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Group14’s high performance battery technology gets super charged with $400M investment

Group14 Technologies Chief Technology Officer Rick Costantino (left) and CEO Rick Luebbe inside of the company’s commercial-scale manufacturing factory in Woodinville. (Group14 / Talia Green Photo) Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $400 million in venture capital that will supercharge the commercialization of its battery technology. The Series C round was led by Porsche AG,…

Startup funding news: Inflection.io, Xemelgo, Joule Case, others raise fresh cash

The Inflection.io team, including co-founders Dave Rigotti (front, left), Vic Davis (fourth from left), and Aaron Bird (fifth from left). (Inflection.io Photo) Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. Inflection.io New funding: Inflection.io, a Seattle marketing automation startup, officially came out of stealth and announced a $5 million round…

Norwegian maritime battery company says ‘ja’ to new manufacturing facility in Washington state

Elliott Smith (left), director of real estate for the Port of Bellingham, shakes hands with Corvus Energy CEO Geir Bjørkeli at the Nordic Innovation Summit in Seattle. Corvus announced that it is opening a battery manufacturing facility in the Washington city of Bellingham later this year. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) Corvus Energy, a Norway-based…

Oregon energy storage company Powin lands $135M investment to fuel growth globally

Geoff Brown, Powin chief executive. (LinkedIn Photo) New money: Powin, an energy storage company based in Oregon, has received a $135 million investment to continue growing its international business. The company is the world’s fifth largest battery energy storage system integrator, according to a trade journal. The round was led by GIC, Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth…