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Climate Grant Advance

Project K partners with Enduring Planet to develop potassium-ion batteries for fast-charging EVs

25 Years battery experience
$2.6M From US DOE's ARPA-E

Eliminating rare and expensive elements like lithium and cobalt

Project K is developing potassium-ion batteries for fast-charging EVs and affordable stationary storage while eliminating the need for rare and expensive elements like lithium and cobalt.

The Project K team has over 25 years' combined experience in developing and commercializing next-generation battery technologies. They're supported by grants from the US DOE's ARPA-E and the California Energy Commission's CalSEED program.

Project K's faster-charging and more affordable batteries can make EVs available to a wider market of consumers to help electrify more powertrains. Their stationary product also lowers the cost of deploying renewables like wind and solar.

Project K partnered with Enduring Planet to:

  • Accelerate product development
  • Reduce the need for dilutive financing

Flexible capital to build next-gen batteries

Project K partnered with Enduring Planet to work on their $2.6M ARPA-E grant. From the very start, it was clear to the Project K team that Enduring Planet not only understands the needs of founders and PIs, but they also understand the grant ecosystem.

The Project K team was drawn to the structure of the Grant Advance, with no warrants, no personal guarantees, and no collateral (beyond securing the loan against grant receivables).

I only wish I connected with Enduring Planet sooner.

Kevin Hurlbutt

Kevin Hurlbutt

CEO & Cofounder, Project K

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