 Bill Gross, Chairman and CEO of Idealab, alongside Co-Founders Andrea Pedretti (CTO), and Robert Piconi (CEO).In 2018, Energy Vault secured Series A funds from NeoTribe Ventures.In 2019, Energy Vault secured mezzanine capital funding from Cemex in May, before going on to secure $110m of Series B funding to become the first energy storage investment of the SoftBank Vision Fund.