About
Brill Power brings together world-class leaders in Battery Intelligence.
Created in Oxford
Our story
Established in 2016, Brill Power is a founder-run start-up with roots in the Engineering Department at the University of Oxford. Our first product for the stationary storage market launched in 2021 and we are expanding into new markets such as electric vehicles.
Brill Power successfully achieved a Series A round raising of $10.5m in 2022 to support their mission to make batteries smarter, cleaner, safer and longer-lasting as a critical element of the shift to zero emissions energy. The funding supports team growth and new product development to expand presence in both static energy storage and the automotive sectors.
The round was led by two new blue-chip investors – Legal & General Capital and Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital Programme and supported by all of Brill’s existing investors including Oxford Science Enterprises, Oxford Investment Consultants and Oxford University. Shell Ventures and Climate KIC have also become shareholders.
Oxford
Born and based
Awards
Multiple national and international
35+
Growing team
1st
Ever Battery Intelligence Platform
Investors
Our journey so far
2016
Our co-founders’ research at Oxford University’s Department of Engineering finds that 50% of discarded batteries still have over 70% energy left in them
Company incorporated
Funding secured for first prototype and testing at Oxford University
2017
Pre-seed funding round
Brill Power is spun out of Oxford University’s Department of Engineering
Prototypes completed at the University of Oxford
Winner of Shell New Energy Challenge
Named EU-top 50 Seed stage company
2018
Recipient of grant from the Faraday Battery Challenge, and Innovate UK, EEF7
Winner of Japan Energy Challenge and Shell Springboard competition
2019
First pilot system delivered in Stationary Storage market
Winner of the LG Chem Battery Challenge in the BMS category
2020
£2.5M raised including an over-subscribed £1.4M seed round and public sector support worth £1.1M
2021
First product launch: the BrillMS B62 Premium Gen 1 – patented method of optimized cell-level current control ensuring that every single battery cell in the system is used to its fullest potential. Delivery of first systems to Faradion and Nation Energie
Completion of Proof of Concept of a hybrid battery system for high-performance vehicles in partnership with Delta Motorsport, Aston Martin Lagonda and Imperial College London.
2022
£8.6M raised in a Series A round led by Legal & General Capital and Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital Programme
Launch of our battery analytics platform, BrillAnalytics
Continuation of the expansion of our BMS to electric vehicles through an EEF9 project with a multinational OEM
2023
First commercial partnerships announced for the BESA BP6X1, our second generation BMS+ for stationary storage
Move to our current location in central Oxford
Team grows to 40 FTEs.
2024
First deliveries of BESA BP6X1 to stationary storage integrators
News
Insights and Articles
Brill Power Launches World’s First Battery Management as a Service (BMaaS) Offering
Brill Power has launched the world’s first Battery Management as a Service (BMaaS) offering to maximise the performance of battery systems. BMaaS links Brill Power’s Battery Intelligence Platform under a unified interface, presenting transformative results over the lifetime of battery systems.
Newsletter Winter 2024
2024 has been a busy year at Brill Power. We’ve brought our BESA BP6X1 product to market, undertaken extensive testing in our lab to validate the system up to 850V and supported customers on 3 continents to integrate BESA into their energy storage systems. In parallel, Brill Analytics has now monitored over 45MWh of energy throughput, helping partners analyse and optimise their energy storage systems.
Newsletter Autumn 2024
Lots going on at Brill Power this autumn with a busy period of intense testing in our UK lab in Oxford and the FCC approval of our BMS+ Power Converter. Volume shipment has also started with hundreds of BESA BP6X1 units being dispatched to reach their final destinations in our partners’ BESS in Europe, Australia and the US.