Dr.-Ing. Jan Richter studied electrical engineering and information technology. He focused on electric mobility and the fields of electrochemical energy storage, power electronics, and electrical machines. He completed his doctorate on modelling, parameter identification and control of highly-utilized synchronous machines at the Institute of Electrical Engineering (ETI) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
In 2017, Dr.-Ing. Jan Richter founded Batemo GmbH together with Dr.-Ing. Michael Schoenleber in Karlsruhe. He operates as Batemo's CEO. Since then Batemo serves various markets and works with companies from different industries such as power tools, light mobility, automotive, aerospace, industrial and cell manufacturing sectors. Until today, Batemo is completely owned by the founders, independent and completely customer-funded.