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Illumion Ltd

UK company 14191478, incorporated on 23 June 2022.

Transforming Energy Storage With Light | Illumion Ltd

Illumion enables faster, smarter battery innovation with Charge Photometry, revealing lithium dynamics in real time to improve materials and performance.

Company number
14191478
Incorporated
23 Jun 2022
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

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Founded / incorporated
23 June 2022

Company number 14191478

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Legal name
ILLUMION LTD
Company type
LTD
Region
North West England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event
23 Jun
2022

Incorporated

Inception

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Company description

illumion operates an energy storage management platform assessing battery performance.

Illumion Ltd, based in Cambridge, offers a charge photometry solution for battery testing and development, enabling easy visualisation of battery performance and pinpointing areas where improvements can be made.

The development of optical microscopes and their application. A simple, lab-based technique has been developed that allows researchers to visualize energy storage processes in real time, at sub-micrometer scales, and in realistic sample environments. The approach unlocks new possibilities for battery development and research in the pursuit of next-generation battery materials. The company aims to develop and sell microscopes, and at the same time explore more applications of the method.

Project impact

Royce Cambridge supported Illumion by providing facilitated access to Royce Facilities (Ambient Cluster Tool) via Royce Access Scheme. This also allowed Illumion to raise £2.1million Seed investment capital led by the Ventures team of Foresight, with additional participation from Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Parkwalk Advisers and Cambridge Angels.

The company has only just be founded.

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Public funding

1 award
First funded
2024
Funded years
2024
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2024 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

ReLIGHT

1 Feb 2024 to 31 Jan 2025

Awarded
£153,982
Total cost £219,974

Spent automotive batteries contain a wealth of precious materials that need to be recycled efficiently and sustainably. However, battery recycling currently requires elaborate and environmentally challenging chemical processes to extract some of the most sough-after raw materials such as copper, cobalt, nickel, manganese, lithium, and graphite. Direct rec...

Product types

Feasibility Studies