After awarding SiNode Systems the 2017 Sustainable Practice Impact Award, VentureWell interviewed SiNode CEO Samir Mayekar on a range of topics.

We are thrilled to share that SiNode was selected as the 2017 recipient of the VentureWell Sustainable Practice Impact Award. VentureWell was our very first funder and is an organization that envisions a world in which science and technology innovators have the support, training, and access to networks and resources they need to solve the world’s most difficult problems.

The SBA recently featured SiNode Systems as an SBIR success story.

SiNode Systems was awarded a prestigious Small Business Voucher for a joint project with the battery experts at Argonne National Laboratory.

Chicago, IL, June 20, 2016 – The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, today announced the award of a $4 million contract to SiNode Systems Inc., in Chicago, Illinois, for development of advanced anode materials for automotive lithium-ion battery applications.

SiNode Systems will be exhibiting at both the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Battery Japan in Tokyo from February 22 – March 4th. Please stop by Hall 5 Booth I31 to learn more information about how our advanced battery materials platform can bring your customers value.

What a great way to begin 2016! SiNode Systems Co-Founder Cary Hayner was selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

In its latest announcement, Midwest Energy News selected SiNode Systems CEO Samir Mayekar as a member of its ’40 Under 40′ awards list. The awards program highlights emerging leaders throughout the region who are working to improve America’s energy landscape by accelerating America’s transition to a clean energy economy.

The SiNode team had a chance to meet with Secretary Ernest Moniz on his recent visit to Chicago. Given SiNode’s status as a DOE SBIR recipient and the winner of DOE’s 2013 National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition, the Secretary was pleased to learn more about the commercialization progress of SiNode’s proprietary battery materials.

SiNode was selected as a Winner in the 2015 Global Automotive Innovation Challenge, a competition sponsored by the Society for Automotive Engineers in partnership with the MIT Alliance of Michigan and NEXT Energy.

Please visit us in Hall 5 at MWC in Barcelona March 2 – 5.

The Illinois Cleantech Innovation Fund, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in partnership with the Clean Energy Trust, has awarded SiNode Systems with an investment prize. Stay tuned for more details on this exciting announcement.

SiNode has been selected as a finalist to compete in the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase from October 6-8, 2014. We will join a flight of top tier companies in the energy sector.

Branchburg, NJ, and Chicago, IL (August 1, 2014) – AZ Electronic Materials (“AZ”), a business unit of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and a leading global producer of high quality, high-purity specialty chemical materials used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, flat panel displays and LEDs, and SiNode Systems, Inc. (“SiNode”), a materials science company headquartered in Chicago, IL developing advanced materials for the energy storage market, announce they have entered into a Joint Development Agreement with the goal of commercializing graphene-based materials for lithium-ion batteries.

SiNode Systems was recently recognized as a successful example of the “Corporate-Startup Challenge” program conceived by the Illinois Innovation Council and managed by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC). The Corporate-Startup Challenge provides avenues for partnership and collaboration between promising local start-ups and Illinois corporate entities. SiNode’s strong relationship with Motorola Mobility is a direct result of the initiative and we are very thankful and excited for our continued involvement.

The SiNode team is pleased to announce the winning of a $1 million Phase II SBIR grant from the US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The follow on funding will be awarded under the vehicle technologies program to develop high energy density li-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicle applications over a period of two years. We would like to thank the Department of Energy for their continued support and belief in our team and technology.

SiNode Systems was featured in the 2014 State of ILlinois Economic Development Guide as one of many innovative Illinois companies turning academic research into valuable commercial technologies. The article called “Embracing Possibilities” starts on page 89 and also features a nice picture of our CEO.

We are pleased to announce that Energy Foundry will be joining our seed round of funding. Energy Foundry is an impact venture capital fund, created out of the Illinois Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act. The law directed Illinois electric utilities, ComEd and Ameren, to provide $22.5M for the creation of the fund, a first-of-its kind model to stimulate Illinois’ innovation ecosystem and to support the emerging energy-technology marketplace.

The SiNode Team just arrived in Barcelona to showcase at the Mobile World Congress 2014. Come visit us in Exhibit Hall 6!