![]() Leclanche Leclanche designs, develops, manufactures, and sells customized energy storage solutions for electricity generation and transmission, mass transportation, heavy industrial machines, and specialty battery systems. | ![]() VRB Energy VRB Energy (formerly known as Pu Neng and Prudent Energy) designs and manufactures Vanadium Redox Battery Energy Storage System, an advanced flow battery system. | ||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1909 | Founding Date 2006 | Founding Date 2001 |
Type | Type Public | Type Private | Type Private |
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Locations | Locations Yverdon-les-Bains, CH HQ Versailles, FR Willstätt, DE Anderson, US | Locations Tongzhou, CN HQ Vancouver, CA | Locations South Yorkshire, GB HQ Napoli, IT Gqeberha, ZA Bromsgrove, GB London, GB |
Employees | Employees 390 | Employees 34 | Employees 3061% increase |
Financial | |||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) CHF17.4m (FY, 2024) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) £7.6m (FY, 2018) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods CHF17.5m (FY, 2024) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods £6.8m (FY, 2018) |
Gross profit | Gross profit CHF1m (FY, 2024) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit £802.3k (FY, 2018) |
Net income | Net income (CHF67.7m) (FY, 2024) | Net income N/A | Net income (£2.5m) (FY, 2018) |
Funding | |||
Latest funding round | Latest funding round N/A | Latest funding round $ 29.5m (over 14 years ago) | Latest funding round $ 2m (almost 11 years ago) |
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 51.5m | Total funding raised $ 2m |

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