Natrion

Natrion develops solid-state battery materials and components for OEMs. Its technology includes ceramic-polymer electrolyte and separator materials intended to improve safety, energy density and manufacturability for lithium-metal and solid-state battery systems.

Facts

Segment: Power Systems
Country: United States
Founded: 2018
Website: https://www.natrion.co

Market context

Natrion sits in the power-system supply layer for uncrewed and battery-constrained robotic platforms. Its Cirrus and Stratus cell lines are explicitly aimed at drones, unmanned vessels, ground vehicles and humanoids, where energy density, certification…

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Funding

2022-05-25 - Seed - $2M - Natrion raises $2M seed round led by TechNexus - Natrion secured $2M in oversubscribed seed funding led by TechNexus Venture Collaborative. - source: natrion.co

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Investors

Illinois Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-25
Mark Cuban - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-25
Tamarack Global - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-25

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2 commercial events; 2 contract awards; 2 named customers; latest event 2024-08-14

2024-08-14 - Contract award - Natrion wins U.S. Air Force SBIR contracts for battery component development - U.S. Air Force - ["Air Force Global Strike Command SBIR Phase I", "AFWERX SBIR Phase II"] - $1.5M award/order…
2021-10-19 - Contract award - Natrion wins U.S. Navy STTR grant for lithium-metal battery anode research - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Small Business Technology Transfer Research - $200K award/order - source…

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Timeline

2026-05-14 - Product Launch - Natrion launches Cirrus and Stratus battery cell lines for uncrewed systems - Natrion announced it will begin production of Cirrus and Stratus, new defense-optimized battery cell product lines for uncrewed, battery-powered systems. The cells are designed for drones, surface and underwater vessels, ground vehicles and humanoids, with… - source: natrion.co
2026-02-09 - Partnership - Soelect and Natrion sign MOU for lithium-metal battery commercialization - Soelect and Natrion signed an MOU for strategic collaboration on solid-state and lithium-metal battery development and manufacturing. The companies plan to combine Soelect lithium-metal composite anode materials with Natrion Active Separator technology.… - source: natrion.co
2025-09-03 - Facility Opening - Natrion opens Buffalo production facility for Active Separator manufacturing - Natrion opened a new production facility in Western New York to scale manufacturing of its Active Separator product. The facility was supported by a $1.3M New York Power Authority grant. Natrion also announced Ashish Bhandari as VP of Operations to lead the… - source: natrion.co

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Team

Alex Kosyakov - Cofounder & CEO - Central founder and executive behind Natrion LISIC active separator strategy and expansion into defence-optimized battery cell products.
Thomas Rouffiac - Cofounder - Cofounder involved in commercializing the battery technology that became Natrion LISIC active separator and advanced cell platform.
Dr. Duke Shih - Chief Technology Officer - Technical leader for Natrion battery-materials and cell-platform development as the company expands from active separator materials into full cell products.

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Relations

Soelect - Technology Partner - Natrion and Soelect signed an MOU to pair active separators with lithium-metal anode materials.

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