florrent

🌱 Seed Round Announcement from florrent! 🔊 We are very excited to share that florrent has secured $3.6M in Seed funding, led by MassVentures, in addition to over $650K in recent grant awards, to advance our mission of revolutionizing supercapacitor technology while building an economically sustainable business that innovates for the well-being of people and the planet. 🌎 Our success is fueled by the support of an incredible group of Seed investors, including Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, MassMutual Catalyst Fund, Boston Impact Initiative, Maroon Venture Partners Fund, Collaborative Fund, Elbezius, and The Sky Foundation. We’re also thankful to have non-dilutive grant funding from Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Activate, and others to be announced. This funding will help us scale our activated carbon production facilities in Western Massachusetts, expand our team, and invest in essential capital expenditures. Over the next 24 months, we plan to complete customer proof-of-concept testing with our cylindrical cell and module products and further validate our innovation’s techno-economics with customers ready for commercial offtake in high-volume markets. We’re excited about the journey ahead and grateful to our ecosystem of investors, advisors, and partners for making it possible. To read the full press release, follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/etcFqyW5 #SeedFunding #Innovation #Sustainability #Deeptech #florrent #CleanEnergy #EnergyJustice #ThroughPowerWeEmpower

⚡ Meet Riddhima K., florrent's Process Engineer! Riddhima graduated from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, and has previously worked as a wastewater process design engineer. She grew up in California and recently relocated to Amherst to join florrent’s team. Outside of work, she likes to read epic fantasy novels, go for runs/long walks, and visit museums. Welcome to the team, Rid! #NewHire #florrent #ThroughPowerWeEmpower #cleantech #climatetech #deeptech #processengineer

🔋 Meet Adam Bickerstaff, florrent's R&D Cell Engineer! Adam was born in Baltimore, MD and raised in Southbury, CT. He graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, where he concentrated on photovoltaics. Adam also worked at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel researching perovskite solar cells and spent time at The Duracell Company working on their AA and AAA alkaline cell products. He then matriculated into the realm of polymer and adhesive coating as a product development engineer, developing new adhesive products and coating processes, using comma, slot die, gravure, reverse roll, meyer rod, and flexographic coating methods. A desire to work once again in the real of renewable energy and electrochemistry while applying his unique skill set obtained through the polymer and adhesive coating industry attracted him to florrent. In his free time Adam likes to go to the gym, play golf, read, cook, and hike. Welcome to the team, Adam! #NewHire #florrent #ThroughPowerWeEmpower #cleantech #climatetech #deeptech #cellengineer #researchanddevelopment

This Thursday, I'm teaming up with Jose LaSalle to head to the UMass Institute for Applied Life Sciences and talk all things Activate and hard tech entrepreneurship. Join us for a lunch & learn to hear more about Jose's journey with florrent, and how you can #BecomeAnActivateFellow Space is limited, so grab your spot now! ➡ https://lnkd.in/ekeGbfVg Big thanks to Julian Lustig-Gonzalez and Karen Utgoff for making this happen!

There's more than just football at Gillette Stadium this week 🏈🔊 I'm looking forward to joining the panel discussion "Finding Success Outside of Boston and Cambridge" tomorrow at Gillette Stadium for Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's #MashUp2024! I'll be sharing a bit about our florrent story planting roots in Western Mass, alongside some inspiring panelists, Marcie Black, Julie Bliss Mullen, and Peter Milano, and moderated by the one and only Stacy Swider. Our panel is at 1:30 in Suite R71. If you'll be in Foxborough tomorrow let me know - I'd love to connect afterwards! #MassMakes #Manufacturing #DeepTech #HardTech #Events #florrent Full details: https://lnkd.in/epDU5Wtb

The florrent team is excited to kick off a busy Fall conference and event season this week at #ClimateWeekNYC and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative #Mashup2024! We're also looking forward to attending, exhibiting, paneling, and showcasing at all of the events listed below in the coming weeks: 🔋The Battery Show: Detroit, MI 10/7 - 10/10 ⚙The Engine Accelerator #ToughTech Summit: Boston, MA 10/8 - 10/9 💡Massachusetts Innovation Network #Eddies2024 Showcase: Boston, MA 10/9 🔋New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) #NYBESTTech2024 Conference: Binghamton, NY 10/24 🌎Greentown Labs #ClimateTechSummit: Somerville, MA 10/24 🌲Trellis Group #VERGE24: San Jose, CA 10/29 - 10/31 We will be meeting with as many customers, investors, and partners that we can at these events. If you or anyone in your network will be attending, please reach out to a florrent team member to let us know - we'd be grateful to connect! #Events #CleanTech #DeepTech #florrent

As we prepare to turn the page from Summer to Fall, we want to take a moment to appreciate all that our Summer Interns brought to florrent this year: 🔋 Faviola Villariny-Rosado spent a 6-month R&D co-op with us, working alongside Emily Carino in the florrent labs. Reflecting on her time, Faviola had this to say about her experience: “This internship experience at florrent has been very rewarding and motivational. In the past 6 months, I have developed a wide variety of experimental techniques and problem-solving skills, shaping me into a better researcher and professional. Working with individuals who are passionate and hard-working has inspired me to continue pursuing a career in energy storage research. I am grateful for this amazing opportunity and to have been part of the florrent team! “ 📈 Pankaj Toppo was florrent's Summer Marketing & Operations Intern, who worked closely with Jose LaSalle and Joe Hastry, MSA CPA across a number of projects. Pankaj shared his thoughts: "Interning with florrent this summer was an incredible experience for me as a green energy and sustainability enthusiast. I had the chance to work on impactful projects in fundraising, grant management, partnership agreements, supply chain optimization, and dashboard building, all of which significantly sharpened my strategic and operational skills. I'm deeply grateful to florrent for providing me with this unique opportunity, with a perfect blend of culture and motivation, making my internship truly fulfilling." Thank you both for being exceptional team members and good luck back at the University of Massachusetts Amherst this semester! #InternAppreciation #climatetech #deeptech #florrent #ThroughPowerWeEmpower

Thank you to our incredible People Consultant, Nupur Amin, for coming out to Western Mass with us for a full-team training day last month! Pictured here is the florrent team with Nupur (and a guest appearance from Ryan's dog, Charlie!) in front of our 5,000 sq. ft. lab + office facility in Sunderland. The trainings were focused on ensuring we maintain efficiency and consistency across our organization as florrent grows, and these sessions specifically were about providing frameworks related to efficient meeting design and applying the #culturemap to learn more about interpersonal work styles. At florrent, we believe diverse teams generate more innovative solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Understanding cultural differences is a key step in decoding how people think, lead, and get things done, and is essential for a diverse organization. You can learn more about the other services Nupur and her firm, Beyond Scale, offer by heading to her LinkedIn profile. #team #personaldevelopment #diversity #florrent #growth

🔊 Meet Han Zong, Ph. D., florrent's Process Engineer! Han was born and raised in China and has been living and studying in the United States for over 12 years now. Han earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, as well as an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech College of Engineering. He has been doing research in renewable energy, sustainability, and catalysis since 2016. Han plays basketball regularly and enjoys watching sports, following One Piece, building PC's, and exploring new restaurants. Welcome to the team, Han! #NewHire #florrent #ThroughPowerWeEmpower #cleantech #climatetech #processengineer

We're looking forward to Boston's first Climatetech in the City event next week! Thanks to Schneider Electric, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, NECEC, City of Boston, and Downtown Boston for creating the space to showcase the city's booming climatetech ecosystem. Stop by the florrent table to learn more about how we're turning biomass waste streams into high performance supercapacitor solutions right here in Massachusetts⚡ Climate Tech on the Plaza 📆 Date: July 24th 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 📍 Location: Boston City Hall Plaza See you there! #ClimateTech #BostonEvents #CleanEnergy #Innovation #florrent #ThroughPowerWeEmpower