Halifax’s Zen Electric Bikes, which works with prominent Dalhousie University battery scientist Jeff Dahn, has won $100,000 of non-dilutive funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC.
Founded last year by battery scientists and businessmen Ravi Kempaiah, Somu Kumar and Paul Daniel, Zen aims to improve the efficiency of electric bike batteries. The company’s research is overseen by Dahn, who previously presided over automotive giant Tesla’s Advanced Battery Research group. Zen Electric is also advised by Chris Burns, CEO of Australian battery unicorn Novonix, where Dahn