Mana Battery, Inc. develops sodium-based battery technology, including a fire-extinguishing electrolyte platform and an anode-free sodium cell design aimed at improving safety, cycle life, and cost performance for sodium batteries. Its stated markets include grid energy storage and low-cost electric vehicles, and it says it has signed testing agreements with Tier 1 partners and is shipping prototypes. The company’s team includes co-founder, president and CEO Tyler Evans, co-founder and CTO Nicholas Singstock, and co-founder and chief scientific advisor Chunmei Ban, with Heather A.S. Platt leading materials engineering and R&D. Mana Battery received a $500,000 ARPA-E award for a project running from October 2024 through April 2026, in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Boulder. It lists Boulder, Colorado as its home base and also shows a Denver address in an SBIR filing.
