Swiss Battery

What Swiss Battery does

Swiss Battery (also referenced as SWISS-BATTERY-SWIBA) is a concluded independent technology development project — not an operating company — that ran from 2012 to 2021 under the leadership of Dr. phil. David Vonlanthen. The project was initiated in the United States in 2012 in collaboration with a U.S.-based Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, and concluded in Switzerland in 2021. Its stated focus was advanced high-energy battery systems for transportation and aerial platforms, with particular emphasis on lightweight, heavy-metal-free concepts and on applications where mass, material composition, and safety constraints dominate system design.

Technically, the work centered on a chemistry and system-architecture stack spanning high-purity small redox-active ionic organic molecules, redox-active polymer systems compatible with solution-processing, electronically and ionically conducting polymers, and mesoporous conductive carbon materials. Synthesis routes were constrained to non-hazardous, cost-effective chemicals and excluded complex multi-step purification, with the stated goal of supporting robust, high-throughput production. System-level work addressed electrical, mechanical, thermal, monitoring, control, and safety interfaces, including redundancy, fault tolerance, certification considerations, and maintainability. The project operated primarily at TRL 3–4, with selected elements at TRL 5 and limited cases toward TRL 6, supported by approximately 30 cycling channels and 10 impedance measurement channels, and benchmarked against up to 12 European and U.S. Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations.

Commercially, there is no operating business. The archival website explicitly states the entity "does not represent an operating company, commercial products, or active consulting services." There are no disclosed funding rounds, no pricing models, no revenue, no current employees, no parent or subsidiary structure, and no commercial customers. Engagements with governmental, defence-related, and industrial stakeholders were conducted in a non-public, non-operational context. Project deliverables are limited to multiple patents and peer-reviewed publications demonstrating technological, material, and system competencies.

Name

Swiss Battery

Legal name

Swiss Battery

Website

https://swissbattery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Battery Technology

NAICS

Battery Manufacturing (33591), Battery Manufacturing (335910)

akta.pro primary industry

Battery Cells (Li-ion, LFP, Sodium-ion, Lead-acid, NiMH) (IMAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Battery Modules & Packs (Industrial/Commercial pack assembly) (IMAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Advanced battery systems
• Redox-active polymers
• Energy storage materials
• Conducting polymer electrodes
• Heavy-metal-free batteries

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarau

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Swiss Battery was an independent research and development project (2012-2021) focused on developing advanced high-energy battery systems for transportation and aerial platforms, emphasizing lightweight and heavy-metal-free battery concepts using non-critical raw materials. The project explored high-purity redox-active organic molecules, conducting polymers, and mesoporous conductive carbon materials, along with system-level battery architecture addressing electrical, mechanical, thermal, monitoring, control, and safety interfaces. No commercial products or services were produced.

Product overview

Swiss Battery is not an operating company and does not offer commercial products or services. It is an archival website documenting a concluded independent technology development project (2012–2021) on advanced high-energy battery systems for transportation and aerial platforms. The project explored alternative battery concepts emphasizing lightweight and heavy-metal-free designs, with particular focus on applications where mass, material composition, and safety constraints dominate system design. The project resulted in multiple patents and peer-reviewed publications, and demonstrated competencies relevant to governmental, defence-related, and industrial contexts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• U.S.-based Nobel Prize laureate in ChemistrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012The project was initiated in the United States in 2012 in collaboration with a U.S.-based Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, providing key scientific expertise and guidance for the battery technology development.
• Industrial partner laboratoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBattery testing was conducted in an industrial partner laboratory, enabling cross-validation of testing environments alongside university-based facilities.
• University-based research facilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectrochemical evaluation was conducted at a university-based facility for battery testing, enabling cross-validation across academic and industrial testing environments.
• State-mandated consulting firmminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegular project reviews were conducted by a major, state-mandated consulting firm with extensive experience in regulated and security-relevant application environments. Reviews were conducted against defined, application-driven technical and operational criteria.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Eos Energy Enterprises: Eos Energy produces zinc-based aqueous batteries for stationary storage, representing another heavy-metal-free alternative chemistry addressing similar industrial and grid reliability use cases.
• ESS Inc. ESS Inc. commercializes iron flow batteries for long-duration storage, sharing the heavy-metal-free, system-level battery design orientation relevant to Swiss Battery's industrial context targeting.
• Form Energy: Form Energy develops iron-air batteries as a low-cost, heavy-metal-free alternative to lithium-ion. Although the chemistry differs, both pursue non-critical-raw-material system architectures targeting demanding industrial/grid applications.
• Amprius Technologies: Amprius develops silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries targeted at aviation and electric mobility — sharing Swiss Battery's transportation and aerial platform focus, though via a lithium-ion pathway.

Others

• Custom Cells: Custom Cells is a German CDMO specializing in custom battery cell development and pilot-scale manufacturing, comparable as part of the European CDMO ecosystem Swiss Battery evaluated for scale-up readiness.

Direct peers

• Alsym Energy: Alsym Energy develops non-lithium, non-flammable batteries using organic electrode materials — the closest direct comparator to Swiss Battery's redox-active organic molecule chemistry and similar target applications in mobility and stationary storage.
• PolyJoule: PolyJoule builds batteries using conductive polymer-based organic electrodes, directly overlapping with Swiss Battery's redox-active polymer and organic-molecule research focus.

Broad incumbents

• QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a publicly listed developer of solid-state lithium-metal batteries targeting automotive and aviation customers; a relevant broad benchmark for next-gen battery technology scale-up and qualification pathways.
• Solid Power: Solid Power develops solid-state battery technology with automotive (BMW, Ford) and aerospace partnerships, comparable as a competing next-gen battery developer pursuing transportation and aerial qualification.
• Northvolt: Northvolt is a European battery cell manufacturer pursuing sustainable, low-carbon lithium-ion production; relevant as a benchmark for European battery scale-up and CDMO/contract manufacturing partnerships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swiss-battery

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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