IAN Group, the country’s single largest early-stage investment platform, has led a ₹27.4 crore seed round in e-TRNL Energy, a cleantech startup pioneering next-generation battery cell technology, through its 2nd VC Fund, IAN Alpha Fund. The round saw participation from Navam Capital, Speciale Invest, and other investors.Founded in 2021 by Apoorv Shaligram (Co-founder & CEO) and Dr. Uttam Kumar Sen (Co-founder & CTO), e-TRNL Energy is led by founders with deep, hands-on experience across battery materials, cell engineering, and manufacturing. Apoorv brings over a decade of experience spanning lithium-ion research, cell fabrication, EV battery design, and scaling cell technologies for India, along with multiple technical publications in energy storage. Dr. Sen, a PhD in Energy Science & Engineering, is a seasoned battery researcher with over 2,700 academic citations and extensive experience in lithium-ion cell development and materials engineering.While most battery innovation globally has focused on incremental chemistry improvements within legacy cell designs, e-TRNL Energy is taking a fundamentally different approach by rethinking the core cell architecture and manufacturing process itself. By redesigning the cell architecture, the technology enables safer batteries with significantly lower heat generation, faster charging, longer life, and higher energy density, while also improving manufacturing economics.The funds raised… Read MoreStartupTalky- Business News, Insights and Stories
