New manufacturing startup JTEC Energy announces the close of its initial seed round
New manufacturing startup JTEC Energy announced it closed on an initial seed fundraising round, to hire additional scientists and engineers in order to accelerate the development of the the company.
JTEC Energy was formed this year to productize and commercialize the JTEC device, an invention by Dr. Lonnie Johnson that converts waste heat into electricity more efficiently than any machine in history. In addition to waste heat conversion it can operate on primary heat sources such as solar.
Mike McQuary, CEO, JTEC: "We set an initial goal of raising $1 million. Once we put some feelers out, we quickly realized that there was a very high interest in the JTEC technology from both the scientific and business communities. We closed the round at over $1.5 million. We are moving from laboratory proof-of-concept to developing physical demonstration models now," explained McQuary. "Once this is complete, we expect to raise a significant Series A round that will allow us to engage business partners and make initial commercial prototypes. While we are happy to have the cash on hand, the validation that we received from industry leaders during this process is even more exciting to our team. Our investors include former Southern Company and General Electric executives who recognize the groundbreaking science and major commercial potential of this technology."
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