19 matches for your search in the start-up spotlight
rssFrom battery material development to the production of large-format cells: 21 partners from science and industry are pool their expertise
07-Feb-2025
The project "Sodium-Ion-Battery Deutschland-Forschung - SIB:DE FORSCHUNG", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aims to evaluate the suitability of sodium-ion battery technology (SIB) for the European energy and mobility transition to speed up industrial ...
alteva secures €1.7 million in pre-seed funding
21-Jan-2025
Cologne-based battery start-up alteva has successfully closed a 1.7 million Euro pre-seed financing round. The round was led by HTGF with participation from UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators, NRW.BANK and renowned angel investors. Alteva Technologies GmbH develops ultra-lightweight batteries ...
Investment in Germany's technological sovereignty
20-Jan-2025
To strengthen Germany's technological sovereignty in the field of battery technologies, the Battery Start-up Incubator (BaStI) is being established at TUM. Funded with 3.3 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), BaStl, as an integral part of the TUM Venture Labs, ...
Agreement covers development of large-scale production capacity and supply of synthetic anode graphite
16-Jan-2025
Vianode, an advanced battery materials company, has been selected as a strategic supplier of high-performance anode graphite solutions to General Motors (GM). The agreement covers development of large-scale manufacturing capacity and supply of synthetic anode graphite towards 2033. The master ...
GET Fund and Schaeffler AG invest in young Mainz-based company
16-Jan-2025
The German start-upCircunomics GmbH (based in Mainz) successfully closed its Series A financing round in December 2024, raising over eight million euros from significant investors. Founded in 2019, the company promotes the circular economy for lithium-ion batteries by advancing ...
Qkera selected as one of the 25 best start-ups at Falling Walls
12-Nov-2024
The start-up Qkera has developed new electrolyte components for solid state batteries. With high energy density, great stability and low production costs, the goal of the TUM spin-off is to achieve a breakthrough of this battery technology in electromobility and other areas. At the Falling Walls ...
Electric vehicle range could increase by up to 20 per cent
09-Oct-2024
Integrals power has made a breakthrough in Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials for battery cells. Applying its propriety materials technology and patented manufacturing process, the company has overcome the drop in specific capacity compared that typically occurs as ...
Landmark project in France
28-May-2024
KfW IPEX-Bank as Mandated Lead Arranger is contributing 64 Mio. EUR to a green financing for Verkor within an international consortium of 19 banks. The funds of 1.3 billion EUR will be directly allocated to the construction and financing of Verkor's first Gigafactory located in Dunkirk, with an ...
02-Apr-2024
Powerful, safe and environmentally friendly - sodium-ion batteries have many advantages over conventional batteries. As they do not contain any critical raw materials such as lithium or cobalt, they could also make applications such as stationary energy storage and electromobility much cheaper. ...
The Stifterverband recognizes the start-up for its technology that enhances the power and cost-effectiveness of batteries
26-Feb-2024
Batteries can store up to 80 percent more energy if they use Batene's technology. The start-up, which was founded out of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, replaces the thin contact foils of conventional batteries with fleeces of fine metal wires called BatenefleeceTM. This innovation ...