COnovate
Volta MemberVFWauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
About
COnovate makes eCOphite, a bio-sourced carbon anode material that blends with graphite in lithium-ion cells, aimed first at LFP batteries for storage and defense.
Blended with graphite, eCOphite adds a predictable inflection point to the flat LFP voltage curve, which battery management systems use to estimate state of charge and state of health more accurately. It drops into existing cell designs and production lines, and the company reports benefits from blends as low as 5%. COnovate is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. It was founded in 2016 as SafeLi to commercialize graphene monoxide, under an exclusive license from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Foundation.
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Location Info
- HQ
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
North America (1)
- Office
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Quick Facts
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Funding
- Private
- Last Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
