Battcon: stationary battery conference Tuesday, 2 November, 2021 to Friday, 5 November, 2021
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Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Tuesday, 7 December, 2021 to Thursday, 9 December, 2021
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Firms partner to make reference 24V deep-cycle lead-acid batteries
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:38 Paul Crompton
Lead-acid battery firm East Penn Manufacturing has begun producing AGM reference batteries on a prototype line that uses silicon technolgy from fellow US firm Gridtential Energy.
The first product off the production line will be a single-block, 24V lead battery optimised for deep-cycle applications such as personal mobility vehicles using Gridential’s Silicon Joule
Startup Funding: April 2021
April showers brought mega fundraising rounds to the semiconductor industry. In China, a mobile chipset maker looking to go public won significant funding along with partnerships with major smartphone companies. In the US, AI hardware startups are drawing interest with unique processor architectures and business models. Plus, a major test and design services company drew new investment. This month, we take a look at 22 companies that collectively raised over $2.3B.
Semi & design
Guosheng Capital,
Haier Financial, and
W&W Fund among the participants. The fabless company designs a range of chipsets for mobile and IoT/IIoT applications, including 5G mobile and baseband as well as NB-IoT. It is currently working with Xiaomi and OPPO on a sub-6GHz 5G chip. Formerly known as Spreadtrum before its acquisition by Tsinghua Unigroup, Unisoc is based in Shanghai, China. It is reportedly preparing to list on the Shanghai STAR market later this year.
Gridtential Raises $12M in Funding
Gridtential Energy, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based creator of advanced AGM battery technology Silicon Joule, raised $12M in financing.
The round was led by 1955 Capital with participation from Silicon Valley Bank, August Capital cofounder David Marquardt, ReneSola CEO Yumin Liu and existing investors East Penn Manufacturing, Crown Battery and the Roda Group joining as well.
The company, which has raised $28M to date, intends to use the funds to support a new production line of advanced lead reference batteries, including the single-block 24V deep-cycle lead battery.
Led by John Barton, CEO, Gridtential is the creator of Silicon Joule™, advanced AGM battery technology for power applications including personal electric vehicles, renewable energy storage systems and hybrid automotive.
Suncor Energy invests in carbon capture technology company Svante financialpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The company has announced that it has successfully closed US$75 million of Series D equity financing, the largest private investment into point source carbon capture globally to date.