Best Energy Storage Tech Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 63 best Energy Storage Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: VRB Energy.
Our analysis of 50 Energy Storage Tech companies
$13.7b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Energy Storage Tech companies in British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRB Energy Developer of vanadium redox battery energy storage systems for various applications | $114M | 59 mo ago | Series B | 52 | — | — | — |
| 2 | NanoOne Developer of nanotech-based energy storage components 62Funding top 13%News top 39%Tech top 40%Growth top 43% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Newstop 39% Techtop 40% Growthtop 43% Markettop 47% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $96.3M across 19 rounds · 19 rounds over 11 yrs (1.7/yr) News: 20 BI events in 12 mo (of 100 tracked, 11 types) · -38% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $96M | 3 mo ago | Public | 132 132 → 81 (-39%) | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 3 | Ekona Producer of hydrogen for industrial applications | $70M | 46 mo ago | Series A | 46 | Chris Reid CEO | — | — |
| 4 | Ionomr Innovations Ion-exchange membranes | $38M | 14 mo ago | Series A | 43 | Bill Haberlin Chief Executive Officer | 27 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 5 | Corinex Corinex provides digital grid reinforcement through digital capacity infrastructure 67Growth top 22%Innovation top 23%Funding top 26%Product top 30% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 22% Innovationtop 23% Fundingtop 26% Producttop 30% Newstop 31% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 48% Marketbottom 45% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 38% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Innovation: 9 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $30M | 9 mo ago | Series B | 64 | Peter Sobotka Founder & CEO | — | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 6 | 7Gen Provider of end-to-end fleet electrification solutions | $28M | 14 mo ago | Series A | 34 | Mark Bayley Co-Founder & Vice President; Finance & Risk | — | — |
| 7 | Abound Provider of battery technology for energy solution | $27M | 12 mo ago | Public | — | Jason Birmingham CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Mangrove Lithium Developer of modular scalable lithium refining technology for battery‑grade production 60Growth top 20%News top 20%Funding top 28%Talent top 28% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Newstop 20% Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Partnerstop 31% Moattop 39% Techbottom 42% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 14 tracked, 5 types) · +600% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $25M | 5 mo ago | Series B | 35 | David Wilkinson Co-Founder | — | 1 award |
| 9 | Delta-Q Technologies Battery charging solutions | $17M | 193 mo ago | Acquired | 126 | Ken Fielding Co-Founder & CEO | 23 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 10 | HTEC Provider of hydrogen refueling solutions | $16M | 66 mo ago | Acquired | 127 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Hillcrest Energy Provider of energy storage systems | $15M | 15 mo ago | Public | 13 | — | 18 patents High‑efficiency resonant and ZVS multilevel converters for electric vehicle powertrains | — |
| 12 | Loop Energy Developer of hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles | $15M | 49 mo ago | Acquired | 134 | — | 46 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 13 | Aurora Hydrogen Provider of high-efficiency clean hydrogen production technology. | $10M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Andrew Gillis Co-Founder & CEO | 13 patents Microwave/radio‑wave cracking of hydrocarbons to generate hydrogen and solid carbon | — |
| 14 | Hypercharge Online platform offering charging solutions | $9M | 7 mo ago | Public | 17 | David Bibby Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | — | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 15 | Vortex Energy Provider of hydrogen fuel from saltwater | $8M | 14 mo ago | Public | — | Paul Sparkes CEO & Director | — | — |
| 16 | AFCC Auto Develops PEM fuel cells for automotive application | $8M | 111 mo ago | Deadpooled | 200 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Soma Energy Provider of energy intelligence platform synchronizing procurement, management, and load coordination | $7M | 2 mo ago | Seed | — | Henrique Hoeltgebaum Co-Founder & Chief AI Scientist | — | — |
| 18 | EV Battery Technologies Provider of AI based battery management solutions | $5M | 62 mo ago | Public | — | Jie Li Co-Founder | — | — |
| 19 | Rapid Electric Vehicles Vehicle-to-Grid energy management system | $5M | 196 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Jay Giraud CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Moment Energy Provider of battery energy storage systems using repurposed electric vehicle batteries | $3M | 1 mo ago | Series B | 44 | Gurmesh Sidhu Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | 11 patents Battery pack hardware integration and active energy balancing for stationary storage systems | — |
| 21 | Monitor Ventures Provider of energy storage system solution | $697K | 133 mo ago | Late Stage | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Agora Energy Technologies Manufacturer of redox flow batteries | $313K | 14 mo ago | Funding Raised | 10 | Connie Linder Co-Founder & Director | 17 patents CO₂-based redox flow battery systems for energy storage | — |
| 23 | Exro Developer of power control system technologies for electric vehicles and storage | $313K | 17 mo ago | Public | 125 | — | 36 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 24 | Bionic Power Wearable charger packs | $106K | 23 mo ago | Series A | 19 | — | 59 patents Wearable robotic exoskeletons for gait assistance, rehabilitation, and energy harvesting | — |
Top 12 Energy Storage Tech companies in British Columbia
#1
Public · Burnaby, British Columbia · founded 1987 · 132 employees$96.3Mraised▾
Developer of nanotech-based energy storage components. It manufactures cathode material for lithium batteries that can be used for electric vehicles. It uses a one-pot process for the development of cathode materials. Its features include cost optimization, enhanced battery performance, and zero emissions.
- Mar 2026Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Oct 2025Grant (prize money)$3.6M
- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$12.9M
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$12.9M
#2
Series B · Delta, British Columbia · founded 2013 · 35 employees$25Mraised▾
Developer of modular scalable lithium refining technology for battery‑grade production. The company offers an electrochemical refining platform that converts lithium chloride or sulfate from diverse feedstocks including brines, hard rock, clay, and recycled sources into high‑purity lithium hydroxide or carbonate. The modular design enables co‑location with extraction or battery manufacturing facilities and scalable capacity adjustments. The process reduces waste, minimizes chemical requirements, and lowers carbon emissions compared to conventional methods. It is intended to support lithium supply resilience and flexible integration across the battery value chain.
- Jan 2026Conventional Debt$85M
- Nov 2025Series B$1.5M
- Jan 2025Series B$35M
- May 2022Series A—
#3
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 8 employees$10Mraised▾
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- Mar 2026Series A$3M
- Aug 2022Series A$10M
#4
Series B · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · founded 2020 · 44 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of battery energy storage systems using repurposed electric vehicle batteries. The company offers systems designed to reduce demand charges and provide backup power. These systems support peak shaving, load shifting, electric vehicle charging, and renewable energy integration. The battery energy storage systems are built to meet codes and avoid supply chain delays.
- May 2026Series B$40M
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$5M
- Jan 2025Series A$15M
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$100K
#5
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012$7Mraised▾
Provider of energy intelligence platform synchronizing procurement, management, and load coordination. The platform unifies energy procurement, battery management, and load coordination. It unlocks capacity, improves efficiency, and enhances grid reliability. The platform connects on-site generation, storage, and consumption into one intelligent control layer. It turns large facilities into flexible grid assets.
- Apr 2026Seed$7M
- Seed—
#6
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1999 · 64 employees$30Mraised▾
Corinex provides digital grid reinforcement through digital capacity infrastructure. Its broadband powerline (BPL) technology brings visibility and control to the grid edge, helping utilities relieve constraints, prevent overloads, and accelerate electrification across electricity networks.
- Sep 2025Series B—
- Apr 2025Series B$30M
#7
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012$26.7Mraised▾
Provider of battery technology for energy solution. They specialize in offering zaeras technology solution using zinc and air as fuel.
- Jun 2025Post IPO$298.6K
- Feb 2024Post IPO—
- Nov 2023Post IPO$391.9K
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)—
#8
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 43 employees$38Mraised▾
Ion-exchange membranes. It offers hydrocarbon proton/cation-exchange membranes and alkaline hydroxide/anion-exchange membranes. The company focuses on developing advanced, hydrocarbon/non-PFAS ion-exchange membranes. The products find application in hydrogen production/water electrolysis, hydrogen fuel cells, carbon capture and utilization / CO2 electrolysis, lithium-ion batteries, flow batteries, lithium recovery, process water treatment, and other mainly electrochemical solutions.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$5M
- Oct 2024Series A—
- Dec 2023Series A$20M
- Jan 2022Series A$15M
#9
Public · North Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 17 employees$9Mraised▾
Online platform offering charging solutions
- Nov 2025Post IPO$2.7M
- Apr 2025Post IPO$608.8K
- Mar 2025Post IPO$727.9K
- Apr 2023Post IPO$5M
#10
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2020 · 34 employees$28Mraised▾
Provider of end-to-end fleet electrification solutions. The company develops charging infrastructure and vehicle leasing projects that enable commercial fleet managers to convert to electric vehicles. It also works with fleet operations to implement EV deployments by bridging the gaps between investors, owners, operators, charger manufacturers, and policy makers.
- Apr 2025Conventional Debt$34.7M
- Jul 2022Series A$8M
- 2021Series A$20M
#11
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 13 employees$15.2Mraised▾
Provider of energy storage systems. It offers EV traction inverters that uses Hillcrest ZVS Technology, enabling power applications to operate at higher power levels and higher switching frequencies.
- Mar 2025Post IPO—
- Jan 2025Post IPO$1.3M
- May 2024Post IPO$645.7K
- Jan 2024Post IPO$2.4M
#12
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021$7.8Mraised▾
Provider of hydrogen fuel from saltwater. It aims to produce hydrogen storage, transportation, and ammonia production by developing its salt assets and technology. It is a mineral exploration platform that buys, explores, stakes and assesses properties with natural resources.
- Apr 2025Post IPO$722K
- Jan 2025Post IPO$278.2K
- Jan 2025Post IPO—
- Mar 2024Post IPO$609.9K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Energy Storage Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Grid Energy Storage is moving in Canada
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 1,087 Canada-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Education193
- University of Waterloo118
- University of Alberta69
- Western University46
- University of Toronto44
- Electrolyte4→59
- Cathode1→54
- Battery (electricity)11→59
- Anode1→49
- Renewable energy2→42
- Renewable energy7→101
- Battery (electricity)13→90
- Electrolyte4→45
- Photovoltaic system3→42
- Electrochemistry5→43
- Renewable energy1→22
- Battery (electricity)3→23
- Cathode1→13
- Electrolyte3→14
- Nanotechnology4→13
Where energy storage is researched across Canada
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.
Who's filing energy storage patents in Canada
Canada energy storage patent filing is accelerating — 487 filings from 278 assignees (2016–2025), led by Hydrostor, Invinity Energy Systems Canada, Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures; annual filings 17→56.
- Hydrostor100
- Invinity Energy Systems Canada23
- Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures20
- Saint Augustin Canada Electric18
- PEAK Power16
- Aspin KEMP & ASS Holding16
- Agora Energy TECH15
- Avalon Battery Canada13
Common questions
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