Comments on: Tipping Point: A123Systems' Road to the Battery Slam Dunk

By: Tesla IPO: What It Means for the Green Car Biz « ambujkumar

Tesla IPO: What It Means for the Green Car Biz « ambujkumar — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:12:02 +0000

[...] offerings are not just about financing — they’re also branding events. So a successful IPO for Tesla and sustained strong performance on Wall Street could potentially [...]

By: Tesla IPO: What It Means for the Green Car Biz

Tesla IPO: What It Means for the Green Car Biz — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:12:16 +0000

[...] offerings are not just about financing — they’re also branding events. So a successful IPO for Tesla and sustained strong performance on Wall Street could potentially [...]

By: 20 Battery Startups Hitting the Road With Lithium-ion

20 Battery Startups Hitting the Road With Lithium-ion — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:04:07 +0000

[...] requested $15 million from the Department of Energy’s battery grant program, but those funds have not come through so far. In November Sastry told CNN she expects Sakti3 to commercialize its technology by late [...]

By: Tesla IPO: A Test for VC Model in the Auto Biz

Tesla IPO: A Test for VC Model in the Auto Biz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:02:24 +0000

[...] the end of the day, public offerings are not just about financing — they’re also branding events, as panelists at the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford noted this summer. A successful IPO for Tesla [...]

By: Beyond the Stimulus: Untapped Resources for Startups, VCs

Beyond the Stimulus: Untapped Resources for Startups, VCs — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:39:04 +0000

[...] of Energy’s highly competitive battery manufacturing program, but many more smaller companies didn’t make the cut, at least in that round. Kasdin thinks startups can do [...]

By: blah

blah — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:00:25 +0000

just thank god the government didn't waste tax payer money on Boston Power. If they did, it would fund another year of empty promises and press releases only.

By: joemorris

joemorris — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:54:10 +0000

Walt,

I’d be happy to share a more extensive list of battery startups I put together with how much funding they raised & their technologies. Post your email and I’ll send it over.

Here is a summary of the better known battery startups.
http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/20/13-battery-startups-hitting-the-road-with-lithium-ion/

Joe

By: waltinseattle

waltinseattle — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:11:54 +0000

Joe Morris, this is exactly how I look at this whole field of grant "aid" To the big fish goes the relief. Ah some pattern here with other recent Gov't "relief" programs?

I was not aware there were so many startups I'd love to hear from you on them.

Someone like 123, with contracts in the pipe vis DoD, needs a bank credit line (repayable loans$) to ramp up productivity, not a gov't contest grant (free $). IMHO

By: 3 Under-the-Radar Battery Grant Winners

3 Under-the-Radar Battery Grant Winners — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:40:49 +0000

[...] electric vehicle battery initiative went to big-name companies: battery giant Johnson Controls, IPO-hopeful A123Systems, General Motors, Dow Kokam and LG Chem’s Compact Power all snagged more than $150 million [...]

By: Commentary By MI Gov. 'Battery Grants Give Mich. A Charge'. | The Centrist

Commentary By MI Gov. 'Battery Grants Give Mich. A Charge'. | The Centrist — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:31:13 +0000