Climate CEOs (by EFI): Scaling Climate Tech Startups #204: Jonathan Tan, CEO of Coreshell — VC-Backed Battery Anode Innovator. 25% Lower Cost. 40% Longer EV Drive Range. Stress Management Via Rock Climbing. Pain vs. Suffering.
Coreshell can reduce the cost of batteries by roughly 25% and improve drive range by about 40% by producing metallurgical silicon anodes to replace graphite. Their collaborators include some of the biggest names in the automotive industry and the largest merchant producer of silicon metal in the Western world.
Jonathan is a UC Berkeley graduate in chemical engineering with 12 years of prior experience at New Logic Research as well as Membrane Technolgy and Research. He’s also a Climate CEO Fellow with us at EFI.
In this episode, you’ll learn these four important takeaways.
- How they raised 10% of the capital of peers to reach the same milestones
- Why their metallurgical silicon anode can be 20x more cost-efficient than today’s current lithium-ion battery technology
- How he reduces stress by facing mortality in safe but adventurous rock climbing
- Why we should focus on process vs. outcomes, and how this relates to the difference between pain vs. suffering
🔗 PODCAST SHOW LINKS:
Coreshell - https://www.coreshell.com/
Jonathan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-tan-coreshell
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