🌐 Battery & Energy Storage Meetup: Investing in the Battery Space
Bay Area 🔋
Curious who's who and who's doing what in the battery industry? Join us for the monthly 🌐 Battery Cluster meetup hosted by The Battery Saloon at 9Zero.
At this meetup, we’ll dive into investing in energy storage with Kirk Hourdajian – Montauk Capital.
Montauk invests in the “Electron Economy,” bridging capital into climate infrastructure, energy resiliency, and data layers powering the energy transition. Kirk previously led impact investing and climate at Vista Equity Partners and held similar roles at TPG and The Rise Fund.
We'll talk about:
Why batteries are shifting from “cleantech” to essential infrastructure
What the Electron Economy means for energy storage, grid resilience, and power markets
Where value is really accruing across the storage stack—from hardware to software and data layers
Why interconnection, permitting, and market design are now the biggest bottlenecks to scale
How investors think about risk, timelines, and returns in energy storage
What storage founders consistently underestimate when bringing projects to market
This conversation is designed for founders, investors, operators, and anyone working at the intersection of energy, infrastructure, and software—and will go beyond surface-level climate tech narratives to unpack what it actually takes to deploy storage at scale.
Agenda:
Arrival and Networking: 5:00 - 5:30PM
Speaker and Open Discussion: 5:30-6:30PM
Closure and Networking: 6:30-7:00 PM
See you soon!
About The Battery Saloon:
The Battery Saloon is a San Francisco-based deep tech battery technical commercialization hub founded in August 2024. We work with early-stage technical founders to build products designed for manufacturability, standardization, and scalability from the outset—while also teaching the art of storytelling and customer-driven product development.
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About 9Zero: We’re a members-only community of founders, investors, scientists, and innovators accelerating climate solutions through meaningful relationships. Apply to join at www.9Zero.com
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