Portfolio Categories: Startup

Phlair is revolutionizing carbon removal. With its hydrolyzer-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, Phlair enables scalable and low-cost CO2 capture from ambient air. Phlair’s system employs a pH-swing mechanism for efficient CO₂ capture and release, allowing for permanent storage or use in CO2-negative chemicals. Founded in 2022 and based in Munich, Germany, Phlair serves prominent…

ZeroEx is a German climate tech company scaling permanent carbon removal through Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW), a nature-based solution grounded in science, built for scale, and designed for real-world impact. We collaborate closely with farmers and local partners to deploy ERW across agricultural regions in Germany, applying basalt rock dust from nearby quarries to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. At the same time, this process enriches…

ionysis provides cutting-edge PFAS-free catalyst coated membranes (CCMs) for enhanced performance and sustainability in electrochemical applications. Our vision is the decarbonization of industry and heavy-duty transportation though innovative electrochemistry by respecting all planetary boundaries. Electrochemical technologies like fuel cells and electrolysers are pivotal for the energy transition, yet they are limited by current catalyst coated…

Almost all of our everyday products contain carbon. Carbon that is currently still extracted from fossil fuels in the chemical industry in a linear process. At the end of their life cycle, only a few products are recycled. The majority of products end up in landfill sites or are incinerated. Worldwide, only around 9% of…

Scale Energy is developing Europe’s largest decentralized battery storage network by using existing industrial grid connections, onsite solar and other existing infrastructure for flexible storage solutions. Industrial companies often have unused grid capacities that can be efficiently utilized by battery storage systems without the need for expensive grid expansions. Our solutions enable companies to reduce…

The COLIPI vision is Fermenting Renewable Carbon for Generational Life Quality! We close the carbon loop and enable climate-neutral value chains by replacing fossil carbon with biogenic or atmospheric carbon. This ensures that people can continue enjoying a high quality of life with affordable carbon-based products and services—without compromising the livelihood of future generations due…

Waste heat from industrial plants is often released into the atmosphere or, at best, used for district heating. Until now, no technology has been able to economically convert small, fluctuating heat sources into electricity. We offer a compact heat-to-power system housed in a 20-foot container that can be installed on-site at the customer’s facility. It…

At traceless, we create an innovative biomaterial from plant-based residues of the agricultural industry—naturally compostable, fully biobased, and plastic-free. A material designed to leave no harmful traces behind. With our technology, we are among the global pioneers in the field of innovative natural polymer materials. Based on our resource-efficient process, we produce traceless material in…

Ucaneo, based in Berlin, is at the forefront of developing innovative Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Their patented electrochemical process, inspired by the human lung, uses renewable energy and a specialized biomimetic solvent to efficiently remove CO2 from ambient air. By 2035, Ucaneo aims to remove 0.5 gigatons of…

Unbound Potential is driven by the mission to develop a novel type of battery, which will serve as one of the key elements of a decentralized and truly sustainable energy infrastructure. For this, we are addressing two challenges – firstly, the high cost of currently available storage technologies when deployed at scale, and secondly, their…