aid: advano
name: Advano
description: Advano is a New Orleans, Louisiana battery-materials company that develops silicon-based
  anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Spun out of Tulane University in 2016 and backed by 25+
  patents, its flagship REALSi silicon-carbon composite is engineered as a drop-in replacement for
  graphite anodes, delivering up to 9x the energy density of graphite for electric vehicles, consumer
  electronics, defense, and grid energy storage. Advano's process avoids hazardous silane gas, uses
  abundant metallurgical-grade silicon, and runs on existing manufacturing equipment. The company
  operates a pilot plant in New Orleans East and is scaling toward 3,000 tons of REALSi in 2026 and
  20,000 tons by 2030. This is a physical deep-tech manufacturer with no public API or developer
  platform; it is catalogued in the API Evangelist network as a VC portfolio company profile.
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://www.advano.io/images/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- partech
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-industry: battery-materials
x-no-api: true
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Battery Materials
- Silicon Anode
- Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Electric Vehicles
- Energy Storage
- Deep Tech
- Advanced Manufacturing
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: Website
  url: https://www.advano.io/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.advano.io/news
- type: Support
  url: https://www.advano.io/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.advano.io/site/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.advano.io/site/privacy-policy
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.advano.io/careers
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/advano
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/advanotech
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  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
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