Base Power lands $200M for rapidly growing home-battery business

Published on April 9, 2025

Base Power , the Texas startup designing and installing very large home batteries for close to free, just pulled in an additional $200 million to fund its growth. Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz co-led the Series B with Addition, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Valor Equity Partners. They were joined…

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