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As part of $14 million in continuation grants, the California Energy Commission is awarding $450,000 in additional funding to Sepion Technologies, an Emeryville-based company developing battery membrane materials capable of supporting batteries that can power electric vehicles for 400 miles. Sepion has developed a composite membrane to replace the expensive and resistive ceramic incumbent. In addition to…
Read MoreA pitch competition that provides entrepreneurs in energy, buildings, transportation, supply chains, water, food, and cities the opportunity to present to the diverse VERGE community: executives from the world’s largest companies, public officials from progressive cities, venture capitalists, and others. VERGE Accelerate on Day 2 of our event focuses on the most promising early-stage…
Read MoreThe purpose of this project is to scale up the production of an advanced battery membrane platform that improves cycle life, increases energy density, and allows use of more abundant materials such as manganese instead of cobalt. Project Update In 2021, the team closed an oversubscribed Series A, increased in-house pouch cell fabrication throughput…
Read MoreIf you’re pitching a new software startup, you go to Sand Hill Road. If you’re pitching a hard science startup in a field like energy or manufacturing, though, Ilan Gur suggests that you make your way to Cyclotron Road. Source:https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/02/02/berkeley-based-tech-incubator-cyclotron-road-aids.html
Read MoreCAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–24M today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $3.5 million in funding to a team that includes 24M, Sepion Technologies, Berkeley Lab, and Carnegie Mellon University. The funds will be used to develop novel membranes and lithium-metal anodes for the next generation of high-energy-density,…
Read MoreAs part of $14 million in continuation grants, the California Energy Commission is awarding $450,000 in additional funding to Sepion Technologies, an Emeryville-based company developing battery membrane materials capable of supporting batteries that can power electric vehicles for 400 miles. Sepion has developed a composite membrane to replace the expensive and resistive ceramic incumbent….
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