Illumion Ltd

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.