BBasquevolt
Basquevolt develops solid-state, lithium-metal battery cells (e.g. its BQV400L) for electric vehicles, stationary energy storage, and portable devices. Spun out of the CIC energiGUNE research center in the Basque Country in 2022, it commercialized a composite polymer electrolyte built on over a decade of R&D, closed a ~€10M seed round backed by the Basque Government, Iberdrola, CIE Automotive, Enagás and EIT InnoEnergy, and has a joint development agreement with Renault's Ampere.
SectorsEnergy & Climate, Deeptech & Hardware, Mobility & Logistics
Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Batteries & EV charging
Founders
F
Francisco Carranza
Co-founder & Former CEO
P
Pablo Fernández-Santos
Co-founder (founding CTO) & current CEO
Global models 5
NNorthvolt
Sweden · northvolt.com ↗
European gigafactory-scale battery cell maker for EVs/energy storage backed by industrial and government investors, the closest peer in scale and geography though its cells are lithium-ion rather than solid-state.
$14.4BComparable
QQuantumScape
United States · www.quantumscape.com ↗
Develops solid-state, lithium-metal anode battery cells for EVs, the closest direct technology match to Basquevolt's composite lithium-metal electrolyte approach.
$1.5BComparable
PProLogium
Taiwan · www.prologium.com ↗
Commercial-stage solid-state lithium ceramic battery producer for EVs, matching Basquevolt's push from R&D into industrialized solid-state cell production.
$800MComparable
FFactorial Energy
United States · www.factorialenergy.com ↗
Solid-state battery developer partnered with automakers (Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai) for EV cells, mirroring Basquevolt's OEM joint-development model with Renault.
$300MComparable
SSolid Power
United States · www.solidpowerbattery.com ↗
Solid-state battery developer backed by automotive strategics (Ford, BMW) building sulfide-electrolyte cells for EVs, similar strategic-investor-led model to Basquevolt.
$182MComparable
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EEnagás Emprende
emprende.enagas.es
IInnoEnergy
www.innoenergy.com
SSPRI
spri.eus
CCentro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación
www.cdti.es
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PERSEO
iberdrola.com
AAxon Partners Group
axonpartnersgroup.com
EEkarpen Private Equity
ekarpen.es
SStellum Capital
stellumcapital.com
CCIC energiGUNE
CCIE Automotive
Funding rounds 5
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2026-03-17 | Series A (estimated) | — |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2025-03-13 | Series A (estimated) | approximately €10M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2024-07-29 | Seed (estimated) | €2.03M partial: only one investor's ticket was disclosed |
EIT InnoEnergy, Enagás Emprende
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| 2022-11-03 | Seed (estimated) | €1.25M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2022-06-13 | Seed | €10M |
Basque Government
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