UK battery materials startup TaiSan founded by chess champion raises £4.65M

A UK battery materials startup founded by a former chess champion has raised £4.65m in a seed round, it said today. TaiSan , which operates out of the Cambridge battery lab, builds next-generation sodium batteries for electric bikes, scooters, vehicles and power tools. It says its tech makes batteries that are more efficient than existing sodium-ion and lithium-ion battery rivals.