Anzu Partners, an investment firm delivering capital and strategic support to breakthrough technology companies, today announced the promotion of Josh Stiling to Principal on its investment team.

Since joining Anzu in 2021, Josh has led and supported investments across the firm's portfolio with a focus on the intersection of materials science, electrification, and manufacturing technologies. He has played a central role in Anzu's investments in AM Batteries and South 8 Technologies, two pioneering companies advancing next-generation battery technologies, as well as e-Zinc, Xendee, Voltaiq, and XGS Energy. Josh's deep expertise in battery and energy storage technologies has been instrumental in shaping Anzu's investment thesis in the industrial materials and energy space. His standing in the battery investment community is reflected in his selection as a Co-Chair of the 2026 Battery Venture, Innovation & Partnering Conference, held alongside the International Battery Seminar & Exhibit in Orlando — one of the industry's premier gatherings of investors, founders, and senior executives across the battery value chain.

"Josh's technical depth in battery technologies and industrial materials, combined with his hands-on experience as an engineer and operator, makes him an invaluable asset to our portfolio companies and to Anzu's investment process," said Whitney Haring-Smith, Managing Partner at Anzu Partners. "His promotion to Principal reflects the significant contributions he has made to our team and the work he has done supporting our investments in the energy storage, electrification, and broader sustainability space."

Josh brought a distinctive combination of technical expertise and real-world operational experience to Anzu Partners. He spent four years at Lyten, a next-gen materials and batteries startup in Silicon Valley, where he served as a senior engineer in materials development, working on batteries, supercapacitors, conductive inks, and an IoT sensing platform for explosive materials detection. That firsthand experience building and scaling complex technologies now informs how he evaluates new investments and supports portfolio companies at Anzu. After completing his degree in Chemical Engineering, Josh also competed professionally in water polo in Perth, Australia and Barcelona, Spain — an experience that honed the discipline and competitiveness he later brought to his engineering and investing career.