# Enzinc funding: rounds and investors

> Enzinc has raised $8.3M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Cleantech Open, Third Derivative and California Energy Commission.

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

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# Who invested in *Enzinc*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Energy

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$8.3M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025
- **Biggest round:** $8.3M Series A · Dec 2024
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025

**$8.3M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $8.3M
- **Biggest round:** $8.3M
- **Between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) Source recorded
- **Dec 2024** Series A **$8.3M** *2 new* [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) [California Energy Commission](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-energy) Also list them on their own site [Enki Solar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enki-solar) Source recorded SEC filing: $8.3M sold, first sale Dec 2024

## Founders and team

From Enzinc's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

**Michael Burz** Chief Executive Officer And Founder

- **Adam Buckfelder** Chief Financial Officer
- **Deborah Knuckey** Cofounder And Chief Marketing Officer
- **Dr. Michael Galluzzo** Chief Technology Officer
- **Jenna Lynch** Chief People Officer
- **Mike Coleman** Chief Engineer
- **Alan Rosenheck** Board Member
- **Joshua Phitoussi** Board Membber
- **Robert Espey** Board Chair

Advisers *Bert Garcia* *Dr. Paul Kempler* *Dr. Steven Kaye* *George Mavko* *Phil Baker* *Stefan Seiberth* *Tim Stanley*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2024 **Venture** 2025 [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) [California Energy Commission](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-energy)

## Everyone who backed them

[Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) Accelerator **1** round

[California Energy Commission](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-energy) Government **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=enzinc).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Enzinc as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Neer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neer-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[TO VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/to-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Enki Solar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enki-solar) VC firm 2024, per its site

## Quick answers about Enzinc

### Who invested in Enzinc?

Enzinc's investors include Cleantech Open, Third Derivative and California Energy Commission.

### How much has Enzinc raised?

Enzinc has raised $8.3M across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Enzinc last raise?

Enzinc's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025.

### What was Enzinc's biggest round?

Enzinc's largest round on record is $8.3M (Series A), in Dec 2024.

### Who backed Enzinc first?

Enzinc's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Cleantech Open and California Energy Commission.

### What stage is Enzinc at?

Enzinc's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Enzinc based?

Enzinc is based in the United States.

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