In March 2023, Rong Na New Energy, a hard carbon negative electrode material company, completed an angel round of financing worth tens of millions of yuan, with Fountainbridge Capital as the exclusive investor.
Guangdong Rong Na New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was established on August 18, 2022, focusing on the research and development and production of high-performance and low-cost sodium-ion battery hard carbon negative electrode materials. Rong Na New Energy insists on choosing large-scale plant-based biomass as raw materials to prepare hard carbon products that meet customer needs in multiple batches with a cost advantage that is highly competitive in the market. The company currently has two mature products: RNHC-C1 has a specific capacity of 300mAh/g and a first Coulombic efficiency of 93%; RNHC-B1 has a specific capacity of 330mAh/g and a first Coulombic efficiency of 93%. Another laboratory product, RNHC-A1, has a specific capacity of up to 360mAh/g and a first Coulombic efficiency of 93%. Rong Na New Energy is planning to build a production line for hard carbon products with an annual output of several thousand tons and is expected to be put into operation in April-May this year.
Fountainbridge Capital is a new domestic dual-currency venture capital fund focusing on primary innovation opportunities in technology, biomedicine, consumption and industry. The representative projects invested by the fund in the early stage of enterprise development include: Chao Cai Information, Yu Xian Microelectronics, Matrix Origin, Turing Quantum, Aimeifei, Yijielike, Jieti Medical, Yunjing Intelligence, KEEP, Super Xingxing, Momodi Dessert Bureau and so on.
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