# Group14 Technologies

> Group14 Technologies is a Woodinville, Washington battery materials company that makes SCC55, a silicon-carbon composite anode material that replaces graphite in lithium-ion batteries to deliver higher energy density and faster charging. Spun out of EnerG2 in 2015 by Rick Luebbe and Dr. Rick Costantino, the company operates commercial factories in Washington State and South Korea and supplies more than 100 EV, consumer electronics, and energy-storage cell makers worldwide. It has raised over $1 billion in equity, including a $463M Series D in 2025 led by SK, Inc.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Woodinville, Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Rick Luebbe (Co-Founder & CEO), Dr. Rick Costantino (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~350 employees
- **Products:** SCC55, Silicon battery materials manufacturing, Silane production
- **Notable:** Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2022 (Green Energy) for SCC55, Raised over $1 billion in total equity funding, Closed $463M Series D in August 2025 led by SK, Inc.

## Products & services

- **SCC55** — A silicon-carbon composite anode material with a hard carbon scaffold that holds amorphous nano-sized silicon. It replaces or augments graphite in lithium-ion anodes, delivering roughly 5x the capacity of graphite, about 50% more energy density, and faster charging.
- **Silicon battery materials manufacturing** — Commercial-scale production of battery active materials (BAM) at factories BAM-1 (Woodinville, WA), BAM-2 (Moses Lake, WA), and BAM-3 (Sangju, South Korea).
- **Silane production** — Upstream silane gas manufacturing to secure a domestic feedstock supply chain, supported by US Department of Energy funding in Moses Lake, Washington.

## Achievements

- Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2022 (Green Energy) for SCC55
- Raised over $1 billion in total equity funding
- Closed $463M Series D in August 2025 led by SK, Inc.
- Acquired 100% ownership of its South Korea (BAM-3) factory from SK, Inc.
- Began EV-scale delivery of SCC55 to 100+ customers worldwide in 2024
- Selected by the US Department of Energy to build a domestic silane factory in Moses Lake, WA

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Closed $463M Series D led by SK, Inc. and acquired 100% ownership of its South Korea BAM factory; total equity raised surpasses $1B.
- **2024-09** — Began delivering SCC55 to over 100 EV and consumer electronics customers worldwide from an EV-scale factory.
- **2023-04** — Broke ground on BAM-2 in Moses Lake, Washington, designed to be the world's largest silicon battery materials factory.

## Links

- Website: https://group14.technology
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/group14-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/group14tech

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