What do you get when a PhD chemical engineer with 30+ years in the battery game decides he’s done waiting on offshore supply chains and vaporware promises? You get Ultion Technologies. And no, it’s not a Marvel villain, it’s a Nevada-based battery force now armed with Series A firepower and a mission to power America’s energy future, from the grid to the battlefield.
Founded in December 2021 by Dr. Johnnie Stoker, yes, the same Stoker who co-founded K2 Energy and scaled it into a serious LFP contender, Ultion Technologies is built like a cell from the inside out: tight, durable, and impossible to ignore. Alongside Co-Founder Taylor Stoker, who brought a software-first mindset into manufacturing operations, the Stokers assembled a founding team that reads like a dream sheet for industrial deep-tech: Mark Christensen (VP of Engineering), John Nguyen (Head of Materials), and Christian Thatcher (Director of Manufacturing), each with the kind of résumés that usually show up in patents and whitepapers, not startup org charts.
Their vertical integration is a blueprint. Cathode materials? In-house. Cell design? Engineered and built in North Vegas. Pack integration? Done. While others are pitching PowerPoints, Ultion Technologies is delivering 18650s and 26650s into real-world deployments across defense, grid storage, telecom, and medical sectors. Their 1 GWh/year plant isn’t theoretical, it’s operational, with plans to scale fivefold thanks to this latest round.
And about that Series A: Torus, based in Salt Lake City, led the round, fitting, since they’re already an Ultion Technologies customer. That’s not synergy, that’s strategy. Battle Born Venture, Nevada’s own VC backed by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, joined in with a clear signal: this is a bet on American-made energy infrastructure. No whispering about valuations or round size, just focused execution. The kind that gets noticed in DC and on Wall Street.
There’s something rare happening here: a battery startup that’s actually shipping product. IRA-compliant, UL certifications in progress, and a roadmap that includes launching next-gen rack-mounted modules by Q4. Wood Mackenzie says we’re staring down $1.2 trillion in global storage investment by 2034. Ultion Technologies intends to be a permanent fixture in that math.
This isn’t a pivot. It’s a plan. And if you’re in grid-scale energy, defense systems, or industrial power looking to cut lead times and reclaim reliability, Ultion Technologies just became your new favorite four-syllable word.
