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Alon Kessel

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Alon Kessel
CEO & Co-Founder of
Voltify (2023)
About

Alon Kessel is Co-Founder and CTO at Voltify, an Israeli-American climate-tech startup developing distributed energy infrastructure to electrify global freight rail without costly overhead wiring or operational disruption.

Before founding

Alon co-founded Doral Energy Group, a publicly listed renewable energy company that grew into a global developer of solar, storage, and hydrogen projects with individual initiatives exceeding $1B in scale.

Founder Insights

With deep expertise in renewable energy systems and technology architecture, Alon brings a rare combination of large-scale energy project execution and startup innovation to Voltify's mission.

Experience

At Voltify, Alon leads the technical development of the company's VoltCar battery locomotive system, fast-charging infrastructure, and renewable microgrid network, which together form a full-stack decarbonization platform for rail.

Scale & Impact

Voltify has raised $30M in Seed funding led by Aleph and Fortescue, secured a paid pilot with one of the world's largest rail operators, and aims to eliminate over 50 million tons of CO2 annually by 2035.

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Alon Kessel

Voltify
Co-Founder & CTO
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Alon Kessel

Company(s)

Voltify

Industry

Climate / Social Tech

Year Founded

2023

Stage/Funding

Seed • $30M

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About

Alon Kessel is Co-Founder and CTO at Voltify, an Israeli-American climate-tech startup developing distributed energy infrastructure to electrify global freight rail without costly overhead wiring or operational disruption.

Before founding

Alon co-founded Doral Energy Group, a publicly listed renewable energy company that grew into a global developer of solar, storage, and hydrogen projects with individual initiatives exceeding $1B in scale.

Founder Insights

With deep expertise in renewable energy systems and technology architecture, Alon brings a rare combination of large-scale energy project execution and startup innovation to Voltify's mission.

Experience

At Voltify, Alon leads the technical development of the company's VoltCar battery locomotive system, fast-charging infrastructure, and renewable microgrid network, which together form a full-stack decarbonization platform for rail.

Scale & Impact

Voltify has raised $30M in Seed funding led by Aleph and Fortescue, secured a paid pilot with one of the world's largest rail operators, and aims to eliminate over 50 million tons of CO2 annually by 2035.

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