Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. has raised $1.3B over 4 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Businessfiled
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. operates in Climate / Cleantech, based in ALAMEDA. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy by solving the toughest battery materials challenges and manufacturing a clean energy…
Sub-sector tags: climate/cleantech, hardware/semi.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. has raised $1.3B in disclosed capital across 4 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Growth/Late (a round over $400M).
Largest single filing: $600M on 2021-01-07.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2024-06-26.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. at approximately $4.5B (range $2.7B–$5.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Too few comparable companies in this niche to rank the valuation fairly yet.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 16 months.
Last raise 2.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 months.
Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
The last round was 1.6× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of Climate / Cleantech peers (207 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 94% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Solar Holdco, Inc., Brave Topco, Inc., Ascend Elements, Inc..
Peoplefiled
11 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Overdue for a raise versus sector norm — distress or bridge risk.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.