About us

PowerUp

Founded in 2017, PowerUp develops advanced battery analytics solutions that ensure a safe and reliable usage of batteries. By considering their actual use, our advanced algorithms and software allow to prevent critical issues, as well as maximize batteries performance and lifetime. These solutions support all kinds of lithium-ion batteries applications such as Energy Storage Systems, Electric Mobility or Backup Applications.

This technology is based on more than 15 years of research at CEA-LITEN and leverage more than 10 patents that related to battery degradation and ageing mechanisms diagnosis.

  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2018/2019
  • 2017
  • 2022

    May

    Launch of PowerUp cloud battery analytics solution: Battery Insight®

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  • 2021

    March

    The start-up stepped up its development on an industrial scale and launched its first product line: SKIPPER®.

    November

    PowerUp welcomes a new President & CEO, Abdelkrim Benamar – PhD, in order to accelerate its development and internationalization .

    Officialy a Solar Impulse company.

    PowerUp - 2020/2021
  • 2020

    February

    PowerUp pursue its development with experiments and the first deployments of solutions in France.

    November

    A second round of financing of €5 million from Supernova Invest, EDF Pulse Croissance and a private investor.

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  • 2018/2019

    September 2018

    The start-up has carried out PoCs with major industrial companies.

    June 2019

    The company completed a first round of financing of €2M from Supernova Invest Fund and a private investor.

    PowerUp is the 2019 Cleantech Open France winner.

    PowrerUp - 2018/2019
  • 2017

    April

    Founded in April 2017, PowerUp was born from the collaboration between Lumila and CEA-Liten.

    It brings together a team passionate about electronics, computer science and electrochemistry!

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A wealth of experience: The Management Team

Head and shoulders photo of Abdelkrim Benamar CEO of PowerUp

Abdelkrim Benamar

President & CEO

With a PhD in electronics and signal processing, Abdelkrim has held several strategic positions in major telecom companies. He joined PowerUp at the end of 2021 as President & CEO.

Photo of Phillippe de la Fortelle, CRO of PowerUp

Philippe de La Fortelle

CRO

Phillipe has more than 20 years working in sales & strategy within the Telecom industry and is responsible for the Sales & Marketing team of PowerUp as Chief Revenue Officer.

Arnaud Delaille

CSIO

With a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Paris VI, Arnaud worked for several years at CEA-Liten, in particular as Head of the Battery Laboratory. Co-founder of PowerUp, he holds the position of Chief Science and Innovation Officer.

People Power:
Meet the team

A wide variety of talents are needed to drive the battery analytics solutions developed by PowerUp. Our team includes electrochemistry doctorates, data scientists & engineers, SaaS specialists, front and back end developers as well as marketing and sales specialists.

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Join us

Interested in joining PowerUp?
PowerUp is always interested in finding out about prospective new talent. If you are creative, ambitious and have extensive experience in the energy storage or battery asset management fields or you are an experienced software developer, we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us.

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CEA-Liten spin-off

Our know-how is based on more than ten years of research within CEA-Liten about batteries ageing mechanism.

CEA LITEN

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