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Startup · United States

Rondo Energy

HQ Alameda, CA51-200 employees

Rondo Energy develops thermal batteries for industrial heat and power. Its heat batteries store electricity in refractory bricks and supply steam or other process heat, with commercial installations and additional projects under development.

StartupFielded
Website

Funding1 round · $60.0M

Equity raised
$60.0M
Latest
$60.0MStage undisclosed · Aug 16, 2023
  • Undisclosed
    Confirmed
    $60.0M
    Aug 16, 2023

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems1

Rondo Heat Battery

Thermal storage system that uses electricity to heat refractory bricks and supplies industrial steam, hot air or process

Fielded

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • Rondo Energy Alameda headquarters (city-level)
    Headquarters · Alameda, CA, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • John O’Donnell

    Co-Founder

  • Pete von Behrens

    Co-Founder

  • Eric Trusiewicz

    Chief Executive Officer

  • John O’Donnell

    Founder & Chief Innovation Officer

  • Karim Ibrik

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Pete von Behrens

    Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  • Tony Meneghetti

    Chief Financial Officer

Hiring Observations10 observed listings

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
173
Observed Oct 13, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
29,033
Observed Oct 13, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources6

Profile1

  1. 1

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · legal name

    “legal_name: Rondo Energy, Inc.”

Systems1

  1. 2

    Supports Organization, System

    “The Rondo Heat Battery”

People1

  1. 4

    Supports Role

    “Pete von Behrens”

Other2

  1. 5

    Supports Job posting

    “Structural Design Engineer”
  2. 6

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “company_size: 51-200 employees”

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