Mana Battery Inc.
The University of ColoradoConnection
Mana BatteryInc. (Mana) was founded as a spinout of ’s laboratory (ñPaul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering)in October 2023 to commercialize best-in-class sodium battery technology. Sodium-based batteries have the potential to displace lithium-ion batteries in a variety of applications based on their promised low costs, abundant supply chain, and safety, but they have been limited to date due toinsufficient cycle lifetimes and energy density. Mana addresses these issues and delivers on the promise of the sodium-ion battery with a proprietary low-cost, safe material and battery cell design platform, providing similar or better energy to Li-ion battery cells with a 45% lower bill-of-materials cost. Founded with a team and advisory board of veteran energy storage entrepreneurs and technologists, Mana has signed testing agreements with Tier 1 partners and is shipping prototypes.
Funding Status and Investment Opportunities
- Industry: Environmentalism and Sustainability, Cleantech, Advanced Materials
- Funding Stage: Seed
- Contact for Investment Inquiries:Tyler Evans, CEO, tyler@manabattery.us
In the News
- Mana Battery partners with Saft on anode-free sodium batteries (2026, Interesting Engineering)
- A powerhouse in battery breakthroughs (2026)
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- ñ hosts showcases highlighting breakthrough innovations and investment-ready ventures (2025)
- Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action (2025, Colordan Magazine)
- 5 ñ startups to watch in 2025 (2025)
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- OEDIT announces grants to University of Colorado startups and researchers in the advanced industries (OEDIT, 2024)
- We went to a startup symposium at the University of Colorado. We saw these nine cool startups. We said “wow” a lot. (CPR, 2024)
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- Pressing energy challenges and potential solutions at the center of ñ’s Renewable Energy and Storage Solutions Summit(2024)
- Pitch competition celebrates and funds new ñ ventures founded on scientific discoveries(2024)
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- State and university partner to award over $1.5 million in funding to University of Colorado innovations(2023)
- Lab Venture Challenge announces finalists in funding competition for leading innovations(2023)
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Developed With Funding From
Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
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