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Verkor is a French industrial company based in Grenoble. With the backing of EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini and now Renault Group, EQT Ventures, Arkema, Tokai COBEX and FMET managed by Demeter. Verkor will ramp up low-carbon battery manufacturing in France and southern Europe to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles —and electric mobility as a whole —and stationary storage in Europe.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent. Our immediate roles are engineers with proven and substantial experience in battery manufacturing. Additional exciting opportunities are available and will soon be posted on our website in business units such as digitalisation, logistics, quality and pricing.
Please apply today with an English CV on our website:
https://www.verkor.com/en/join-our-team/

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Location: France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble

Employees: 11-50

Total raised: $2.6B

Founded date: 2020

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Investors 3

Date	Name	Website
-	SE Venture...	seventures...
26.03.2022	EQT Ventur...	eqtventure...
03.09.2021	Demeter	demeter-im...

Funding Rounds 4

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
03.10.2023	-	$2.13B	-
12.11.2022	-	$259.32M	-
08.07.2021	Series B	$118.4M	-
-	-	$100M	-

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26.03.2024	10 French startups to watch in 2024	In 2023 French companies raised €8.4 billion over 410 deals. According to our Annual report, France took third place among countries by the total raised amount. The companies within the energy sector contributed the most to the numbers, wit...
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03.10.2023	Verkor Secures More Than €2 Billion in Financing	Verkor, a Grenoble, France-based industrial company designing and manufacturing green batteries, secured more than €2 billion in financing. This included: the signing of a minimum of €850m Series C funding, led by Macquarie Asset Management...
26.09.2023	Battery VC Investment Gets Supercharged	38 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Lately, it seems like battery startups are powering up with giant funding rounds at an unusually rapid pace. In roughly the past month alone, we’ve seen three financings of more than $1 billion: Ver...
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14.09.2023	Verkor secures €2B for low-carbon battery gigafactory launch	Verkor, the French manufacturer of low-carbon batteries has secured over €2 billion in a Series C funding round. The capital, comprised of a minimum of €850 million, a €500 million loan from the EIB, and French government subsidies totaling...
14.09.2023	Verkor raises €2 billion	French battery startup Verkor Verkor Founded: 2020 Headquarters: Grenoble, France Total Funding: $2.65B See full company profile "> has secured more than €2 billion to build a battery factory in northern France. The funding consists...
14.09.2023	Verkor raises €2 billion	French battery startup Verkor Verkor Founded: 2020 Headquarters: Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France Total Funding: $4.04B See full company profile "> has secured more than €2 billion to build a battery factory in northern France. The fun...
14.09.2023	French battery maker Verkor scores $2.1B to build gigafactory	Another day, another monster raise for an EV battery company. This time it’s Verkor, the Renault-backed French battery builder, which said on Thursday that it secured “more than €2 billion” — roughly $2.1 billion USD — to speed up construct...
14.09.2023	French battery manufacturing startup Verkor secures €2B: Know more	Read this article in: Grenoble, France-based Verkor, a battery manufacturing startup, announced on Thursday that it has secured more than €2B in funding. The funding injection comprises a Series C round of €850M, €600M in bank financing sup...
17.08.2023	China Has Perfectly Tangled The Battery Value Chain With Electric Vehicles - A Combo The U.S. And Europe Will Find Hard To Beat	It can be done, though. But first things first.
13.04.2023	Renault ties the knot for Verkor battery cells	Renault and French battery start-up Verkor have entered into a “commercial partnership” that includes binding supply volumes for battery cells. The carmaker will receive 12 GWh of battery cells from Verkor for its premium electric cars, inc...
07.11.2022	Verkor raised €250 million, Volocopter landed $182 million, and more than €2.8 billion was invested in European Tech last week	Last week we tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €2.8 billion, and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. As a paid subscriber, you're in the elite club with exclusive access to ...
07.11.2022	Verkor secures €250 million in financing	French battery specialist and Renault partner Verkor has secured more than €250 million in financing. The fresh capital, which comes from the European Investment Bank among others, will flow into the company’s technology and innovation cent...
03.11.2022	Verkor raises €250 million to fund EV battery megafactory	LONDON : French battery startup Verkor has raised 250 million euros ($248 million) from investors to fund a battery "megafactory" on its way to building a much larger plant to produce batteries for its customer Renault, the compan...
06.07.2022	Startec Energy signs up for industrial partnership with Verkor	In France, Renault-backed battery cell manufacturer Verkor is partnering with industry group Startec Energy to develop and commercialise recyclable battery packs for electric mobility. The partnership aims to commercialise an annual volume ...
03.02.2022	Verkor to build battery plant in Dunkerque	The French battery company Verkor will build its first battery cell factory in the northern French port city of Dunkerque on the border with Belgium. Production is scheduled to start in 2025. Construction of the factory is scheduled to begi...
08.07.2021	Verkor raises €100 million in investment round	The French battery specialist Verkor has raised 100 million euros from investors. Among other things, the money is to be used to build up battery cell development and production in France, which Verkor recently agreed with Renault. It is th...
07.07.2021	Verkor Raises €100M in Funding	Verkor, a Grenoble, France–based battery cell producer, raised €100m in funding. The round was co-led by EQT Ventures and Renault Group, with participation from the French Government and Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes Region, EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe ...
07.07.2021	Less than a year after its launch, France’s Verkor raises €100M from the French government, Renault, others	Verkor, a French industrial company based in Grenoble, was founded with a mission to fast-track low‑carbon battery production in France and serve the European market. Just last week, the company signed a partnership with Renault Group under...
06.07.2021	French startup Verkor raised €100 million in funding	French startup Verkor today announces that it has raised €100 million in funding. Verkor was founded in 2020 with the sole ambition of fast-tracking low‑carbon battery production in France, to serve the European market. With a team of inter...
06.07.2021	Grenoble-based Verkor nabs €100 million to develop high-performance sustainable battery cells in France	In less than a year after its launch, the French startup Verkor today announces that it has raised €100 million in funding. Verkor was founded in 2020 with the sole ambition of fast-tracking low‑carbon battery production in France, to serve...
06.07.2021	France isn’t going to let Sweden have all the fun, Verkor raises €100 million, aims to crank out +50 GWh by 2030	In less than a year after its launch, French industrial company Verkor has secured investments totalling €100 million. This funding is to be used to break ground on the Verkor Innovation Centre (VIC) in Grenoble which is expected to be full...
06.07.2021	Verkor raises $100M, signs electric car battery agreements with Renault	Currently, the transport sector is the major contributor to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. However, only a little progress has been made to reduce emissions in the past three decades. As a measure, the UK government spearheaded the shif...
31.07.2020	Verkor plans GWh scale battery cell factory in Europe	Verkor has announced its intention to produce battery cells for electric cars on a gigawatt scale in Europe, among other things. The newly founded French company relies on well-known partners and is already looking for a site for the factor...
-	Verkor raises $100M, signs electric car battery agreements with Renault	Currently, the transport sector is the major contributor to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. However, only a little progress has been made to reduce emissions in the past three decades. As a measure, the UK government spearheaded the shif...
-	France isn’t going to let Sweden have all the fun, Verkor raises €100 million, aims to crank out +50 GWh by 2030	In less than a year after its launch, French industrial company Verkor has secured investments totalling €100 million. This funding is to be used to break ground on the Verkor Innovation Centre (VIC) in Grenoble which is expected to be full...
-	Verkor raises 250 million Euros to fund EV battery megafactory	-
-	Verkor	“To accelerate the production of low-carbon batteries and in favor of a decarbonized future, Verkor is building the largest gigafactory in Europe”

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