# Estes Energy funding: rounds and investors

> Estes Energy has raised $11M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include DCVC and Clocktower Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Estes Energy*

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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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$11M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $11M Jul 2025
- **Investors:** 2

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## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Seed **$11M** [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Clocktower Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clocktower-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Estes Energy's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team.

**Dustin Grace** CEO & Co-Founder

**David Lai** Chief Engineer & Co-Founder

**Çağkan Yildiz** CTO & Co-Founder

- **Josh Engel** General Counsel

## Everyone who backed them

[DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Estes Energy 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.

[Trucks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trucks-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Estes Energy

### Who invested in Estes Energy?

Estes Energy's investors include DCVC and Clocktower Ventures.

### How much has Estes Energy raised?

Estes Energy has raised $11M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Estes Energy last raise?

Estes Energy's most recent round was a Seed of $11M in Jul 2025.

### What was Estes Energy's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $11M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Estes Energy first?

Estes Energy's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by DCVC and Clocktower Ventures.

### What stage is Estes Energy at?

Estes Energy's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Estes Energy based?

Estes Energy is based in the United States.

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