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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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
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