In the past, private equity (PE) deals in the battery sector were sporadic. In the last year, though, they’ve blossomed, with growth equity firms sinking $13.4 billion into such areas as battery materials, manufacturers and recyclers. PE’s presence reflects a shift in both the industry and the way investors view it.
For the better part of a decade, VC firms and growth equity funds have plowed nearly $42 billion into battery technology startups across almost 1,700 deals, according to an analysis by PitchBook and TechCrunch. What’s more, about 75% of the investments in that period happened in the last two years alone.
Europe and the US need more suppliers at all stages in the battery value chain, and established equipment makers are well connected within the continent’s industrial production system. To evolve into a new European and US battery manufacturing industry, they need growth capital.
Batteries are normally considered a high-risk, high-reward investment; the sort of thing that venture capital is made for. But it’s not perfectly suited to VC, either — the R&D process for batteries can be exceptionally long, often extending beyond venture capital’s usual five- to 10-year timeline for collecting returns.
The industry will receive a combined $2.8 billion to build and expand commercial-scale facilities to cater to the local auto sector. The battery industry is also complex and fragmented, with multiple players involved at each step of the value chain.
Over the 2018-2020 period, cumulative early-stage VC flowing to battery and component makers stood around USD 430 million, nearly 75% of which was for lithium-based battery chemistries. “Over the 2021-2023 period, cumulative investments for batteries not only more than tripled, to nearly USD 1.4 billion, they also diversified.
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