What ITEN S.A. does

ITEN S.A. is a French deep-tech industrial company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dardilly, near Lyon, France. The company designs and manufactures solid-state ceramic lithium-ion microbatteries built around proprietary full-ceramic Li-ion electrodes and nanomaterial architectures. Its microbatteries deliver a 200C discharge rate — 40 to 100 times higher than conventional lithium-ion cells — enabling sustained milliwatt-level power output in ultra-compact form factors. ITEN holds more than 200 in-force patents and has invested in R&D for over 12 years, supported by 40+ engineers and PhDs on staff and a long-standing research relationship with CNRS formalized through the LabCom AMIE joint laboratory with ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and ANR. Mass production of its first-generation solid-state ceramic microbatteries began in May 2025, marking a transition from R&D to commercial-scale output.

The company operates a B2B sales-led go-to-market, selling directly to OEM manufacturers and industrial buyers under negotiated contracts (FCA Dardilly, France) with payment terms of up to 30 days net. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is determined by order specifications and volume. ITEN targets four horizontal application segments — IoT devices (asset tracking, smart sensors, smart meters), wearables (including AR glasses and smart contact lenses), healthcare and biomedical devices, and power backup systems — all requiring miniaturized, high-power, hazard-free energy storage. The only publicly named customer is XPANCEO, a UAE-based partner co-developing a proof-of-concept AR smart contact lens.

ITEN monetizes through hardware sales of its microbatteries, which integrate as Surface Mounted Devices (SMD) on standard electronics manufacturing lines. The company is RoHS-qualified, free of hazardous liquid electrolytes, and controls its full manufacturing process in-house from nanomaterial synthesis to final testing. Capital structure is private and venture-backed, anchored by a €80 million round closed at end-2022 with BPI France, Groupe SEB, Innovacom, EREN Groupe, and Habert Dassault Finance. The company has received the CES 2024 Best of Innovation Award and three consecutive French Tech 120 designations (2023–2025).

Name

ITEN S.A.

Legal name

I-TEN S.A.

Website

https://iten.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ITEN S.A. is a French deep-tech company that designs and mass-produces solid-state ceramic lithium-ion microbatteries for OEMs serving IoT, wearables, healthcare, and power backup applications. It sells directly to industrial customers under negotiated B2B contracts from its Dardilly, France headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solid-State Microbatteries

NAICS

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (334)

SIC

Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Solid-State Battery Materials & Cell Manufacturing (EUAFABAH)

Keywords

• Solid-state microbatteries
• Ceramic lithium-ion batteries
• SMD energy storage
• IoT power solutions
• Wearable device batteries

Headquarters

HQ city

Dardilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Solid-State Microbattery Sales: ITEN generates revenue through the sale of its solid-state ceramic microbatteries to OEM manufacturers and industrial customers in the IoT, wearables, healthcare, and power backup sectors. The company sells batteries as physical components, with pricing governed by order quantities and specifications under its general terms and conditions of sale (FCA Dardilly, France).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ITEN S.A. designs and manufactures all-solid-state ceramic lithium-ion microbatteries that deliver high power density, fast recharge, and hazard-free operation without liquid electrolytes. The products are produced as Surface Mounted Devices (SMD) for direct integration onto electronic boards, with the entire manufacturing process controlled in-house from nanomaterial synthesis to final testing. The microbatteries target OEM customers across four application areas: IoT devices, wearables, healthcare, and power backup systems.

Product overview

ITEN S.A. is a French industrial company that designs and manufactures all-solid-state ceramic lithium-ion microbatteries. The core product is a family of solid-state ceramic microbatteries that serve as energy storage solutions across four main application areas: IoT devices (supporting LAN and LPWAN protocols), wearable devices (including smart contact lenses), healthcare devices, and power backup systems. All products feature high power density, fast recharge capabilities, and are manufactured as Surface Mounted Devices (SMD) for direct integration onto electronic boards. The company controls the entire manufacturing process from nanomaterial synthesis to final testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solid-State Ceramic Microbatteries All-ceramic lithium-ion microbatteries providing high power density, fast recharge capabilities, and hazard-free operation without liquid electrolytes. Designed as Surface Mounted Devices (SMD) for seamless integration onto electronic boards.
• IoT Device Energy Storage Solutions Energy storage solutions designed for IoT devices, supporting LAN and LPWAN communication protocols as energy buffers for the mass IoT market, including asset tracking, environmental monitoring, industrial sensors, and smart meters.
• Wearable Device Power Solutions Compact energy storage solutions for wearable devices including smart contact lenses, smartwatches, fitness trackers, AR glasses, and other body-worn electronics requiring miniaturization and high power density.
• Healthcare Device Batteries Solid-state battery solutions for healthcare applications, providing safe, high-power energy without leakage, swelling, or heating risks associated with conventional lithium-ion batteries. Targeted at medical sensors, health-monitoring wearables, and biomedical devices.
• Power Backup Solutions Energy storage solutions for power backup applications such as uninterruptible power supplies, backup power systems, and standby power applications, leveraging solid-state technology for reliability, high power density, and hazard-free operation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200C discharge rate — 40 to 100 times higher than conventional lithium-ion batteries — enabling sustained milliwatt-level power output for high-demand applications such as AR image projection.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• XPANCEOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026ITEN partnered with UAE-based XPANCEO to develop a proof-of-concept AR smart contact lens featuring an integrated solid-state microbattery. ITEN's mass-produced first-generation solid-state ceramic microbatteries are being tailored for integration into XPANCEO's in-development smart contact lenses, addressing the critical challenge of powering ocular wearables where conventional batteries are too thick and unsuitable. This partnership aims to make smart contact lenses commercially viable by solving the power system bottleneck through miniaturized solid-state battery technology.
• CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2025ITEN established the LabCom AMIE (Analyse des matériaux et interfaces pour l'énergie) with CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and ANR. This joint laboratory, operational since April 2025 and located at ENS de Lyon, focuses on advancing the physico-chemical phenomena in solid-state batteries, improving performance, durability, and environmental impact. The collaboration builds on a 10+ year relationship with CNRS researcher Frédéric Chaput and is supported by ANR funding of €363k over 54 months, integrating 3 doctoral students and 2 post-docs into the research teams.
• ENS de Lyon (École normale supérieure de Lyon)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2025ENS de Lyon is a key academic partner in the LabCom AMIE joint laboratory with ITEN, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and ANR. The ENS de Lyon Laboratory of Chemistry provides expertise in surface and interface study, nanomaterials, and ionic liquids modeling. The partnership aims to improve the technical performance, ecological sustainability, and durability of ITEN's solid-state batteries through fundamental research on physico-chemical phenomena at battery interfaces.
• Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2025Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 is a partner in the LabCom AMIE joint laboratory alongside ITEN, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, and ANR. The university contributes its chemistry and materials science research expertise to the collaborative research program focused on solid-state battery materials and interfaces.
• ANR (Agence nationale de la recherche)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2025ANR, the French national research agency, is supporting the LabCom AMIE partnership with ITEN, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 through €363k in funding over 54 months. ANR's LabCom program facilitates durable links between academic research institutions and industry to address scientific challenges in the socio-economic world.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cymbet Corporation: Cymbet is a US-based manufacturer of solid-state thin-film microbatteries targeting IoT, wearables, and energy harvesting applications. It is one of the closest direct peers to ITEN, competing in the same solid-state microbattery category with similar SMD form-factor products and overlapping customer segments.
• BrightVolt: BrightVolt designs and manufactures solid-state thin-film lithium-ion batteries for IoT, medical, and industrial applications. It overlaps directly with ITEN in solid-state microbattery form factor and target end-markets, making it one of the closest direct peers.
• Blue Spark Technologies: Blue Spark produces printed and thin-film flexible batteries for wearables, medical patches, and IoT sensors. It competes with ITEN in the same miniaturized, safe-battery-for-wearables category with comparable SMD/printed integration profiles.

Broad incumbents

• Murata Manufacturing: Murata is a global leader in electronic components including a broad portfolio of micro-batteries and energy devices. It is a broad incumbent with substantially greater scale, distribution, and customer relationships than ITEN, offering overlapping microbattery products for IoT and wearables.
• TDK Corporation: TDK manufactures small lithium-ion and solid-state batteries through its subsidiary and offers energy devices for IoT, wearables, and industrial backup. As a broad incumbent with global reach, it competes with ITEN for similar design wins but at much larger scale.
• Samsung SDI: Samsung SDI is a global battery manufacturer producing lithium-ion cells for consumer electronics, EVs, and energy storage. While primarily focused on larger-format cells, it competes with ITEN for solid-state battery mindshare and has the resources to enter the microbattery category.
• STMicroelectronics: STMicroelectronics is a global semiconductor leader whose energy harvesting and power management ICs pair with small-form-factor batteries in IoT and wearable designs. It is a broad incumbent in adjacent power and energy subsystems, making it a complementary and partial competitor to ITEN.

Emerging players

• Solid Power: Solid Power is a US-based solid-state battery developer focused primarily on EV-scale cells using sulfide-based electrolytes. While its end-market (EVs) differs from ITEN's microbattery focus, both share solid-state technology DNA and compete for similar capital, talent, and customer mindshare.
• ProLogium Technology: ProLogium is a Taiwan-based solid-state battery manufacturer scaling ceramic separator and lithium ceramic battery technology. It is comparable as a solid-state battery pure-play, though primarily targeting EV and consumer electronics at larger form factors than ITEN's microbatteries.
• QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a US-listed solid-state lithium-metal battery developer focused on EV applications. It shares the solid-state battery thesis with ITEN but operates at a vastly larger format and capital base, making it a thematic rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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