Startup · $1.4b raised

Sila

U.S.-based startup expanding production of its silicon-carbon battery material

Moses Lake, OS

Investor	Rounds	Invested
U.S. Department of Defense	Venture debt	-

What Sila bought

Companies Sila acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Sila is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Coverage

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5 deals

Sila secures $1.4B Pentagon loan to scale US battery manufacturing

US battery materials maker Sila has been conditionally offered a defence loan of as much as $1.4 billion; three other materials firms also won Pentagon-backed deals, after a July equity round.

Dealroom 10 Aug 2026 Niron Magnetics Sila Strategic Bauxite Sunrise Energy Metals Mercedes Panasonic Atreides Management Department of Defense Sutter Hill Ventures

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Sila secures $1.4B Pentagon loan to scale US battery manufacturing