Best Energy Storage Tech Companies in Vancouver, Canada
The 39 best Energy Storage Tech companies in Vancouver, 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 Vancouver
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRB Energy Developer of vanadium redox battery energy storage systems for various applications | $114M | 62 mo ago | 52 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ekona Producer of hydrogen for industrial applications | $70M | 49 mo ago | 46 | Chris Reid CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 3 | Ionomr Innovations Ion-exchange membranes | $38M | 16 mo ago | 43 | Bill Haberlin Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 27 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 4 | 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 | 12 mo ago | 64 | Peter Sobotka Founder & CEO | WebflowYouTubeWeglot+12 | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 5 | 7Gen Provider of end-to-end fleet electrification solutions | $28M | 16 mo ago | 34 | Mark Bayley Co-Founder & Vice President; Finance & Risk | HubSpot CMS Hubcore-jsHubSpot Analytics+8 | — | — |
| 6 | Abound Provider of battery technology for energy solution | $27M | 14 mo ago | — | Jason Birmingham CEO | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+21 | — | — |
| 7 | HTEC Provider of hydrogen refueling solutions | $16M | 68 mo ago | 127 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 8 | Hillcrest Energy Provider of energy storage systems | $15M | 18 mo ago | 13 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | 18 patents High‑efficiency resonant and ZVS multilevel converters for electric vehicle powertrains | — |
| 9 | Aurora Hydrogen Provider of high-efficiency clean hydrogen production technology. | $10M | 5 mo ago | 8 | Andrew Gillis Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+12 | 13 patents Microwave/radio‑wave cracking of hydrocarbons to generate hydrogen and solid carbon | — |
| 10 | Vortex Energy Provider of hydrogen fuel from saltwater | $8M | 16 mo ago | — | Paul Sparkes CEO & Director | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+18 | — | — |
| 11 | Soma Energy Provider of energy intelligence platform synchronizing procurement, management, and load coordination | $7M | 5 mo ago | — | Henrique Hoeltgebaum Co-Founder & Chief AI Scientist | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+12 | — | — |
| 12 | EV Battery Technologies Provider of AI based battery management solutions | $5M | 65 mo ago | — | Jie Li Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 13 | Rapid Electric Vehicles Vehicle-to-Grid energy management system | $5M | 199 mo ago | — | Jay Giraud CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Monitor Ventures Provider of energy storage system solution | $697K | 136 mo ago | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Agora Energy Technologies Manufacturer of redox flow batteries | $313K | 16 mo ago | 10 | Connie Linder Co-Founder & Director | — | 17 patents CO₂-based redox flow batteries for electrochemical energy storage | — |
| 16 | Exro Developer of power control system technologies for electric vehicles and storage | $313K | 20 mo ago | 125 | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | 36 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 17 | Bionic Power Wearable charger packs | $106K | 25 mo ago | 19 | — | WordPressMySQLZoho+18 | 59 patents Powered exoskeletons and gait-assist devices with integrated energy harvesting and transmission | — |
Top 12 Energy Storage Tech companies in Vancouver
#1
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 8 employees$10Mraised▾
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- Mar 2026Series A$3M
- Aug 2022Series A$10M
#2
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—
#3
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
#4
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)—
#5
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
#6
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
#7
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
#8
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
#9
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 46 employees$69.9Mraised▾
Producer of hydrogen for industrial applications. It produces clean hydrogen by converting natural gas into hydrogen, power, and C02. The hydrogen produced can further be stored or used by industrial hydrogen consumers such as refineries, ammonia plants, or chemical plants.
- Aug 2022Series A$5.5M
- Feb 2022Series A$62.1M
- Nov 2021Seed—
- 2020Seed$2.3M
#10
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2007 · 52 employees$114Mraised▾
Developer of vanadium redox battery energy storage systems for various applications. These systems integrate renewable energy sources onto utility grids and industrial sites. The batteries are suitable as backup for vehicle charging stations. The company’s systems provide flexible, long-duration energy for commercial and industrial sites. The systems are also suited to stabilize isolated microgrids, integrating solar and wind power.
- Jul 2021Series B$24M
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)—
- May 2017Series A—
#11
Funding Raised · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 10 employees$312.8Kraised▾
Agora Energy specializes in manufacturing CO2 redox flow batteries. The energy storage systems use chemical reduction and oxidation reactions for storing energy. Its applications include storage of energy for solar energy, wind energy, petrochemical industries, telecom industries, and more.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$312.8K
#12
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 125 employees$312.8Kraised▾
Developer of power control system technologies for electric vehicles and storage. The company offers systems designed to optimize performance, efficiency, and safety. Its technology is applied to traction inverters, e-propulsion, and energy storage systems. The company provides engineering services for electrification of power systems.
- Dec 2024Post IPO$623.2K
- Feb 2024Post IPO$30M
- Aug 2022Post IPO—
- Dec 2020Post IPO$4.4M
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
- Aspin KEMP & ASS Holding16
- PEAK Power16
- Agora Energy TECH15
- Avalon Battery Canada13
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.