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Top 75 Battery Recycling startups
Mar 09, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 32 |
These startups develop new battery recycling technologies such as direct cathode recycling, hydrothermal processing, automated disassembly, closed-loop electrolyte recovery, ultrasonic separation, AI-driven sorting for lithium extraction, selective electrodeposition.
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Country: Finland | Funding: €35.5M
Cactos develops distributed energy storage systems based on recycled EV batteries. The energy storage units are made from re-used Tesla EV batteries, making them one of the market’s most environmentally friendly energy storage units.
Cactos develops distributed energy storage systems based on recycled EV batteries. The energy storage units are made from re-used Tesla EV batteries, making them one of the market’s most environmentally friendly energy storage units.
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Country: China | Funding: CN¥100M
Suzhou Botree Cycling Sci & Tech Co. is an energy company that provides solutions for the recycling of critical battery materials.
Suzhou Botree Cycling Sci & Tech Co. is an energy company that provides solutions for the recycling of critical battery materials.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.8B
Battery Resourcers is bringing sustainable closed loop recycling to the Li-ion battery industry.
Battery Resourcers is bringing sustainable closed loop recycling to the Li-ion battery industry.
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Country: USA | Funding: $105M
Li Industries is a start-up company focusing on developing the next generation of lithium-ion battery recycling technologies.
Li Industries is a start-up company focusing on developing the next generation of lithium-ion battery recycling technologies.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $19M
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
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Country: USA | Funding: $299.2M
American Battery Technology Company champions environmental and ethical sourcing of critical battery materials..
American Battery Technology Company champions environmental and ethical sourcing of critical battery materials..
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Country: Canada | Funding: $116.5M
Electra is an ESG-focused battery materials company advancing the only fully integrated.
Electra is an ESG-focused battery materials company advancing the only fully integrated.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $1.5B
Li-Cycle is as a resource recovery company focused on creating a closed-loop supply chain for the lithium-ion batteries that increasingly power everything from smartphones to automobiles.
Li-Cycle is as a resource recovery company focused on creating a closed-loop supply chain for the lithium-ion batteries that increasingly power everything from smartphones to automobiles.
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Country: USA | Funding: $3.8B
Redwood Materials is a advanced technology and process development for materials recycling, re-manufacturing, and reuse.
Redwood Materials is a advanced technology and process development for materials recycling, re-manufacturing, and reuse.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.8B
Ascend Elements turns spent lithium-ion batteries into ones that are better than new — longer-lasting, faster-charging and less-polluting.
Ascend Elements turns spent lithium-ion batteries into ones that are better than new — longer-lasting, faster-charging and less-polluting.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: $1.1B
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It now recovers copper, cobalt and nickel in volumes of 7,000 metric tons per year, and it has expanded into lithium recovery as well.
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It now recovers copper, cobalt and nickel in volumes of 7,000 metric tons per year, and it has expanded into lithium recovery as well.
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Country: USA | Funding: $650M
EnergyX's direct lithium extraction technology can make lithium metal directly from brine and potentially in anode-ready form for electric vehicle batteries.
EnergyX's direct lithium extraction technology can make lithium metal directly from brine and potentially in anode-ready form for electric vehicle batteries.
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Country: USA | Funding: $377.4M
Cirba Solutions is a sustainability company providing battery recycling management and materials.
Cirba Solutions is a sustainability company providing battery recycling management and materials.
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Country: USA | Funding: $260M
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals.
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $125.3M
Lithion Recycling is a Company that allows environmentally responsible and economically viable management of lithium-ion batteries.
Lithion Recycling is a Company that allows environmentally responsible and economically viable management of lithium-ion batteries.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $85M
Cyclic Materials is recycling rare earth elements (REEs) from magnets powering the modern world.
Cyclic Materials is recycling rare earth elements (REEs) from magnets powering the modern world.
17
Country: India | Funding: $84.4M
Lohum Cleantech enables re-use of used li-ion battery cells
Lohum Cleantech enables re-use of used li-ion battery cells
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Country: USA | Funding: $82.1M
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup focused on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries.
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup focused on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €66.6M
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
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Country: USA | Funding: $64.1M
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
