Optivolt builds the world's leading shade tolerant solar systems to seamlessly power electric devices & machines. Compared to today’s best solar technologies, Optivolt’s full-stack solar products are up to 25X more powerful in shade.
Optivolt is taking solar where it's never gone before & creating an era of perpetually-powered electric machines that completely run on the sun! We enable fundamentally new solar applications such as self-powered 5G infrastructure, mission critical energy solutions for the military, & solar powered vehicles that can still charge when in shade!
Optivolt is taking solar where it's never gone before & creating an era of perpetually-powered electric machines that completely run on the sun! We enable fundamentally new solar applications such as self-powered 5G infrastructure, mission critical energy solutions for the military, & solar powered vehicles that can still charge when in shade!
Location: United States, California, San Mateo
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $8.2M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Streamline... | streamline... |
| - | Pure Ventu... | pureventur... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.05.2022 | Seed | $8.2M | Atlas Inno... |
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.07.2025 | RA Capital Management: $120 Million Planetary Health Fund Closed | RA Capital Management closed its first Planetary Health Fund (PHF) with $120 million to invest in high-growth companies that enhance resource access, energy innovation, and industrial efficiency. The fund promotes scalable solutions that su... |
| 18.04.2023 | Meet April Pitch Presenter Paul Couston of Ascent Integrated Tech, Sparking Tech-Fueled Change in Fire Fighting | I met Paul Couston through Jonathan Ellis of Sandalphan Capital who had nothing but praise for the CEO and co-founder of Ascent Integrated Tech. Just two years out of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he’s already a seasoned CEO ... |
| 17.05.2022 | Optivolt Raises $8M in Seed Funding | Optivolt, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of solar technology that enables self-powered IoT devices, 5G infrastructure, military equipment, robotics and EVs, closed a$8.2M seed funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to da... |