ABOUT ECHION TECHNOLOGIES
A global battery technology company, delivering XNO® at scale
Founded on a decade of research started at the University of Cambridge, Echion commercialises XNO®, the world's most advanced niobium-based battery anode, and the technology behind a new generation of industrial battery products deployed on multiple continents.
HOW XNO® REACHES THE MARKET
At the source of a global XNO® ecosystem
We supply XNO® anode material to cell manufacturers worldwide. A growing range of XNO®-based cells, modules, packs, and engineered systems is available across the 'Powered by XNO®' ecosystem. As a technology orchestrator, Echion works with end users, OEMs, and system integrators to specify the optimal XNO®-based solution for their application and to navigate the ecosystem.
WHO WE ARE
Technology company.
Global reach.
The home of XNO®.
Echion Technologies develops, protects, and continuously advances XNO®, a proprietary battery anode technology that enables a performance combination no incumbent chemistry can match: 6-minute charging, >50,000 cycle life, market-leading safety.
We are a leading battery technology company operating across the full value chain to deliver maximum value to our customers. Manufacturing across the value chain is carried out by established industrial partners at scale.
XNO® is in commercial volume production and deployed in the field across mining, AI datacentres, robotics, industrial ESS, rail, and marine worldwide.
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Patent families
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Granted patents
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Continents deployed
Industrial production through a strategic partnership in Brazil
XNO® powder has been produced at industrial scale since 2025 in the 2,000 tonnes per year Araxa plant (Brazil). This is equivalent to 1 GWh of cells annually.
Echion also offers qualified second sources for supply security. We supply globally and are experienced in meeting the requirements of volume production.
Leadership Team
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Jean de la Verpillière
CEO & Co-founder
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Dr Alex Groombridge
CTO & Co-founder
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Ben Ting
Chief Commercial Officer
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Dr Sarah Stevenson
Chief Operating Officer
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Ceri Neal
Chief Financial Officer
INVESTORS & PARTNERS
Backed by leading investors
Echion is backed by a strong group of institutional investors and strategic partners, including Cambridge Enterprise, BGF, CBMM, Volta Energy Technology, and Barclays.
CAREERS
Join Us
We are building a defining company in industrial electrification, and we need exceptional people to help us scale it across four continents. Commercial leaders to open markets. Operators to deliver at industrial scale. Engineers to keep us ahead of every incumbent chemistry. Hard problems. Global reach. Real consequences.
If you want work worth doing, talk to us.
