July 8 (SeeNews) – French industrial start-up Verkor has secured new funding of EUR 100 million (USD 118.2m) in its most recent fundraising, which was co-led by Swedish investment house EQT AB (STO:EQT) and French automaker Renault (EPA:RNO) and will pave the way for the production of high-performance electric vehicle (EV) battery cells in France.