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January 28, 2022

Bored of waiting for your car to charge? Wise's Taavet Hinrikus thinks Skeleton has the key

Skeleton is raising (another) €38m to scale up its production


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Skeleton Technology is developing a charging solution based on curved graphene.

Wise cofounder Taavet Hinrikus is the latest big-name investor to back batteries, taking part in the €37.6m Series D round for Estonian startup Skeleton Technologies.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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