The Story

The Batemo story began in March 2017 when Dr.-Ing. Michael SchƶnĀ­leber and Dr.-Ing. Jan Richter founded the company in Karlsruhe, Germany. After a year-long product development, the Batemo Cells software was introĀ­duced to the market in March 2018. Since then, Batemo is cash-flow positive.

Our customers come from various markets: We work with compaĀ­nies from different indusĀ­tries such as power tools, light mobility, automoĀ­tive, aerospace, indusĀ­trial and cell manufacĀ­turing sectors.

OperaĀ­tion of the Batemo battery laboraĀ­tory began in June 2018. We characĀ­terize all types of battery cells with ambient temperĀ­aĀ­tures between ā€‘40Ā°C and 60Ā°C using terminal currents of up to 1420 A. Creating Batemo Cell Models does not work without looking inside battery cells. That is why we have been operating our own glovebox with a purified argon atmosĀ­phere since May 2019. We open battery cells and analyze the electrodes, the electrolyte and the separator independently. 
The year 2020 pushed us to another level. We further develĀ­oped our products and introĀ­duced the Batemo Cell Explorer to the market. Also, new solutions for battery system development like the Batemo Cell Data and the Batemo Cell Report helped us to draw a lot more attenĀ­tion and to grow, despite the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. 
At the beginĀ­ning of 2021, Batemo went into a strategic partnerĀ­ship with AVL. This is how we make all Batemo products availĀ­able for the AVL simulaĀ­tion and testing solutions to specifĀ­iĀ­cally service the automoĀ­tive industry like never before. AdditionĀ­ally, Batemo experiĀ­enced strong growth, both techniĀ­cally in the size of the Batemo Cell Explorer and commerĀ­cially in our customer base. Batemo received the Stellantis Supplier Award 2021 in the category of innovaĀ­tion for their ability to propose breakĀ­through technical solutions and new value-creating services. 
ContinĀ­uous growth leads to continĀ­uous innovaĀ­tion. In 2022, we introĀ­duced two new Batemo products to the market. The Batemo Cube Model allows for high-preciĀ­sion, discretized modeling and simulaĀ­tion of battery cells ā€“ something that gets imporĀ­tant when cells are larger. Our close cooperĀ­aĀ­tion with battery cell manufacĀ­turers resulted in the Batemo Cell Designer, the ultimate tool for battery cell design. To better serve our customers we partnered with Voltaiq and created the Battery Index. The SaaS offering relies on Batemo data and integrates into the Voltaiq platform. Moreover, the BMZ Group and Batemo went into a cooperĀ­aĀ­tion to better serve battery cell customers. Together we combine cell supply with indepenĀ­dent battery data and models, backed by Batemo. 
In 2023, Batemo reached another milestone: We moved the company to our new headquarĀ­ters with bigger offices, bigger labs, bigger test facilĀ­iĀ­ties, bigger everyĀ­thing. This major step was necesĀ­sary to keep up with our growth and to offer new solutions to our customers. We work closely with battery cell manufacĀ­turers to optimize the cell design and with customer from various indusĀ­tries on aging.

Until today, Batemo is 100% indepenĀ­dent and completely customer-funded.

SponsorĀ­ships

Batemo commits to educate and train the next generĀ­aĀ­tion of engineers. This is our way to enable young, motivated engineers and scienĀ­tists to find novel technical solutions that save energy, are CO2 neutral and fight climate change. ThereĀ­fore, we sponsor exciting student projects around the world:  If you work on a student project and are also interĀ­ested in a sponsorĀ­ship by Batemo, please contact us. 

The Founders

Batemo Founders - Jan Richter

Dr.-Ing.
Jan
Richter

CEO

Dr.-Ing. Jan Richter studied electrical engineering and inforĀ­maĀ­tion technology at the Karlsruhe InstiĀ­tute of Technology (KIT). He focused on electric mobility and the fields of electroĀ­chemĀ­ical energy storage, power electronics, and electrical machines. During his studies, he spent half a year working for the Dalian InstiĀ­tute of Chemical Physics in China and for Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America in the USA. AfterĀ­wards, he completed his doctorate on modelĀ­ling, parameter identiĀ­fiĀ­caĀ­tion and control of highly-utilized synchroĀ­nous machines at the InstiĀ­tute of Electrical Engineering (ETI) at KIT, graduĀ­ating summa cum laude. For his research he received the PCIM Young Engineer Award. As part of his activĀ­iĀ­ties, he develĀ­oped a model-based development tool for power electronics and electrical machines for a Tierā€‘1 automoĀ­tive supplier. During his underĀ­gradĀ­uate and graduate studies, he received a scholĀ­arĀ­ship from the StudiĀ­enĀ­sĀ­tiftung des deutschen Volkes.

Dr.-Ing.
Michael
SchƶnĀ­leber

Cto

Dr.-Ing. Michael SchƶnĀ­leber studied electrical engineering and inforĀ­maĀ­tion technology at the Karlsruhe InstiĀ­tute of Technology (KIT). He specialĀ­ized in electroĀ­chemĀ­istry and system theory, with a focus on lithium-ion-batteries. At the end of his studies, he worked for Robert Bosch LLC in the USA, where he develĀ­oped algorithms for combined parameter and state estimaĀ­tion in modern battery manageĀ­ment systems. He was awarded the ContiĀ­nental Auto-Motivated Award and recogĀ­nized the Siemens Energy Award as top student of his year.

After that he completed his doctorate graduĀ­ating summa cum laude at the InstiĀ­tute for Materials in Electrical Engineering (IAM-WET) at KIT. As part of an industry project with an automoĀ­tive manufacĀ­turer, he researched the low frequency behavior of NMC cathodes and aging of lithium-ion-batteries. For his doctoral thesis, he received the Carl FreudenĀ­berg Prize.