Leading manufacturing and battery innovation, together.

About Us

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Sakuu is reinventing battery manufacturing and technology via total process and product disruption.

In process, batteries can be rapid printed from the transformative Kavian™ platform in gigafactory settings, which enables mass-scale, cost-effective, and sustainable production to meet global cell demand.

In product, our Swift Print™ solid-state batteries can deliver best-in-class performance and safety in a recyclable and customizable format. Proprietary cell technologies can provide superior energy densities for broad industry applications.

The big picture impact of our manufacturing and battery technology is profound.

Our Mission

To power the renewable energy revolution with industry-leading solid-state batteries made from the world’s most sustainable manufacturing platform.

Timeline

2023

Sakuu to Become Publicly Traded Company via Business Combination with Plum Acquisition Corp. I

Sakuu is the first company of record to 3D print fully functional batteries in custom shapes and sizes with patterned openings for thermal management in a fully dry process.

2022

Manufacturing: Kavian D-1000 platform prints advanced active device.

Sakuu opens 79,000 square foot Kavian platform development facility in San Jose, California.

2021

Battery: 3Ah cells ship to clients worldwide in Q4.

Battery: 1000mAh battery powers drone flight.

KeraCel rebrands to Sakuu.

$50M Series A funding round.

2020

Battery: First company of record to 3D print a ceramic battery.

2019

Battery: First known multi-material, multi-process printing of an electrical device.

Manufacturing: Developed first known multi-material, multi-process platform.

2018

Materials: Sakuu’s first material set for electro-chemical device developed.

2017

Battery: Sakuu’ s first patent filed for solid-state battery structure.

2016

KeraCel is founded by CEO and Chairman Robert Bagheri in San Jose, California—later to become Sakuu. Bagheri infuses the process and rigor learned from multiple successful ventures in the semiconductor industry into pioneering mass-scale state-of-the-art

Senior Leadership

Robert Bagheri
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Chief Executive Officer, Founder & Director
Karl Littau
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Chief Technology Officer
David Pederson
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VP, Marketing
Nahid Afshar
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SVP, Manufacturing Technology & Quality
Arwed Niestroj
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SVP, E-Mobility & Product

Board of Directors

Camillo Martino
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Chairman

Partners and Investors

We partner with established and emerging leaders to bring our vision of high-volume, sustainably printed batteries to industries worldwide.

Porsche Consulting
Altus
Candou
Modern
Musashi
Trillian
GreenMe