Ep.30 Matthew Journee, Levistor

Ep.30 Matthew Journee, Levistor

From Sustaianble Times - Profit Meets Purpose by Sustainable Times

September 24, 2025 · 41 min

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Matthew Journee discusses Levistor's innovative flywheel technology and its potential impact on energy storage and electrification.

On this week’s episode of Profit Meets Purpose , we are joined by Matthew Journee, CEO of Levistor. He shares how a capital-light scaling model and breakthrough “shatterproof” flywheel technology could reshape the future of energy storage. “Energy storage is one of the cornerstone technologies we need for electrification. The difference between when we generate power and when we use it is now becoming critical and you have to make up that difference with storage,” explains Matthew. Levistor, founded in 2021, has already demonstrated its flywheel technology with National Highways and is now raising a seed round to move into commercial expansion. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, which wear out after around 1,000 charge cycles, Levistor’s flywheels can achieve more than a million cycles making them well suited to high-intensity applications such as EV charging, rail, and data centers. From modular design to a “recipe-based” manufacturing approach, Levistor’s strategy avoids the burden of building factories, focusing instead on mass production to bring the cost down. Matthew emphasises the magnitude of the shift to electrification. “We have built our entire civilisational energy…

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Guest: Matthew Journee

Topics covered

  • energy storage
  • flywheel technology
  • electrification
  • sustainability

Keywords

  • capital-light scaling
  • shatterproof technology
  • EV charging
  • net zero

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Products: Levistor flywheels

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