Founded 2009
Stage Revenue
Investors The Trendlines Group, Israel Electric Corp., Joseph Capital LLC, private angels
CEO Shani Keysar, PhD
Sol Chip’s Everlasting Solar Battery provides energy for the lifetime of low-power devices.
The compact, maintenance-free Everlasting Solar Battery can provide energy for the lifetime of low-power devices.
Sol Chip’s innovative technology provides a platform for disruptive applications such as precision agriculture and Internet of Things (IoT). It has been designed to enable autonomous operation of devices and systems powered by a plug-and-play solar energy source.
Dr. Peter Harrop (left) with Sol Chip CEO Shani Keysar and VP Bus. Dev. Rami Friedlander as they accept the award for Best Technical Development of Energy Harvesting at IDTechEx 2013.
20 years as an R&D expert with management experience in the semiconductor industry (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, IDC, Tower-Jazz); PhD, material science, chemical engineering
25 years’ executive management experience in small start-ups and in large multinationals (Zoran, WSI, Nvidia, Marvell); MSc, EE, computer engineering
15 years' management experience in the semiconductor industry; outstanding record of deploying successful strategies in the sales of complex technical solutions and microelectronics; MSc, EE, electronic engineer
30 years’ extensive business and entrepreneurial experience; president, Arkema’s Israel operation; previously, founded Mempile after serving as VP, Kardan Investments
Served as part of management of Israel Electric Corp. since 1996, initially as director of R&D Division; from 2003, Senior VP for Strategic Resources
Bernard L. Schwartz Chair for Information Nanotechnologies, Dept. of Physical Electronics; Dept. Head, School of EE, Faculty of Engineering, Vice Dean, Tel Aviv University
The 21st century has created an enormous demand for low-power applications such as wireless devices. Their ability to operate autonomously is limited by battery lifespan. The need to replace batteries causes considerable downtime, is expensive, and takes a heavy toll on the environment due to battery waste disposal.
Examples of segments that Sol Chip intends to penetrate with its first-generation product are wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks (WSN) for precision agriculture (e.g., drip irrigation, herd monitoring); environmental monitoring (e.g., humidity, light, temp, color, fertilizers, dimensions); and traceability systems (RFID).
