# Hydrostor funding: rounds and investors

> Hydrostor has raised $37M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include BDC Capital, US Department of Energy and Export Development Canada.

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

Canada · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Hydrostor*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Manufacturing

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$37M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2026
- **Biggest round:** $37M Round · Sept 2019
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**?** Round

**$37M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Round
- **Biggest round:** $37M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.3 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Source recorded
- **Sept 2019** Round **$37M** *1 new* [Meridiam](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meridiam) Reported by Globenewswire
- **May 2013** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [MaRS Cleantech Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-cleantech-fund) Reported by finsmes.com

## Founders and team

From Hydrostor's own website: 1 founder, 13 on the team.

**Curtis VanWalleghem** CEO And Co-Founder

- **Jon Norman** President
- **Beth Summers** Chief Financial Officer
- **Chris Phebus** Chief Technology Officer
- **Jordan Cole** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Sarah Skinner** Chief People Officer
- **Glenn Wright** Board Member
- **Goldman Sachs Alternatives** Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- **Gunduz Shirin** Board Member
- **Judith A. Johansen** Chair Of The Board
- **Pat Moyer** General Counsel
- **Patrick Chabot** Board Member
- **Ron Miller** Board Member
- **Sebastien Gagnon** Board Member

## 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.

**Round** 2013 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2026 [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [MaRS Cleantech Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-cleantech-fund) [Meridiam](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meridiam)

## Everyone who backed them

[BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **1** round

[MaRS Cleantech Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-cleantech-fund) Investment firm **1** round

[Meridiam](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meridiam) VC firm **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Hydrostor 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.

[Plaza Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plaza-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[0MC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/0mc-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Hydrostor

### Who invested in Hydrostor?

Hydrostor's investors include BDC Capital, US Department of Energy, Export Development Canada, MaRS Cleantech Fund and Meridiam.

### How much has Hydrostor raised?

Hydrostor has raised $37M across 3 rounds since 2013. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Hydrostor last raise?

Hydrostor's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2026.

### What was Hydrostor's biggest round?

Hydrostor's largest round on record is $37M (Undisclosed round), in Sept 2019.

### Who backed Hydrostor first?

Hydrostor's first round on record, in May 2013, was backed by MaRS Cleantech Fund.

### What stage is Hydrostor at?

Hydrostor's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Hydrostor based?

Hydrostor is based in Canada.

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