Cuberg developed an advanced battery cell designed to be a drop-in solution to existing large-scale battery manufacturing processes. It combines a lithium metal anode, proprietary electrolyte and high-voltage cathode to achieve high energy density and thermal durability.
"Cuberg's battery technology has some of the highest energy density we've seen in the marketplace, and its unique chemistries could prove to be a safe, stable solution for future electric air transportation," said Steve Nordlund, vice president of Boeing HorizonX.
Cuberg CEO Richard Wang is currently a member of the Cyclotron Road entrepreneurial research fellowship program located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Cuberg previously participated in the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy's Innovation Transfer Program at Stanford University and was named one of the top seven startups in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2016 National Cleantech University Prize competition.
"With funding from Boeing, we will expand both our team and our research and development facilities to help customers integrate our batteries into their products, while also scaling up our technology to fully automated production," said Wang.
Boeing HorizonX Ventures led this second seed investment round, which included a follow-on investment by HPC Energy Services, a Canadian integrated oil and gas product and service company. This is Boeing HorizonX Ventures' first investment in an energy storage company since the fund was established in April 2017.
For information: Boeing
Photo: Cuberg CEO and co-founder Richard Wang, PhD '16, holds up one of the company's original battery designs.
PHOTO CREDIT: Marilyn Chung, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
