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Best Energy Companies in Alaska, United States

The 36 best Energy companies in Alaska, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Furie Operating Alaska.

36companies tracked
$185.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENERGY × ALASKA

Our analysis of 171 Energy companies

$71.4b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

171companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2015median founding year
53kcombined LinkedIn audience
82%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Energy companies in Alaska

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Furie Operating Alaska
Oil and gas exploration and production company
$160M146 mo agoFunding RaisedLeslie Smithc
CEO
2004——
2PAN ARCTIC CAPITAL
Provider of oil & gas producing services
$11M93 mo agoSeries BJustin Charon
CEO
———
3Applied Atomics
Operator of on-site nuclear fission plants providing dedicated power to industries
65Talent top 33%Funding top 42%Global bottom 48%
All 3 signals ▾
Talenttop 33%
Fundingtop 42%
Globalbottom 48%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $8.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 65/100
$8M5 mo agoSeedPaul Keutelian
Co-Founder & CTO
2025——
4Avec
Operator of electric utilities providing power, service, and energy solutions
$5M9 mo agoFunding RaisedBill Stamm
Chief Executive Officer
1969WordPressMySQLPHP+19—
5Alaska Renewables
Developer of solar energy projects
$1M47 mo agoSeedMatt Perkins
Co-Founder & CEO
2021——
6Juneau Hydro
Independent hydro power producer
$600K169 mo agoSeedKeith Comstock
President & CEO
2009——
7Renewable IPP
Provider of solar installation, construction, financing, and operation & maintenance services
$300K49 mo agoSeedJenn Miller
CEO
2017——
8North Arrow Enterprises
Builds highly durable products for the oil and gas industry
4Global bottom 25%Funding bottom 18%Market bottom 13%
All 3 signals ▾
Globalbottom 25%
Fundingbottom 18%
Marketbottom 13%
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding: Raised $100k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 9 yrs (0.1/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 4/100
$100K115 mo agoSeed—2014——

Top 10 Energy companies in Alaska

#1
Seed · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 2025
$8.3Mraised
▾

Operator of on-site nuclear fission plants providing dedicated power to industries. The company develops, builds, and operates plants, offering a single power purchase agreement. It focuses on providing firm, clean energy for industries. The company uses light water reactor technology with available fuel and dedicated supply chains.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 65how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 33%
Funding
top 42%
Global
bottom 48%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $8.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond United States
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Applied Atomics) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$8.3M
Founders & team
Paul KeutelianCo-Founder & CTOBen KellieCo-Founder & CEOLeigh DAngeloCMO
Investors
Morpheus Ventures, Transition
#2
Funding Raised · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 1969
$4.5Mraised
▾

Operator of electric utilities providing power, service, and energy solutions. It facilitates billing and payment options, capital credits, and addresses membership changes. The organization offers various forms, financial assistance information, and answers to frequently asked questions. It manages service installations, damage claims, and disseminates news and event updates.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Grant (prize money)$1.2M
  • Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$3.3M
Founders & team
Bill StammChief Executive OfficerBill StammChief Executive Officer
Investors
United States Department of Agriculture, Denali, OSTI
#3
Funding Raised · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 2004
$160Mraised
▾

Furie Operation Alaska is an exploration and production company operating in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska. Claims to have acquired working interest over 83300k acreage positions. Also, installed jack-up rig, platform, pipelines, and onshore production facility in Kitchen Lights Unit, Alaska.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Conventional Debt$160M
Founders & team
Leslie SmithcCEO
Investors
Energy Capital Partners
#4
Series B · Anchorage, Alaska
$10.5Mraised
▾

Provider of oil & gas producing services

Founders & team
Justin CharonCEO
#5
Seed · Fairbanks, Alaska · founded 2021 · 4 employees
$1Mraised
▾

Operator of a renewable energy development company intended to deliver a transformative, clean, sustainable, reliable, and cost-reducing energy supply. The company aims to deliver clean, competitive renewable projects that create jobs, increase grid resiliency, helping people by providing a sustainable energy supply that will reduce energy costs while protecting the environment.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$1M
Founders & team
Matt PerkinsCo-Founder & CEOAndrew McDonnellCo-Founder
#6
Seed · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 2017 · 7 employees
$300Kraised
▾

Provider of solar installation, construction, financing, and operation & maintenance services

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$300K
Founders & team
Jenn MillerCEO
#7
Seed · Juneau, Alaska · founded 2009
$600Kraised
▾

Independent hydro power producer

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2012Seed$600K
Founders & team
Keith ComstockPresident & CEO
Tech stack
WordpressPleskMysqlPhpWp RocketYoast Seo
#8
Seed · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 2014 · 3 employees
$100Kraised
▾

Operator of a construction firm designed to redefine construction models in the oil fields. The company offers oil wellhead maintenance services through innovative manufacturing techniques and real-world research data and builds high-quality cost-effective man camps and portable buildings for remote regions, enabling clients with a low-maintenance shelter system.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 4how this company ranks against its industry peers
Global
bottom 25%
Funding
bottom 18%
Market
bottom 13%
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding: Raised $100k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 9 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2017)
Market: 3 employees
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Seed$100K
#9
Seed · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 2016 · 53 employees
—raised
▾

Alaska-focused oil and gas exploration and production company. Committed to developing resources responsibly for the benefit of Alaska, capital providers, communities, and employees. The company operates in both Cook Inlet and the North Slope, managing onshore and offshore units. It owns drilling, production, and transportation infrastructure, including pipelines. The company focuses on safe, compliant, efficient, and effective operations, partnering with local businesses and stakeholders. It explores new growth opportunities by leveraging processing and transportation capacity. The company's team of experienced professionals, including engineers, geologists, and safety specialists, work collaboratively to ensure responsible industry leadership.

Funding rounds
  • 2022Seed—
Investors
Pontem Energy, Apollo Investment Corporation, Sweat Equity Partners
#10
Funding Raised · Anchorage, Alaska · founded 1984 · 151 employees
—raised
▾

Crude oil processing and distribution company

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience · 67 engagements/post (10.1× cohort median)
Founders & team
Doug ChapadosCEO & President
Investors
OSTI
Tech stack
BabelCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFont AwesomeGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$185.4Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
8disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
OSTI2 rounds
Apollo Investment Corporation1 rounds
Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator1 rounds
Denali1 rounds
Energy Capital Partners1 rounds
Krystal Financial1 rounds
Morpheus Ventures1 rounds
Pontem Energy1 rounds
Sweat Equity Partners1 rounds
Transition1 rounds

Notable founders

Paul Keutelian
Co-Founder & CTO · Applied Atomics
Ben Kellie
Co-Founder & CEO · Applied Atomics
Bill Stamm
Chief Executive Officer · Avec
Leslie Smithc
CEO · Furie Operating Alaska
Justin Charon
CEO · PAN ARCTIC CAPITAL
Matt Perkins
Co-Founder & CEO · Alaska Renewables
Andrew McDonnell
Co-Founder · Alaska Renewables
Jenn Miller
CEO · Renewable IPP
Keith Comstock
President & CEO · Juneau Hydro
Doug Chapados
CEO & President · Petro Star
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,994,997 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Energy coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Grid Energy Storage is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Grid Energy Storage — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 5,941 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 60% → 57% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Electric Power Research Institute204
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory202
  • Argonne National Laboratory193
  • Northeastern University151
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology124
leading researchers
Arumugam Manthiram · Vlachokostas, Alex · Di Wu · Yi Cui · Yury Gogotsi · Wei Wang · Freederia AI Researcher · Guihua Yu
▲ Breakthroughs1,937 · 33%
▼ 34%→32% share
▼0.9× share momentum1 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (34%→32% of field), led by Battery (electricity).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)57→359
  • Electrolyte37→318
  • Electrochemistry30→240
  • Cathode32→224
  • Anode37→209
Newly emergingEnergy (signal processing) 0→87 · Thermal 0→34 · Interphase 0→28
Landmark Challenges and Prospects of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries · 2,319 cites
◆ Advancements2,724 · 46%
▲ 40%→48% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations87% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (40%→48% of field), led by Renewable energy.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Renewable energy40→492
  • Battery (electricity)59→507
  • Power (physics)8→227
  • Electrolyte27→244
  • Electrochemistry37→240
Newly emergingNuclear engineering 0→34 · Ionic conductivity 0→30 · Efficient energy use 0→30
Landmark Sodium‐Ion Batteries · 4,393 cites
▼ Concerns798 · 13%
▼ 14%→13% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations80% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (14%→13% of field), led by Battery (electricity).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)35→184
  • Renewable energy24→156
  • Electrolyte13→114
  • Electrochemistry10→80
  • Cathode9→72
Newly emergingDegradation (telecommunications) 0→21 · Sustainable energy 0→20 · Reliability (semiconductor) 0→19
Landmark Pseudocapacitive oxide materials for high-rate electrochemical energy storage · 5,233 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where energy storage is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

SF Bay Area353 · +0.50
Hot · Battery (electricity)Advancing · Resilience (materials science)Opportunity · PorosityConcern · Commercialization
Boston340 · +0.51
Hot · Flow batteryAdvancing · RedoxOpportunity · ElectricityConcern · Nanoarchitectures for lithium-ion batteries
Austin119 · +0.42
Hot · SulfurAdvancing · Battery storageOpportunity · Flexibility (engineering)Concern · Polysulfide
Atlanta118 · +0.59
Hot · Triboelectric effectAdvancing · NanogeneratorOpportunity · ThermodynamicsConcern · Cost of electricity by source
Los Angeles108 · +0.58
Hot · PseudocapacitanceAdvancing · PseudocapacitorOpportunity · Energy (signal processing)Concern · Electricity generation
New York105 · +0.53
Hot · Electricity marketAdvancing · ArbitrageOpportunity · Photovoltaic systemConcern · Fossil fuel
Chicago86 · +0.58
Hot · ElectrolyteAdvancing · Ionic liquidOpportunity · PolymerConcern · Anode
San Diego83 · +0.53
Hot · FabricationAdvancing · MicrostructureOpportunity · ElectrodeConcern · Faraday efficiency
Ann Arbor62 · +0.46
Hot · Charge (physics)Advancing · Reliability engineeringOpportunity · Power (physics)Concern · Electrochemistry
Philadelphia61 · +0.47
Hot · MXenesAdvancing · SupercapacitorOpportunity · OxideConcern · Capacitor
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing energy storage patents in the United States

United States energy storage patent filing is accelerating — 8,522 filings from 3,681 assignees (2016–2025), led by General Electric, ESS Technology, GM Global TECH Operations; annual filings 687→1058.

8,522 filings3,681 assigneespeak 1092/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • General Electric592
  • ESS Technology276
  • GM Global TECH Operations233
  • Fastcap Systems205
  • UNIV California180
  • Rondo Energy157
  • United Technologies154
  • Battelle Memorial Institute146

Common questions

How many Energy companies are there in Alaska, United States?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Energy companies headquartered in Alaska, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Energy companies in Alaska, United States?
The Energy companies in Alaska, United States on this list have raised a combined $185.4M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Energy company in Alaska, United States?
Furie Operating Alaska is the highest-funded Energy company in Alaska, United States, with $160M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Energy companies in Alaska, United States are funded?
8 of the 36 Energy companies in Alaska, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Energy unicorns are there in Alaska, United States?
None of the Energy companies in Alaska, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Alaska, United States Energy companies?
The most active investors in Alaska, United States Energy companies on this list include OSTI, Apollo Investment Corporation, Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator, Denali, Energy Capital Partners.
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