StoreDot was founded in 2012 by Doron Myersdorf, Simon Litsyn, and Gil Rosenman, initially developing displays and storage devices based on research by Ehud Gazit. A year later its CEO, Myersdorf, said their peptide-based display technology is ready to be "packed and sold" and its related intellectual property could be sold for 300 million dollars. The displays and storage devices were based on "peptide nanocrystals", and a prototype storage device was made in 2012 that is "three times faster than conventional memory." The company's CEO said the display technology is 20% more power-efficient and 90% less costly to manufacture than OLED, and the displays were ready in 2015 for full-scale manufacturing using existing factories and manufacturing processes, and were to be commercialized by 2016. By 2019 the display technology was spun off into its own company, MolecuLED. As of 2022, MolecuLED has no employees.
The company acknowledged in 2015 that its claims regarding its organic batteries have not been scientifically peer-reviewed.
A 2019 peer-reviewed study concluded that the company's claimed battery capabilities have no basis in published, peer-reviewed literature, and listed its unreleased products. Science journalist John Timmer could not identify in 2021 any published research about the company's germanium battery technology.
The company announced in November 2021 that it aims to achieve mass-manufacturing in 2024 of its silicon batteries, having pouch-cell samples produced by its manufacturing partner EVE Energy sent to be tested by global car makers. The company announced in 2023 that its batteries will be commercially available in VinFast vehicles in 2025. StoreDot demonstrated its batteries in a prototype Polestar 5 sedan in 2024, however the 2025 model will not debut with StoreDot batteries but with batteries developed and manufactured by SK On. As of October 2024, StoreDot batteries are still in the testing phase and they have not been incorporated into any upcoming vehicle platforms.
The company's upcoming 2025 batteries are projected to have a peak charging rate of 350kW and a service life of 1000 fast-charging cycles. StoreDot announced their upcoming 2025 batteries charge at a rate that adds 100 miles in 5 minutes for a vehicle that uses 14kWh per 100 kilometers, which corresponds to a charging rate of 270kW. StoreDot is developing faster-charging cells that charge a 75kWh battery 70% in 10 minutes (from 10% to 80%) which corresponds to a charging rate of 315kW, which it aims to deliver in 2026.
StoreDot raised over 6 million dollars in an initial investment round, and by the end of 2014 had raised another 42 million dollars. It raised another 62 million dollars by the end of 2017. The company was in negotiations in March 2021 for a SPAC merger at a $3.5 billion valuation. A further funding round of 70-80 million dollars in 2022 gave it a $1.5 billion valuation. The company plans as of 2023 to raise further capital in 2024 or 2025 in order to build up its silicon nanoparticles supply chain and secure dedicated manufacturing capacity for its batteries from existing manufacturers.
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