Heron Power

Heron Power develops industrial power electronics for the modern grid. The company builds scalable, software-integrated infrastructure intended to let the electricity sector expand more quickly and at lower cost. Its work spans power electronics, solid-state transformers, power conversion, software integration and high-volume manufacturing, applied to grid infrastructure.

Its flagship platform, Heron Link, is designed to change how energy connects to the grid. It includes integrated solid-state transformer solutions aimed at solar and storage applications and at data centres. The technology addresses several industry verticals: electricity and power utilities, renewable energy, data centres and wider grid infrastructure.

The company has raised $178m to date, comprising a $38m Series A and a $140m Series B. It was named among the top 50 innovative companies driving decarbonisation by 2050. Heron Power is actively building manufacturing capacity.

The firm was founded by Drew Baglino, formerly a senior vice-president at Tesla, where he led the powertrain and energy businesses for more than a decade. The team combines veteran engineers whose members have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products, with expertise in power electronics, software and high-volume manufacturing.