Kellogg Start Up Charges Ahead in the Energy Industry
This article was originally sourced from “Clean Energy Student Startup Charges Ahead,” an article in the Campus Life section of Northwestern University’s Alumni Magazine, Northwestern.
Since winning just under $1 million in grant money at business plan competitions last year, SiNode Systems, a Chicago-based energy startup, is looking to change the energy industry with its innovative battery technologies. Since being founded by a team of Kellogg School of Management and McCormick students through NUvention, the start-up has quadrupled its staff, opened a new lab facility, closed a round of private financing, signed a partnership deal with a multibillion-dollar chemical company and reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy on June 16 that awarded SiNode a $1 million follow-on grant to develop its technology for electric cars. Continue reading…
