Echion Technologies
Founded 2017 · 66 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
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Echion Technologies is a battery technology company that develops and commercialises XNO®, a niobium-based fast-charging battery anode material supplied to cell manufacturers worldwide. Its technology is deployed across industries including mining, AI datacentres, robotics, industrial energy storage, rail, and marine.
Founders & leadership
Echion Technologies was founded in 2017 by Jean de la Verpillière and Alex Groombridge.


Investors · 9
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Companies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- ECHION TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Company number
- 10680704
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 Mar 2017
- Registered office
- Unit 9-11 Cambridge South, West Way, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3FG
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Accounts
- last made up to 31 Mar 2025 · next due 31 Dec 2026
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 4 Apr 2026 · next due 18 Apr 2027
Current officers · 9
- Jean Guy Jacques Leclerc De La Verpilliere — secretary, appointed 21 Mar 2017
- Dennis Atkinson — director, appointed 25 Nov 2021
- Fabio D'Aiuto — director, appointed 20 Aug 2024
- James Thaddeus Frith — director, appointed 28 Mar 2025
- Christopher Wayne Gibbs — director, appointed 19 Jan 2021
- John Wedgwood Halfpenny — director, appointed 1 Jul 2019
- Jean Guy Jacques Leclerc De La Verpilliere — director, appointed 21 Mar 2017
- Mark Poole — director, appointed 1 Jul 2020
- Paul Smith — director, appointed 19 Aug 2021
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 30 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Echion Technologies do?
- Echion Technologies is a battery technology company that develops and commercialises XNO®, a niobium-based fast-charging battery anode material supplied to cell manufacturers worldwide. Its technology is deployed across industries including mining, AI datacentres, robotics, industrial energy storage, rail, and marine.
- Who founded Echion Technologies?
- Echion Technologies was founded by Jean de la Verpillière, Alex Groombridge in 2017.
- Who are Echion Technologies's investors?
- Echion Technologies's investors include EMV Capital, Kima Ventures, Martlet Capital, Zero Carbon Capital, Business Growth Fund, ePlanet Capital, Origin Capital, Volta Energy Storage and 1 more.







