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Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada. The company aims to recycle lithium-ion batteries and produce battery materials for electromobility and electrical storage systems. Founded in 2017 by J. B. Straubel, Redwood Materials was reported to have a valuation of about $6 billion as of October 2025.
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Redwood Materials at a glance
Redwood Materials is a manufacturing company, founded in 2017. It has raised at least $969.4M across the 4 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round raised $153.9M in May 2022. Xcout tracks 1 named person at Redwood Materials, including J. B. Straubel (CEO). Xcout recorded 345 job postings from Redwood Materials in the last 90 days, naming tools such as SAP, Tableau, Jira.
Redwood Materials leadership
- J. B. StraubelCEO
Redwood Materials funding rounds
At least $969.4M raised across the 4 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D filing | $153.9M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $776.6M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $36.9M | — | |
| Seed | $2M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Redwood Materials
Xcout recorded 345 job postings from Redwood Materials in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since July 2026.
Tools named in Redwood Materials's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 14 tools — see Redwood Materials's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 78 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 225 scale-up industrials companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Redwood Materials’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
Tech stack
Redwood Materials competitors
A few of Redwood Materials's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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Microvast Holdings, Inc. is a company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced battery systems tailored for electric vehicles (EVs) and stationary energy storage. The company showcases vertical integration by also producing key battery components, including cathodes, anodes, electrolytes, and separators. Their product offerings feature a diverse selection of cell chemistries, such as lithium titanate oxide (LTO), lithium iron phosphate (LFP), and both first and second-generation nickel manganese cobalt (NMC). Microvast's battery solutions are utilized across a broad spectrum of commercial vehicle markets worldwide, encompassing buses, trains, mining trucks, marine and port equipment, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), specialty vehicles, and light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks. Established in 2006, the company's base of operations is in Stafford, Texas.
Predominantly operating in the United States, Aqua Metals, Inc. specializes in the reclamation of lead. This company manufactures and supplies various forms of lead, including hard lead and lead-based compounds, in addition to plastic materials. Aqua Metals, Inc. commenced operations in 2014 and has its corporate headquarters situated in Reno, Nevada.
Nano One Materials Corp. operates as a process technology company transforming cathode active material production for lithium-ion batteries in Canada. The company offers One-PotTM, a process to produce cathode active materials for lithium-ion battery applications in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and consumer electronics. Nano One Materials Corp. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.
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- 4 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
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