Lunar Energy lands $232M to boost smart home batteries

Published on February 4, 2026

Silicon Valley–based startup Lunar Energy has spent the last six years building a business for its smart home batteries and the virtual power plant software that can orchestrate those systems to support the grid at large. Now, it has a massive new pot of cash to expand that effort, as utilities and state policymakers…

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