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Base Power Raises $1 Billion to Scale Home Batteries and U.S. Manufacturing

The Texas electricity provider plans faster deployment through its Austin factory to grow its virtual power plant.

Overview

  • Addition led the Series C at a reported $3 billion pre-money valuation, with CapitalG, Lightspeed, Ribbit, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity Partners and others participating.
  • The Austin startup reports more than 100 MWh of residential storage deployed in Texas since 2023, serving customers in Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston.
  • Base Power operates as a licensed retail provider and virtual power plant, and it qualified for Texas’s ADER program to bid aggregated home batteries into the grid market.
  • The company is building its first energy storage and power‑electronics factory at the former Austin American‑Statesman site and is planning a second U.S. facility.
  • Its lease model pairs home backup with grid services via low upfront installation fees, monthly charges and a multi‑year electricity purchase commitment, with battery options of 25 kWh and 50 kWh.