Sydney, 8 April 2025 – Supercharge Australia is proud to announce the cohort selected for its latest program, the inaugural Supercharge Australia Incubator, designed to accelerate Australia’s lithium battery manufacturing and innovation capabilities through support of early-stage companies in prototype phase.

From battery chemistry breakthroughs and AI-powered energy technologies to materials innovation, recycling, second-life systems, and electrified mobility and infrastructure, this diverse group of startups represents a wave of transformative solutions for Australia’s battery value chain.

“Supercharge Australia aims to dramatically increase the flow of Australian founders and new businesses in the lithium battery value chain that can be supported by and take advantage of new funding programs like the AU$500M Battery Breakthrough Initiative, the AU$15B National Reconstruction Fund and the AU$23B Future Made in Australia program,” said Kirk McDonald, Project Manager for Supercharge Australia.

“This cohort is a great reflection of the breadth and ambition of Australian startup innovation in the battery sector,” said Megan Fisher, CEO of EnergyLab. Strengthening Australia’s innovation capability is critical—not only to securing our clean energy supply chain but also to fostering new companies, future employers, and manufacturers that will drive our economy forward.”

The first-ever Supercharge Australia Incubator cohort, during the virtual kickoff.

Meet the 2025 cohort:

• Adoxima (VIC) – Co-founded by Dr. Vyom Parashar and Kristoffer Collopy, Adoxima produces high-purity metal oxides for battery applications and clean hydrogen as a by-product.
• CarboPhite (VIC) – Dr. Mehrdad Parsa and his team are developing a cutting-edge, cost-effective, and eco-friendly carbon-coating technology for sustainable anode production and enhancing battery performance.
• InnoVoltIQ Tech (NSW) – Dylan Wei Zhang is leveraging existing technology to build an Australian battery and cell manufacturing capability.
• Li-ion Energy (WA) – Founded by Sarai Ball and Justin Manton, Li-ion Energy is reconditioning, recycling, and transforming lithium battery waste into reusable energy solutions.
• Naut (NZ) – Led by Fiona Bycroft and Lindsay Faithfull, Naut builds high-powered electric propulsion systems that go into the boat of your choice.
• Net Zero Engineering Solutions (SA) – Portia Rooney is providing consumer-focused bidirectional charging solutions for EVs
• Noizend (NSW) – Founded by Paul Monsted, Noizend is bringing people together through physics-informed active noise control for battery energy storage systems
• Powerblocks (NSW) – Julie Leung and Robert Mortimer are making energy storage for better communities – safe, modular and beautiful.
• Sustainable Lithium Cells Australia (QLD) – Founded by Andrew Chadwick, this startup uses second-life batteries to bring affordable energy storage to Australians
• Voltavate (VIC) – Amir Hooshang Taheri is revolutionising battery manufacturing with nanofiber-engineered separators that double battery life, improve safety, and reduce production waste and cost.

Over 12 weeks, the incubator provides hands-on support, strategic guidance, and ecosystem and investor connections for Australian founders building the future of energy storage and electrification. For more information on the Supercharge Australia Incubator, click here.

Supercharge Australia, a joint project of New Energy Nexus and EnergyLab, is accelerating Australia’s lithium battery value chain, catalyzing sovereign capability across the battery supply chain—from critical minerals to manufacturing, deployment, second-life and recycling.

About EnergyLab

EnergyLab is Australia’s largest climate tech startup accelerator and innovation network dedicated to reaching net zero emissions. EnergyLab connects talented founders to the mentors, advisors, partners, peers and investors they need to succeed and has so far supported over 240 startups and 150 aspiring founders through its various programs.

In addition to running 10 programs, EnergyLab operates a climate focused angel platform with a network of over 200 angel investors, a mentor network with over 450 experts, coworking and events space at UTS in Sydney all of these services are leveraged to support the clean energy and decarbonisation startup ecosystem in Australia.