# Bastazo funding: rounds and investors

> Bastazo has raised $1.1M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include US Department of Energy and Cortado Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bastazo (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Bastazo*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.1M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Grant, $1.1M Dec 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Grant **$1.1M** [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Cortado Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cortado-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Bastazo's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Jennifer Davis** CEO
- **Blake Davidson** CTO
- **Philip Huff** Head of R&D
- **Danielle Chaney** Partnership Manager

## Everyone who backed them

[US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Government **1** round

[Cortado Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cortado-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Bastazo as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Iron Prairie Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iron-prairie-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Bastazo

### Who invested in Bastazo?

Bastazo's investors include US Department of Energy and Cortado Ventures.

### How much has Bastazo raised?

Bastazo has raised $1.1M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Bastazo last raise?

Bastazo's most recent round was a Grant of $1.1M in Dec 2025.

### What was Bastazo's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.1M in Dec 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Bastazo first?

Bastazo's first round on record, in Dec 2025, was backed by US Department of Energy and Cortado Ventures.

### What stage is Bastazo at?

Bastazo's latest named round is a Grant, in Dec 2025.

### Where is Bastazo based?

Bastazo is based in the United States.

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