{"id":14737,"date":"2025-01-22T07:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/?p=14737"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:49:03","slug":"sonocharge-energy-announces-us23-5m-round-with-participation-from-honda-cycle-capital-and-current-investors-khosla-ventures-and-temasek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/2025\/01\/22\/sonocharge-energy-announces-us23-5m-round-with-participation-from-honda-cycle-capital-and-current-investors-khosla-ventures-and-temasek\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonocharge Energy Announces US$23.5M round with participation from Honda, Cycle Capital and current investors Khosla Ventures and Temasek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mountain View, CA, January 22, 2025<\/strong> – Sonocharge Energy \u2013 an innovative tech company enabling the world’s batteries to\u00a0last longer, charge faster and be safer \u2013 today announced $23.5M financing round led by ClimateTech venture capital firm Cycle Capital, with participation of Honda, current investors Khosla Ventures, Temasek, and non-dilutive funding partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSonocharge Energy is the first investment out of our Fund V, a venture growth fund focused on electrification, power electronics and photonics. We\u2019re thrilled to partner with Honda, Khosla Ventures and Temasek to support the company through its growth phase as it is accelerating the commercialization of its solutions in a wide range of applications,\u201d said\u00a0Andr\u00e9e-Lise M\u00e9thot, Founder and Managing Partner at Cycle Capital. \u201cAs we\u2019re actively looking at deploying $350M in the ClimateTech sector in the next few years, Sonocharge Energy is an exemplary case of how technology can facilitate electrification by improving performance and scale its deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSonocharge Energy has an innovative technology that enables longer battery life and faster charging. This technology uses acoustic waves to significantly increase the charge cycle life of batteries, and Honda has high hopes for its potential. To Honda, this is a useful technology as longer battery life will help to reduce environmental impact and improve convenience for EV users. Honda will continue to discover, collaborate with, and invest in innovative ventures such as Sonocharge Energy through Honda Xcelerator Ventures, our global program for open innovation,\u201d said Manabu Ozawa, Managing Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are pleased to see Cycle Capital and Honda join our current investor syndicate.” said An Huang, CEO of Sonocharge Energy. “We\u2019re grateful to be supported by such a strong group of investors that bring invaluable resources, experience, and commercial partnerships crucial to scaling our company. This funding will enable us to advance core R&D, and work closely with our customers to optimize for their specific use case and prepare for manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks an important milestone for the company and\u00a0comes on the heels of customer-funded lab tests demonstrating significantly improved performance with lithium-ion batteries using Sonocharge Energy\u2019s technology. This new funding will enable the company to grow its team in its new location in Silicon Valley and accelerate the commercial deployment of its solutions with key EV and battery manufacturers to extend the range and performance of batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Sonocharge Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonocharge Energy, Inc is developing a platform solution to improve battery performance with acoustic wave induced electrolytic motion to overcome charging performance and improve safety in lithium batteries. The novel technology provides a reduced-cost solution that extends battery life for e-mobility and various energy storage applications. For more information on the company visit: https:\/\/www.sonochargeenergy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Cycle Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cycle Capital is a leading Climatetech venture capital platform scaling impactful, sustainable innovation. Founded in 2009, Cycle Capital invests across North America and Europe in growing companies commercializing solutions to the major ecological challenges and contributing to a net-zero transition. Cycle Capital is the founder of Cycle Momentum Accelerator + Innovation Engine. Cycle Capital has developed an impact assessment methodology integrated into the investment workflow from the pre-investment phase to the exit of the portfolio company. For more information on Cycle Capital, visit:\u00a0cyclecapital.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Honda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1948, Honda is a global mobility company with its head office in Tokyo. To realize a sustainable and safe society, Honda seeks to achieve zero environmental impact and zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles by 2050. Besides providing motorcycles, automobiles, power products, aircraft, and other products and services, Honda will explore diverse future strategies toward achieving its goals, such as through investment in outstanding startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonocharge Energy https:\/\/www.sonochargeenergy.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine B\u00e9rub\u00e9 cberube@cyclecapital.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mountain View, CA, January 22, 2025 – Sonocharge Energy \u2013 an innovative tech company enabling the world’s batteries to\u00a0last longer, charge faster and be safer \u2013 today announced $23.5M financing round led by ClimateTech venture capital firm Cycle Capital, with participation of Honda, current investors Khosla Ventures, Temasek, and non-dilutive funding partners. \u201cSonocharge Energy is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14738,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737\/revisions\/14738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclecapital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}