Top 141 Startups, developing energy-efficient batteries

Oct 04, 2025 | By Alexander Gillet

These startups develop new batteries for vehicles, homes and devices.
1
Country: Sweden | Funding: $32M
Altris is a sodium-ion battery developer that focuses on enhancing energy storage efficiency and sustainability.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $20.2B
Tesla accelerates the transition to electric mobility with a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars. Tesla also produces Solar Roof, home batteries and operates large solar stations with energy storage.
3
Country: Sweden | Funding: $13.8B
Northvolt manufactures Li-ion battery cells for electric vehicles.
4
Country: France | Funding: €3.8B
Verkor manufactures low-carbon batteries, targeting the electric mobility markets.
5
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
QuantumScape is a renewable energy company that develops solid-state battery technology to increase the range of electric cars.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $1.4B
Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of revolutionary car batteries.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2B
Group14 Technologies is a battery storage technology company that develops silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets.
8
Country: USA | Funding: $1.1B
A Nordic solution to accelerating demand for green batteries
9
Country: USA | Funding: $866.6M
Romeo Power is an energy design and manufacturing powerhouse that created the most energy dense battery packs in the world.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $600.1M
SolidEnergy (SES) manufactures rechargeable cells at a pilot scale for prototype demonstration and specialized aerospace markets.
11
Country: USA | Funding: $600.1M
SES is a manufacturer and developer of Hybrid Li-Metal Batteries for electric vehicles.
12
Country: USA | Funding: $582M
Swell is a residential energy storage developer and aggregator.
13
Country: USA | Funding: $437.2M
Solid Power is an industry-leading developer of the next-generation of all solid-state rechargeable batteries.
14
Country: USA | Funding: $420.1M
EnerVenue provides metal-hydrogen batteries for large-scale renewable and storage applications.
15
Country: USA | Funding: $390M
Our Next Energy is a developer of innovative energy storage solutions to expand access to sustainable power.
16
Country: USA | Funding: $368.6M
Lilac Solutions offers an ion exchange technology to address the challenges faced by lithium producers.
17
Country: USA | Funding: $367M
Lyten is a supermaterial applications company that develops, sources, and manufactures low-carbon footprint products.
18
Country: USA | Funding: $352.6M
Natron Energy is an early-stage start up company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. stopped operating
19
Country: Estonia | Funding: €313.3M
Skeleton Technologies is a manufacturer and developer of high energy and power density ultracapacitors.
20
Country: UK | Funding: $330.9M
Nexeon is an electronics company that develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries to reduce carbon anode energy inefficiency.
Editor: Alexander Gillet
Alexander Gillet is a senior editor for EnergyStartups. He has a deep background in energy sector and startups. Alexander graduated from Emlyon Business School, a leading French business school specialized in entrepreneurship. He has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability and has written over 250 articles on energy technology for various websites. In his free time, Alexander enjoys yoga, camping and exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can contact Alexander at alexgillet(at)energystartups(dot)com