The Battery Recycling Challenge
Recycling black mass into market-ready metals relies on processes that are polluting, capital-intensive, and operationally expensive, compounded by complex logistics and inconsistent feedstocks.
The result: Europe and North America lack refining capacity, fail to retain precious metals, and cannot achieve energy independence or a circular battery economy.
The LiGenerate solution
LiGenerate produces high-purity metals from spent battery black mass using a novel one-step closed-loop Solid State Reduction™ process that is low-cost, pollution-free, and profitable.
Our LiGen™ module integrates seamlessly into existing recycling plants, increasing profitability with zero pollution.
Battery recycling is profitable.
Urban battery mining is possible.
A truly circular battery economy.
Based on the Transport & Environment Report:
From waste to value, Europe's opportunity for self-sufficiency and a low-impact supply chain (Dec. 2024).
Technology
A new category in urban mining
LiGenerate developed a proprietary Solid State Reduction™ process that uses low-cost, continuously recycled reagents to convert transition-metal compounds directly into high-purity metals.
Unlike pyrometallurgical or acid-based hydrometallurgical methods, Solid State Reduction™ produces metallic phases directly within LiGen Cell™, a single-step reactor that operates at room temperature and completes metal extraction within hours.
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No furnaces,
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No solvent extraction or leaching,
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No multi-step purification.
The result: 99% pure elemental metals at a 99% recovery rate, ready for sale on the open market.
LiGen Cell™
A Modular Metal Recovery Unit
Integrated into Black Mass lines
The LiGen Cell™ module delivers 99% pure elemental metals using our one-step Solid State Reduction™ process, which is cost-effective, low-temperature, and does not emit harmful pollutants or wastewater.
LiGen Cell integrates seamlessly into existing recycling and black mass processing plants.
LiGen Cell can scale from a single TPA (ton per annum) to thousands of TPA using the same chemistry and architecture.
The LiGen Cell performs consistently and has been validated for refining black-mass feedstock across all chemistries, as well as combined-chemistry black-mass.
Our Team
LiGenerate is led by scientists with high expertise in battery technology, metallurgy, and materials chemistry, and by business leaders with experience in successfully leading BatteryTech and DeepTech companies.
Our scientific and entrepreneurial leadership is united by a shared vision to transform the battery lifecycle and reshape the future of new energy.
Core Team
Mike Goldstein
CEO
Shaul Bublil, Ph.D.
COO
Michael Salama, Ph.D.
CTO
Bar Gavriel, Ph.D.
CPO
Advisory Board
Liron Kolatker
Finance
Mark Firestein
Heavy Industry
Backed By
Earth & Beyond
Ventures
Zora Ventures
Israel Innovation
Authority
Coller Startup Prize