Who We Are
Variant Energy is a US-based manufacturer of lab-scale equipment for prototype lithium-ion battery cells. Leveraging years of experience in battery materials startups and large-scale cell manufacturing, Variant Energy's cutting-edge machinery empowers your startup or academic lab to acquire precise and dependable data, driving pioneering breakthroughs in energy storage.
Justin Doane - Founder & CEO
During his six-year tenure as Lead Cell Engineer at Sila Nanotechnologies, Justin faced the frustrating challenge of the lack of high-quality lab-scale cell prototyping equipment. Later, he joined Tesla where he led the development of the first GWh-scale machines for 4680 cell manufacturing, which further refined his expertise in machine design. Justin founded Variant Energy with the goal of bringing the sophistication of gigafactory-scale cell manufacturing to the R&D benchtop.