAC Technology $3M; plus a same-date grouping at the top of that month).
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Which disclosed rounds are outliers in size, and how do they compare to the rest of the list?
Piedmont Lithium’s $142M grant (2022-10-19) is the largest disclosed amount, and it is far above most other disclosed entries that sit in the thousands-to-low-millions range, while Revterra’s $20K (2022-10-12) is the smallest disclosed amount and is orders of magnitude below $142M.
Do the most recent dates cluster around specific grant announcements?
Yes. The page’s latest round date is 2022-10-19, with four entries on that day: Group14 Technologies ($100M), LanzaJet ($50M), Lilac Solutions ($50M), and Piedmont Lithium ($142M). Separately, 2022-04-04 also repeats with two $2M-class/nearby entries (Modern Electron $800K and OCO Corp $2M), showing smaller multi-row bursts.
Are there recurring geographies or does the list spread across many locations?
The list is geographically broad, but it shows repeat countries rather than a single city hub: the United Kingdom appears multiple times (CeraPhi Energy is undisclosed on 2022-10-17; Cornish Lithium $2M on 2022-09-08; and ITM Power $12M on 2022-05-19, among others), and Sweden also repeats (Stockholm Exergi $199M on 2022-04-01 and Midsummer $44M on 2021-11-01).
What fraction of entries show undisclosed grant amounts versus disclosed dollars?
Undisclosed amounts appear in 6 of the 50 rows: CeraPhi Energy (2022-10-17), Davra (2022-10-03), Toledo Solar (2022-09-19), Solestial (2022-07-01), and two additional undisclosed entries (Lumi Space on 2021-11-26; plus one more undisclosed row in the dataset). The remaining 44 rows provide explicit dollar amounts such as $142M (Piedmont Lithium, 2022-10-19) and $100M (Group14 Technologies, 2022-10-19).
Which entries point to unusually large grant concentration around the mid-2021 to late-2022 window?
Several late-2022 grants are clustered in a single week-to-month stretch: multiple entries in October 2022 (including three $50M grants on 2022-10-19 and Clean Foundation $4M on 2022-10-13). Earlier, the mid-2022 window includes high disclosed amounts like ITM Power $12M (2022-05-19) and Everfuel $7M (2022-07-14), indicating concentration both at the top of the date window and again around May–July 2022.
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