Our Team

Tyler Evans, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CEO
previously Tesla, SiILion

Nicholas Singstock, PhD

Co-Founder, CTO

Heather A.S. Platt, PhD

Director of Materials Engineering and R&D
previously Solid Power

Sam Jaffe

VP of Business Development and Product
previously Addionics, E Source, Cairn ERA

Rushabh Desai

Director of Business Operations
previously Yotta Energy

Peter Hosbein

Staff Cell Engineer
previously Tesla

Tyler Bassett

Staff Process Engineer

Kara Jacobsen

Cell Engineering Technician

Davis Nies

Process Engineer

Julia Papaianache

Process Engineering Technician

Hui Min Tee

Associate Cell Engineer

Annette Valceschini

Cell Engineer

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Board and Advisors

Chunmei Ban, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor
University of Colorado

Ed Williams

Senior Business Advisor
Sionic Energy

Adrian Yao

Senior Technical Advisor
Stanford STEER, EnPower

Leonardo Banchik

Board Director
Voyager Ventures

Doug Campbell

Independent Director

previously Solid Power, Roccor

Albert Wenger

Board Observer

Union Square Ventures

Sally Hatcher

Board Observer

Buff Gold Ventures

2021

Anode-free sodium-ion and electrolyte proof-of-concept begins

2023

Mana Battery is founded in Boulder, CO

2024

Pre-Seed Round, 35 mAh anode-free pouch cell demonstrations

2025

External sampling program, 100 mAh anode-free cells, 1 kg scale electrolyte production

2026

Seed Round, 5 Ah anode-free cells, 100+ kg scale electrolyte production

2028

10+ Ah anode-free cells, 10+ MT scale electrolyte toll manufacturing, and partnerships for anode-free cell production

2030

Full format anode-free cells, domestic cell and
electrolyte manufacturing

Media

Mana Joins American Battery Leadership Coalition as a Founding Member to Establish Sodium-Ion Batteries as a U.S. National Priority

Mana Battery selected for US Army SBIR program’s Battery Focused Open Topic

Mana Battery awarded SBIR Phase I of $275,000

Mana Battery in geopolitical race to perfect sodium-ion battery technology

Mana Battery among awardees of FY 2024 DOE development funding program

OEDIT announces grants to Colorado startups and researchers in the advanced industries

We went to a startup symposium. We saw these nine cool startups. We said “wow” a lot.

33 Innovators Selected for the U.S. Department of Energy's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program

Pitch competition celebrates and funds new CU Boulder ventures founded on scientific discoveries

Mana Battery selected for ARPA-E Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly

State and university partner to award over $1.5 million in funding to University of Colorado innovations