Soonicorn Club
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Minicorn
Ionic Materials (2012, Woburn, $65M) – Solid state polymer electrolyte material
Market: Energy Storage > Component Developer > Battery > Electrolyte
Analyst Picks
- Pi Charging (2015, San Bruno, $14.4M) – Wireless charging solution for mobile devices
Market: Energy Storage > Charging Solutions > Wireless Charging > Consumer and Power Electronics - Cuberg (2015, Stanford, $900K) – Solid State Lithium Ion battery developer
Market: Energy Storage > Batteries > Lithium-Ion - Airthium (2015, Paris, $120K) – Compressed air energy storage (CAES) battery
Market: Energy Storage > Energy Storage Systems > Integrated Energy Storage > Terrestrial Storage - Charge CCCV (2014, Ithaca, $7.5M) – Multiple battery technology developer
Market: Energy Storage > Batteries > Multi-Chemistry - ReVibe Energy (2014, Gothenburg, $450K) – Energy harvesting by converting vibrations into electricity
Market: Energy Storage > Charging Solutions > Wireless Charging > Consumer and Power Electronics
Funding Rounds
Venture Debt, $25M
FuelCell Energy (1969, Danbury, $65M) – Installs fuel cell power plants
Investors: Hercules Capital
Post IPO, $13.7M
Redflow (2005, Brisbane) – Power Storage manufacturing company
Series B, $7M
Chargifi (2013, London, $10.4M) – Proximity advertising through wireless charging station
Investors: Accelerated Digital Ventures, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Firstminute Capital
Series A, $6.1M
Geli (2011, San Francisco, $19.5M) – Develops energy storage operating software
Post IPO, $5.5M
REDT Energy (1989, London, $6M) – Manufacturing Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Series A, $2M
FastCAP System (2008, Boston, $11.4M) – Manufactures ultracapacitors
Post IPO, $645K
EEStor (2001, Toronto, $3M) – Ultracapacitor technology developer
Seed
Engenie (2011, London, $2M) – Infrastructure for electric vehicle charging
Investors: Investec
Series C
Ionic Materials (2012, Woburn, $65M) – Solid state polymer electrolyte material
Investors: Total
Series E
VionX Energy (2002, Woburn, $116.1M) – Develops Vanadium Redox Batteries
Conventional Debt
VionX Energy (2002, Woburn, $116.1M) – Develops Vanadium Redox Batteries
M&A
- FuelCell Energy Enters into Definitive Agreement to Sell Project to NRG YieldGlobeNewswire
- Canadian Solar completed sale of 80.6 MWp solar energy project in Brazil to Global Power Generation PR Newswire
- Total buys stake in U.S. battery developer Ionic Materials Reuters
- EnSync Energy Announces Sale of Solar Power Purchase Agreement for Honolulu Apartment Building Global Renewable News
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Canada Limited Announces Acquisition of Units in North American Nickel Inc. GlobeNewswire
- Apple’s First PowerbyProxi Patent Application Surfaces about a Charging Mat with an Object Detection System Patently Apple
- Dana invests £21 million in Birmingham operation Machinery Market
- Acquisition Of Evatran By China-Based Company ‘Off The Table’ Due To Regulatory Environment Citybizlist
- Voltabox acquires engineering company Concurrent Design Evertiq
- Xcel Energy Purchases Foxtail Wind Energy from NextEra Power Engineering
IPO
- China regulator approves battery giant CATL’s $2 billion IPO: Xinhua Reuters
New Product Announcement
- Exide Launches Advanz, India’s first completely sealed and maintenance free batteryCore Sector Communique
- Anker Launches New Soundcore Vortex Over-Ear Bluetooth Headphones Channel International
- Exide Technologies Unveils Lithium-Ion Battery to Power Material Handling Systems at MODEX 2018 PR Newswire
- SUN Mobility launches swappable batteries for two, three-wheelers ElecTrans
- FedEx adds a hydrogen fuel cell van to its fleet Engadget
- BYD to deliver a fleet of all-electric trucks to San Francisco Goodwill Electrek
- Wireless Charging System developed on Kia Soul EV finchannel.com
- McPhy presents large-scale electrolysis platforms gasworld
- Official Images Of The New BYD Qin Pro Hybrid Sedan For China Car News China
- BYD to unveil all-new concept E-SEED at Auto China 2018 Gasgoo.com
- Nel expands H2Station product range with new compressor and increased fuelling capacity gasworld
- Ceres Power unveils 5 kW SteelCell SOFC stack, V5 SteelCell technology Green Car Congress
- Elistair Announces Its Ligh-T Version 3, The Next Generation Of Compact Tethered Drone Stations UAS WEEKLY
- Use the NuIQ Wireless Power Technology Platform to Develop Efficient Wireless Charging Products EverythingRF
- The World’s First IOTA-Fueled Electric Charging Station is Released by ElaadNLCoinspeaker
- VRLAs have Ten-Times More Conductivity in the Negative Plate PowerPulse
- Gencell Fuel Cell Power Solution for Telecom, Utilities and Mission-Critical Application to Make German Debut at Hannover Messe FuelCellsWorks
New Market Entry
- Element Power Takes Over Irish Offshore Wind Project Offshore Wind
New Geo Entry
- China’s Lishen plans first European sales office for electric vehicle batteries – sourceReuters
- BYD Electric Bus Enters Europe, US, Japan, South Korea Yicai Global
Business Partnership
- Huayou Cobalt Eyes New Energy Vehicle Market Through JVs With South Korean FirmsYicai Global
- MGM Resorts will use solar array to power Las Vegas casinos The Las Vegas RJ
- NuCurrent Partners With GaN Systems On Wireless Charging Compound Semiconductor
- Canadian Solar Partners with Global Investment Holdings to Develop and Provide Services for up to 300 MWp Solar Projects in EMEA PR Newswire
- Engie and sonnen partner on French solar-plus-storage package PV-Tech
- Sungrow Partners with Greensmith to Deliver State-of-the-Art Solar Plus Storage Technology to Massachusetts PR Newswire
Company Announcement
- Sungrow to expand its production facilities into India PR Newswire
- Melrose takes control of GKN Evertiq
- Grupo Bimbo, Largest Bakery in the World, Signs Agreement with Invenergy for 100 Percent Renewable Energy for U.S. Operations GlobeNewswire
Regulatory Issue
- CCI slaps Rs 215 cr fine on Eveready, Indo National, others, for unfair biz ways Indiatimes