Ioxus receives $21m investment funding to energize its ultracapacitor expansion plans

Business news | April 13, 2011

By eeNews Europe

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Ioxus plans to use the funding to develop its technology and expand sales, marketing and manufacturing to meet the growing demand for ultracapacitors.

“This round of funding caps off a quarter of great momentum in which we increased sales globally, established a distributor network throughout the Asia Pacific region, and opened a new production facility that will allow us to exponentially increase our capacity,” said Mark McGough, CEO of Ioxus. “Our new strategic investors, who are global leaders and have a resident demand for ultracapacitors, will help move Ioxus forward in its mission to design and manufacture the finest ultracapacitors on the market.”

Kevin Skillern, venture capital leader at GE Energy Financial Services and Energy Technology Ventures, said: “Ioxus is developing lighter, more compact and cost-efficient energy storage technologies that will be relied on to complement or replace rechargeable batteries in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products such as handheld electronic devices, hybrid electric vehicles, wind turbines, aircraft and medical equipment. These applications align well with Energy Technology Ventures’ reach across the energy sector, and GE’s additional breadth in healthcare, industrial and aviation, offering many opportunities for commercial and technical cooperation.”

“We focus our investments on companies that pursue game-changing technologies in the energy value chain. As Ioxus expands to fulfill the energy storage requirements of wind turbines, hybrid vehicles and other manufacturers around the world, the company needs to continue evolving the ultracapacitors and hybrid components upon which alternative energy applications rely,” said Frank Egan of Northwater Capital. “With the support of this round of financing, Ioxus certainly is poised to fulfill that expectation.”

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