Soma Energy

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Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
Founded 2024
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $7M
Website https://www.somaenergy.com
Sector
energy AI climate-tech

Investors

category-ventures Seed (2026)
Uncork Capital Seed (2026)
rre-ventures Seed (2026)
panache-ventures Seed (2026)

Founders

Ath Caramanolis CEO
Mario Souto CTO
Henrique Hoeltgebaum Chief AI Scientist

About

Soma Energy is a startup founded by former Amazon Web Services energy managers that uses AI to deliver grid capacity to data centers 1. CEO Ath Caramanolis created AWS’s renewable energy optimization program, CTO Mario Souto built the machine learning platform at AWS, and Chief AI Scientist Henrique Hoeltgebaum developed AI models at AWS 1. The company launched in February 2024 with 18 employees and has deployed 2 gigawatts of assets in the U.S. with customers including independent power producers and five data center companies such as H5 Data Centers 12.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-04-02 Seed $7M Category Ventures Haystack, Panache Ventures, RRE Ventures, TO.VC, Uncork Capital, Walter Kortschak 12

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Sources

  1. Axios Pro Rata, “AWS vets launch Soma Energy with $7M to find capacity for data centers,” April 2, 2026. https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2026/04/02/soma-energy-grid-ai-seed↩↩↩↩

  2. GeekWire, “Soma Energy Exits Stealth with $7M to Solve AI Data Center Power Crunch,” April 2026. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/startup-launched-by-former-aws-energy-team-emerges-with-7m-to-help-solve-data-center-power-crunch/↩↩