Tesla

Energy / Climate Tech · Austin, United States · #212 globally

0.19%
Spawner rate
83
Funded founders
44,738
Alumni tracked
$21.5B
Capital raised by spawns

Founder DNA

Sectors spawned founders go on to build in

Over-indexed on Energy / Climate Tech. Founders spawned from Tesla pick it 7.9× more often than the global founder population.

Energy / Climate Tech
7.9×
Mobility / Transport
5.8×
Hardware / Semiconductors
2.5×
Manufacturing / Industrial
2.1×
Media / Entertainment
1.3×
AI / Machine Learning
1.0×
Cybersecurity
1.0×
Enterprise Software
0.7×

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The Tesla network

Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since

201620172018201920202021202220232024TeslaNorthvolt$13.8BForm Energy$1.8BPhysical Intelligence$1.1BElectric Hydrogen$798MTekion Corp$665MLunar Energy$532MThe Bot Company$532MSPAN$493MMytra$198MFounded → ( larger = more raised since )

Spawned companies

CompanyFounders from TeslaRaised
Northvoltspawner
Paolo Cerruti(2016)
$13.8B
Form Energy
Mateo Jaramillo(2016)
$1.8B
Physical Intelligence
Adnan Esmail(2017)
$1.1B
Electric Hydrogen
Dorian West(2020)
$798M
Tekion Corp
Guru Sankararaman(2016)Jay Vijayan(2016)
$665M
Lunar Energy
Kunal Girotra(2020)
$532M
The Bot Company
Paril Jain(2024)
$532M
SPAN
Arch Rao(2018)
$493M
Mytra
Chris Walti(2022)
$198M
Botrista New Site
Sean H(2018)
$189M
Heron Power
Drew Baglino(2024)
$183M
Nullmax
Justin Song(2016)
$142M
Sibros
Hemant Sikaria(2016)
$95M
Vammo
Billy Blaustein(2022)
$89M
Lightship
Benjamin Parker(2020)
$88M
Mariana Minerals
Turner Caldwell(2024)
$85M
Hubber
Connor Selwood(2024)Harry Fox(2024)Hugh Leckie(2024)
$81M
WeaveGrid
John Taggart(2018)
$78M
Genmo
Paras Jain(2019)
$58M
Pi
Yoni Ramon(2024)
$35M
Symbolica AI
George Morgan(2022)
$33M
Fiber Global
KC McCreery(2020)
$31M
Boxbot
Austin Oehlerking(2014)
$30M
Plug
Jimmy Douglas(2023)
$27M
Foundry Robotics
Emmanuel Lamacchia(2026)
$25M