India, Feb. 14 -- Have you ever heard about 55 Cancri e? Discovered by NASA in 2004, the exoplanet, located about 41 light-years from us, is made of diamond (one of the purest forms of carbon) and is nine times the size of Earth.

Back home, a Jaipur-based startup took inspiration from this distant cousin of our planet to start its journey of building nanocarbon for batteries.

Founded in 2020 by Akshay Jain and Mahi Singh, Cancrie has developed an in-house technology to produce nanocarbons for batteries with various cell chemistries.

However, besides its name, what's interesting is that the startup uses coconut shell waste to produce nanocarbon. With its coconut shell-powered technology, Cancrie claims to offer enhanced battery performa...