档案库 · 气候与能源 · 战略决策 · 2023–2026
Reservoir 押注智能热水器,需要有自家的水管工
Reservoir 将预测式热泵热水器与自家安装团队结合——约 100 户家庭已在使用,融资 1300 万美元——押注热水箱作为电网储能胜过电池。
Reservoir
做的是什么生意
Reservoir designs, sells and installs its own smart all-electric heat-pump water heaters in New England; software learns each household's usage in the first month, then schedules heating for low-price, low-grid hours and detects plumbing leaks.
启动资金:$13M total disclosed: an earlier $5M seed plus an $8M seed led by Asymmetric Capital Partners with Founder Collective and MCJ (August 2026).
起因
Luke Winston-Almanzar, former chief business officer of Formlabs, realized he used more energy to heat water than to drive his electric car, and that his air fryer had more intelligence than his water heater. Through the MCJ climate network he met co-founders Gabriel Parisi-Amon (ex-Apple supply chain, YC's Nebia) and Jake Felser (Freight Farms, Eatsa) in 2023 and started Reservoir with an initial $5M seed. The product gathers a month of usage data to predict demand, then runs the heat pump when electricity is cheap or the grid is under strain.
经过
By 2026-08-12 Reservoir had installed about 100 units in its Boston-area region and announced an $8M seed led by Asymmetric Capital Partners, with Founder Collective and MCJ. The Core model costs $5,000 installed and the Max $6,500; Massachusetts' $1,050 rebate brings Core to $3,950. The company claims savings of up to $1,000 a year for typical Boston homes, heat-pump efficiency roughly 4x electric and 5x gas, a 10-year warranty, ultrasonic leak detection, and up to 150 gallons of hot water from the 50-gallon Max in 'party mode.'
结果
Still live and expanding in its Boston region as of 2026-09-02: about 100 units installed, with a stated goal of ~1,000 by end-2027, when the founder says the fleet starts to represent megawatt-scale flexible capacity.
背景
Reservoir 是一家波士顿的硬件与服务初创公司,销售更智能的热水器:一款全电动热泵设备,其软件在第一个月学习家庭的热水使用模式,然后在电价低或电网需求低时安排加热——将笨拙的负载转化为灵活储能。联合创始人 Luke Winston-Almanzar,前 Formlabs 首席商务官,指出水加热约占家庭能源预算的 18%,并说“我的空气炸锅比它还智能”。
该赌注有两层。第一是产品:预测需求、转移负载、增加泄漏检测和 10 年质保,使高效机器成为更好的机器。第二是分销:Reservoir 成立了自家的水管公司进行报价、许可、回扣、安装和服务,因为正如 Winston-Almanzar 在 Formlabs 所学,经销商抵触不熟悉的技术。Core 安装价 5000 美元,Max 6500 美元,马萨诸塞州 1050 美元回扣使 Core 实付 3950 美元。
到 2026 年 8 月,Reservoir 已在马萨诸塞州、新罕布什尔州南部和缅因州南部安装约 100 台,并在 500 万美元种子轮之上获得了由 Asymmetric Capital Partners 领投的 800 万美元(Founder Collective 和 MCJ 参投)。创始人表示,到 2027 年底约 1000 台将开始代表兆瓦级容量,并为公用事业需求响应收入打开大门。悬而未决的问题包括直销安装模式能否扩展到新英格兰以外,以及房主是否会为投资回报故事更换仍在工作的热水器。
这件事要成立,得有什么
- 软件将固定电器变为灵活电网容量,而无需用户改变洗澡时间——这正是电池追求的需求侧储能案例。
- 热泵效率(声称约为电热的 4 倍、燃气的 5 倍)加上预测调度,针对占家庭能源 18% 的水加热。
- 拥有安装环节消除了阻碍早期热泵采用的渠道瓶颈:水管工通常决定房主购买什么。
- 每个安装单元的数据为 Reservoir 提供了未来需求响应和电网服务收入的可靠依据,而批发商分销的电器制造商永远看不到这些。
可借鉴之处
新颖的硬件产品不能依赖不会学习它的渠道:拥有安装环节能获得客户接触、现场数据,以及未来电网服务收入的路径。
后续进展
截至 2026 年 9 月 2 日,Reservoir 在其本地市场运营:在马萨诸塞州、新罕布什尔州南部和缅因州已安装约 100 台,目标到 2027 年底达到约 1000 台——该机队可能参与公用事业需求响应计划。收入来自电器销售和安装;电网服务仍是未来方向。竞争对手 Cala Systems 于 2025 年 9 月开始出货预测式热泵热水器,因此 Reservoir 自家的水管业务是其最明显的优势,同时它也在证明密度和现场可靠性。
资料来源
- Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want
- Reservoir raises $8M to scale its in-house water-heater installation model
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