Soteria Battery Innovation Group

What Soteria Battery Innovation Group does

Soteria Battery Innovation Group is a private US-based battery safety technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, with a regional office in Düren, Germany. The company develops cell-level safety components — most notably the Dreamweaver Separator (an aramid-reinforced nanofiber nonwoven separator that resists thermal shrinkage and enables up to 3x longer cycle life) and Metallized Polymer Current Collectors (MPCCs), which act as fuse-like elements that isolate internal shorts and can reduce current-collector metal mass by up to 80%. These technologies are complemented by detection and mitigation products including Soteria Sense (thermal runaway early warning), Soteria Hive (flame-retardant cell insulation), and Voltaplex LIFE high-cycle 18650 cells.

Soteria commercializes its portfolio primarily through the Battery Safety IP Exchange, a royalty-based licensing platform that aggregates its own patents alongside in-licensed technologies (most recently QinetiQ's Q-TRED thermal detection and Rutgers University's reticulated current collector technology). Access is gated through the Soteria Consortium, which has grown to 120+ member companies spanning automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, energy storage, drones, military, and micromobility — including NASA, Mercedes-Benz, Lenovo, Our Next Energy, and American Battery Solutions. A secondary revenue stream runs through wholly-owned subsidiary Voltaplex, which designs and manufactures custom lithium-ion battery packs.

The company is founder-led by CEO Brian Morin and has assembled a technically deep leadership bench including two Co-CTOs — Eric Darcy (30-year NASA battery safety veteran) and Joe Turner (ex-Valence, K2 Energy, Coulometrics). To date Soteria has raised approximately $7.5M across multiple small rounds from Keiretsu Forum, ACRE/NYSERDA, and other angel/accelerator sources, and has signaled an intent toward a public offering through a recently hired fractional CFO. Headcount sits in the 11–50 range and no revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Soteria Battery Innovation Group

Legal name

Soteria Battery Innovation Group

Website

https://soteriabig.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Soteria Battery Innovation Group licenses cell-level lithium-ion battery safety technologies — separators, current collectors, and detection systems — to manufacturers through a 120+ member consortium and royalty-based Battery Safety IP Exchange, with custom pack manufacturing via subsidiary Voltaplex.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Components

NAICS

Battery Manufacturing (33591), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Battery Manufacturing (335910)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Thermal Management & Safety Components for Battery Packs (EUAFABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Battery Pack Manufacturing & Module Assembly (EUAFABAI), Thermal Management & Safety Systems (cooling, fire detection/suppression, venting) (IMAGAHAI), Battery Management Systems (BMS) & Safety Controls (EUAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Lithium-ion battery safety
• Battery separator technology
• Current collector components
• Thermal runaway prevention
• Custom battery pack manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Battery Safety IP Exchange Licensing: Soteria licenses its portfolio of battery safety technologies through a single, royalty-based license model. Megawatt and Gigawatt consortium members can become licensees with no up-front fee, securing long-term access and reduced royalty rates. The platform aggregates safety-enabling battery technologies under one license for manufacturers.
2. Custom Battery Pack Sales (Voltaplex): Voltaplex, a subsidiary of Soteria, designs and manufactures custom lithium-ion battery packs tailored to customer specifications for voltage, capacity, and form factor needs. Revenue generated from custom pack design, cell selection, and supply chain distribution.
3. Consortium Membership: Companies join the Soteria Consortium (120+ members) to access system-level battery safety technologies, joint project opportunities, and business development. Membership tiers include access to the Battery Safety IP Exchange and collaboration opportunities.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Soteria develops and licenses patented cell-level lithium-ion battery safety technologies, principally the Dreamweaver Separator and Metallized Polymer Current Collectors (MPCCs), through the Battery Safety IP Exchange — a royalty-based licensing platform that aggregates complementary safety innovations under a single license. The company also designs and manufactures custom lithium-ion battery packs via its subsidiary Voltaplex and offers ancillary safety products including the Soteria Sense thermal runaway vent detector and Soteria Hive flame-retardant honeycomb insulation.

Product overview

Soteria Battery Innovation Group operates as a battery safety technology company offering a portfolio of safety solutions through a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offerings include two proprietary cell-level technologies: the Dreamweaver Separator (aramid-reinforced nanofiber separator enabling up to 3x longer cycle life) and Metallized Polymer Current Collectors (fuse-like current collectors that isolate internal shorts). These are complemented by the Battery Safety IP Exchange, a licensing platform aggregating third-party safety technologies under a single royalty-based license, and Voltaplex, a subsidiary that manufactures custom lithium-ion battery packs and LIFE Cells (high-cycle-life 18650 cells). Additional products include Soteria Sense (thermal runaway early warning detector) and Soteria Hive (flame-retardant honeycomb cell insulation). The company positions itself as a consortium-based model, enabling manufacturers to access system-level battery safety through collaborative licensing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Battery Safety IP Exchange: A global portfolio licensing platform for battery safety technologies spanning materials, detection, mitigation, and pack design.
• Dreamweaver Separator
• Metallized Polymer Current Collectors (MPCCs)
• Voltaplex
• Voltaplex LIFE Cells
• Soteria Sense
• Soteria Hive

Products and services

• Dreamweaver Separator

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 3x longer cycle life compared to traditional separators
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rutgers UniversitycoreTechnology or Integration · 25 June 2026Soteria licensed a reticulated current collector technology from Rutgers University, developed by researcher Glen Amatucci. The technology replaces conventional solid metal foil current collectors with a lightweight porous polymer structure coated in thin conductive metal layers, designed to improve flexibility, reduce weight, and mitigate resistance growth and heat generation as batteries age.
• QinetiQcoreTechnology or Integration · 22 June 2026Soteria licensed Q-TRED thermal event detection technology from QinetiQ for inclusion in the Battery Safety IP Exchange. Q-TRED uses coatings that emit detectable volatile compounds when battery cells reach elevated temperatures, enabling distributed sensing across all cells to provide early warning of potential thermal runaway events before fires occur.
• Alabama Mobility & Power CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026Soteria and Alabama Mobility & Power Center co-host the fifth annual LithiumSAFE: Battery Safety Workshop scheduled for September 15-16, 2026, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The workshop focuses on sharing expertise and advancing safety practices in the battery industry.
• DealFlow Discovery ConferenceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 January 2026Soteria presented at the 3rd Annual DealFlow Discovery Conference, a platform for connecting companies with investors and partners in the battery and technology sectors.
• VoltaplexcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerVoltaplex is a subsidiary of Soteria specializing in custom lithium-ion battery pack design and manufacturing. Voltaplex offers custom pack design tailored to customer specifications, cell selection expertise, and comprehensive distribution for both custom packs and individual cells.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• KULR Technology Group: KULR develops thermal management and battery safety solutions for lithium-ion cells and packs, including propagation-resistant battery packs used in aerospace, defense, and EV applications — directly comparable to Soteria's Soteria Hive and Sense offerings.
• Amionx: Amionx commercializes SafeCore, a battery safety technology that prevents thermal runaway at the cell level, making it a close functional peer to Soteria's MPCC and separator-based safety approach.

Emerging players

• 24M Technologies: 24M develops novel lithium-ion cell architectures and manufacturing processes aimed at improving safety, energy density, and cost — overlapping with Soteria's mission of structurally safer cell design and a potential integration partner for its separator and current-collector IP.
• Enovix: Enovix manufactures 100% active silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries with a focus on safety and energy density, positioning it as a partial overlap peer that competes for the same safety-conscious OEM and consumer-electronics customers Soteria targets.
• Solid Power: Solid Power develops sulfide-based solid-state batteries that target the same EV and ESS safety-and-energy-density problem Soteria addresses with incumbent Li-ion safety components, making it a competing safety-via-chemistry approach.
• QuantumScape: QuantumScape is developing solid-state lithium-metal batteries for EVs that aim to eliminate thermal-runaway risk, representing an alternative chemistry roadmap to Soteria's drop-in Li-ion safety components.

Broad incumbents

• Microvast Holdings: Microvast is a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery manufacturer serving commercial vehicle, ESS, and specialty applications, and competes with Soteria's Voltaplex subsidiary in the custom battery pack market while also being a potential licensee of the IP Exchange.
• Asahi Kasei (Hipore / Celgard separator business): Asahi Kasei is one of the largest global separator manufacturers and the dominant incumbent Soteria's Dreamweaver Separator must displace in automotive and ESS cell qualifications.
• Eos Energy Enterprises: Eos manufactures zinc-based stationary storage batteries and is an active member of battery safety consortia and standards work, making it comparable as a buyer of battery safety technologies and a participant in the same energy-storage safety ecosystem Soteria serves.

Others

• TWAICE: TWAICE provides battery analytics and digital-twin software for battery health and safety monitoring; while not a component peer, it addresses the same 'battery safety' buyer need that Soteria targets and could be a complementary or competing offering in the Soteria Sense product category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/soteriabig

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors11 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

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