V-Guard increases stake in battery startup Gegadyne Energy Labs with INR 25 crore investment
V-Guard invested INR 25 crore to increase its stake in battery startup Gegadyne Energy Labs. This raises V-Guard's fully diluted shareholding from 24.32.
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- V-Guard Industries increased its fully diluted shareholding from 24.32.
- Gegadyne Energy Labs, founded in Mumbai in 2015, specializes in graphene-based supercapacitor technology.
- The investment value is USD 25 million.
- V-Guard Industries, based in Kochi, India, manufactures electrical and electronic products including solar inverters.
- The deal, focused on storage technology, was announced on March 10, 2026.
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Post acquisition, V-Guard’s shareholding in Gegadyne Energy Labs increases to 30.35% (on fully diluted basis) from the current 24.32%. Gegadyne Energy Labs is developing non-lithium battery technology for energy storage, with advantages including lower total cost of ownership (TCO), longer operational life, faster recharge capability, better safety and lower maintenance requirements compared to conventional solutions. With the investment, V-Guard aims to “participate, nurture and have access to Gegadyne Energy Labs’ alternate battery technology with the potential to leverage the technology for various primary applications like distributed uninterruptible power supply (DUPS) systems and energy storage solutions and ‘secondary applications’ in other products of V-Guard’s existing portfolio.”
"V-Guard Industries has approved an additional investment of INR 25 crore in Gegadyne Energy Labs"
"Gegadyne Energy Labs, its associate company focused on alternative battery technologies."
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