Holyvolt announced that it has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a company known for its work in battery materials discovery. The deal brings together Holyvolt’s scalable manufacturing technologies with Wildcat’s advanced materials development platform to accelerate the path from laboratory breakthroughs to industrial battery production.
The companies said the integration is intended to address a widening gap in the global battery industry. Over the past decade, Western countries have struggled to keep pace with Asia in battery development and manufacturing. According to the announcement, momentum in the West slowed further in 2025 as battery plant projects were canceled, funding declined, and automotive manufacturers reduced off-take commitments. At the same time, the demand for batteries continues to grow as electrification spreads across transportation, industry, and digital infrastructure.
Holyvolt argues that access to batteries is essential for building a safe and sustainable society. The company pointed to rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centers as one of several factors increasing the need for reliable energy storage. As automation expands and transportation shifts toward electrification, Western automakers risk falling behind global competitors without stronger domestic battery innovation.
Wildcat Discovery Technologies provides a high-throughput experimentation platform that simultaneously synthesizes and screens thousands of battery material combinations. According to the company, the approach allows researchers to identify optimal battery chemistries up to ten times faster than traditional research methods. The platform also supports AI-driven materials discovery by linking machine learning models to automated experiments, creating rapid feedback loops between prediction and real-world validation.
Holyvolt plans to integrate this discovery platform with its own manufacturing technology. The company uses a flexible screen-printing process and water-based production approach designed to enable modular and energy-efficient electrode manufacturing while reducing both capital costs and environmental impact compared with conventional battery production methods.
The combined technology stack is intended to connect rapid materials discovery directly to scalable manufacturing. Holyvolt says the integration could accelerate the development of cleaner and more affordable batteries while strengthening supply chains in Europe and North America. The companies also highlighted potential cost and performance advantages from battery materials that eliminate cobalt and nickel.
Following a recent €20 million funding round, Holyvolt said the acquisition positions the company to support partners across the battery value chain. For customers, the combined platform aims to shorten development timelines for new battery materials, enable more predictable and optimized battery systems, reduce production costs and capital requirements, and create more secure supply chains for energy storage technologies.
Holyvolt was founded in Sweden in 2022 and focuses on energy production and storage technologies based on its proprietary Nanopaste-Printing technology. The company operates in Stockholm and Munich and develops technologies for solar cells, battery cells, and heating systems.
KEY QUOTES:
“The acquisition of Wildcat is a perfect complement to our intended strategy of developing new technologies for the battery industry. Holyvolt is focused on developing new processes to make batteries cleaner and more affordable, and Wildcat has been pursuing the same goals via materials development and better chemistry. Combined, we are building what we believe is the most compelling technology to deliver on these objectives.”
Mathias Ingvarsson, Founder And CEO, Holyvolt
“The West must accelerate the development of next-generation battery technologies to secure long-term energy independence. The acquisition of Wildcat strengthens our ability to advance that mission.”
Magnus Tyreman, Chairman, Holyvolt
“The Wildcat team is thrilled with this acquisition by Holyvolt. Mathias and team are very thoughtful with regard to their objectives in the battery industry, and recognise the value that Wildcat’s High Throughput Platform can deliver to our combined company and the industry at large. With Holyvolt’s vision and financial backing, Wildcat can finally unlock the true potential of high throughput combinatorial chemistry for battery materials.”
Mark Gresser, President And CEO, Wildcat Discovery Technologies
“With Holyvolt, we can do for batteries what high throughput and AI have done for drug discovery.”
Prof. Peter Schultz, Founder, Wildcat Discovery Technologies, And CEO, Scripps Research
