enaDyne raises €7M to convert CO₂ into valuable chemicals

Swedish startup Helios Innovations raises capital for PFAS and heavy metal water solutions Helios Innovations 💧 Innovations AB, a Swedish cleantech company, has raised €1.28 million (SEK 14.2 million) from venture investor BackingMinds to expand its industrial wastewater and PFAS treatment operations. The company, founded by Jonatan Persson and Johanna Gillberg, has reported a 170% revenue increase over the past year and currently treats highly contaminated wastewater for Nordic pharmaceutical and industrial companies. Helios’ on-site containerized technology removes heavy metals, oil residues, and persistent chemicals, reducing the need for water transport. The funding will support production scaling and expansion into other European markets. https://lnkd.in/dBnevvCr #nordicmade #sweden #funding #cleantech #climatetech #industrialtech #startups #trending Credit: Sara Mac Key

Excited to announce Antares Ventures' investment in enaDyne’s €7 million seed round, co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund (APEX Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners) and my friends Victor Pascucci III and Stefano Galiasso of Energy Capital Ventures®️, alongside Possible Ventures and returning angels Germany-based enaDyne, led by Philipp Hahn and Christian Koch, has developed modular non-thermal plasma reactors that cut industrial emissions like CF₄, PFAS, NOX, and VOCs while turning them into basic chemicals such as ethylene and methanol, essential feedstocks for industries like packaging, textiles, and electronics. For Asia, with fast-growing manufacturing, large semiconductor footprints, and a heavy reliance on imported petrochemicals, the impact is clear: cleaner air and more local production. At Antares, we see industrial decarbonisation not only as an environmental imperative but also as a defining opportunity for Asia’s next growth chapter. enaDyne’s technology can scale into semiconductor fabs, petrochemical plants, and renewable energy facilities, creating cleaner air and greater resource independence for the region. Full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gXNNTNpf #AntaresVentures #AsiaGrowthMarkets #ScalingInnovation #VentureCapital #Investment #AntaresPortfolio #IndustrialDecarbonisation Michael Gryseels Louis Christian Volk Murayama Milena Nikolova

Milvus Advanced, an Oxford-based startup, has raised a $6.9 million seed round led by Hoxton Ventures and joined by investors including LQD VC, Übermorgen Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Mark Leslie Enterprises, and Lowercarbon Capital. The funding will accelerate Milvus's commercialization of sustainable nanoalloy technologies designed to replace rare, critical metals across clean energy, transport, electronics, and chemical manufacturing. https://lnkd.in/e2hSDRhN #Venture #VentureCapital #VC

Today our client Current in partnership with mHUB has announced the seven startups selected for their Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator. This program will support innovators tackling some of today's toughest industrial water challenges with funding, mentorship and pilot opportunities. The cohort of seven includes: 🔹Amplify Dynamics, developing ultrasound removal of particle contaminants from water. 🔹FloNergia, building energy efficient, no-moving parts, water circulation and aeration systems. 🔹Grapherry, upcycling waste into customizable high-quality graphene. 🔹Nano Gas Environmental, creating tiny bubbles to clean dirty water and capture oil. 🔹Noah System, preventing lead contamination in drinking water through automated flushing. 🔹Rhoic, building a nanofiber manufacturing platform for customizable filtration and separation. 🔹Spacedrip, creating automated onsite water reuse systems cutting water bills. Each team will receive investment from mHUB Ventures and join the Great Lakes RENEW coalition of 75+ partners across six states advancing water tech research, commercialization, and workforce development. Thank you to industry partners Marmon, Sentry Equipment, Exelon, and Ingredion, and legal partner Perkins Coie! Read the full release: https://lnkd.in/gRfHirng #WaterInnovation #BlueEconomy #Startups #WaterTechAccelerator #GreatLakesRENEW #Accelerator #Hardtech #CircularEconomy

🔦 #impactStartupSpotlight Catalyxx is an innovative greentech company that is shaping the chemical industry by replacing the use of fossil-based feedstocks 👏 Catalyxx’s patented technology transforms bioethanol into high-value intermediate chemicals - butanol, hexanol, octanol, and decanol. Their disruptive technology has been fully proven at Demo Plant (TRL7), is scalable, and is ready to be deployed at an industrial scale. Moreover, it is carbon negative and reduces 3.5kg of CO2 per kg of chemical produced. The Spanish startup raised €3 million in funding in May, in a round led by Axon Partners Group. 📷 credit: Catalyxx

The future of sustainable chemistry production is here! 🧪 enaDyne has secured €7 million in seed funding to break the chemical industry's century-long dependency on fossil fuels. While traditional processes rely on high heat and pressure, enaDyne is taking a non-thermal plasma catalysis approach that converts CO₂ into valuable chemicals using pure electricity. ⚡ enaDyne's technology delivers >70% CO₂ conversion rates while eliminating "forever chemicals" like PFAS. 🌎 The funding round was co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund (a partnership between Amadeus Capital Partners and APEX Ventures) and Energy Capital Ventures®️, with participation from Antares Ventures and Possible Ventures. The capital will deploy a 20-foot modular pilot plant at an industrial customer site by mid-2026 and establish the first commercial product for plasma-based PFAS abatement. Congratulations to Philipp Hahn and the entire enaDyne team on this milestone! 🎉 Read more about the announcement in EU-Startups by David Cendón Garcia: https://lnkd.in/dYKEF6nB #startup #funding #deeptech #chemicals

💰🌎 Who led climate tech seed rounds in the US in Q3 '25? Here are 20 VCs and the 15 rounds they led — $141M in new capital deployed: • Radical Ventures: $24.5M → Emerald AI ⚡ Data center energy orchestration • Material Impact + Breakthrough Energy: $18.7M → Still Bright ⛏️ Electrochemical copper extraction • Lowercarbon Capital + Gigascale Capital: $11.5M → Terraton 🧑🌾 Biochar platform for farms • BMW i Ventures + Fortescue: $11M → Estes Energy 🔋 Modular high-voltage EV battery packs • Congruent Ventures: $10M → GridStrong 🔌 Grid compliance automation software • Union Square Ventures + Voyager Ventures: $10M → Electroflow Technologies 🔋 Low-cost cathode materials from brine • Lowercarbon Capital: $9.3M → Nevoya 🚛 Electric truck freight services • Hoxton Ventures: $8M → EVERBLOOM 🧵 Textile fibers from protein waste • Paradigm: $7.1M → Plural ⛓️ On-chain financing for clean assets • At One Ventures + Overture Ventures: $7M → ChemFinity Technologies ⚗️ Critical mineral recovery systems • Spero Ventures: $6M → Wattch ☀️ Monitoring and control software for solar • Version One Ventures: $5.5M → TRIC Robotics 🌱 UV-light robots for crop protection • R7: $5.3M → Soil Action, Inc. 🧪 Real-time soil chemistry sensing • Energy Transition Ventures: $4M → RenewCO₂ 🏭 CO2-to-chemical electrolyzers • Commonweal Ventures + New System Ventures: $3.3M → Pearl Edison 🏠 Home electrification software and services Who else should be on the list? #ClimateTech #ClimateVC #ClimateFinance #Seed

We tracked over 70 global Climate Tech deals last week. Here are the 7 most notable ones 🌍 🥩France-based ACCRO | Alternatives végétales closed a $58M early VC round from CREADEV - Creating for People , Roquette Ventures, Clay Capital, and others to expand production in Vitry-en-Artois and advance its high-moisture extrusion alt-meat technology. 🔋France-based Lithium de France closed a $46.9M Series B2 round from ARVERNE GROUP and Equinor Ventures to advance its pre-industrial phase with first drilling operations, a Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) demo plant, and Front-end Engineering Design (FEED). 🥗Netherlands-based The Protein Brewery closed a $35.3M Series B round from Invest-NL, Brabant Development Agency, Novo Holdings, Unovis Asset Management, and Madeli to expand Fermotein mycoprotein production and accelerate its commercialization in the US and EU. ♻️Germany-based cylib secured a $30.6M non-dilutive grant from the European Union to build an industrial-scale battery recycling facility using its OLiC technology to recover over 90% of critical materials from end-of-life EV batteries. 🍳Netherlands-based revyve closed a $28M Series B round from ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Sustainable Impact Fund, Invest-NL, Grey Silo Ventures, and others, to scale production of its yeast-based egg replacers and additives. 💻Switzerland-based Corintis closed a $24M Series A round from BlueYard Capital, Founderful, Acequia Capital, and others, to scale its semiconductor cooling technology and address the next AI chip bottleneck. 🚚US-based TELO Trucks raised a $20M Series A round from Yves Behar, Marc Tarpenning, TO VC, E12 Ventures, Neo, and others, to expand operations and development of its compact electric mini trucks. #startups #investments #funding #venturecapital #climatetech #netzeroinsights

Deeptech Startup HYDGEN Raises $5 Million to Power Next-Gen Hydrogen Technology Deeptech innovator HYDGEN has secured $5 million in a mix of equity and debt funding, led by Transition VC, with support from Cloudberry Pioneer Investments, Moringa Ventures, and strategic family offices from India and Singapore. The funds will help HYDGEN upgrade its production line, expand capacity to 250 kW, and scale operations to Japan, Europe, and the Middle East. Founded as a spin-off from the National University of Singapore, HYDGEN builds anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers that enable industries to produce ultra-pure hydrogen on-site combining alkaline cost efficiency with PEM-level performance. With successful pilot deployments across India, Singapore, and Southeast Asia, HYDGEN is now gearing up for commercial expansion and contributing to the global green hydrogen revolution. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gZAzb4cv #HYDGEN #Hydrogen #GreenHydrogen #Deeptech #TransitionVC #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #HydrogenEconomy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #StartupFunding #SingaporeStartups #IndiaStartups #ClimateTech #Innovation

Energytech Nexus announced eight winning startups from its 2025 Pilotathon and Showcase, held during Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week. This year’s theme, “Energy Access and Resilience,” brought together 24 startups to pitch pilot projects advancing clean and resilient energy systems. Founding Partner Nada Ahmed emphasized the event’s role in connecting innovators with industry leaders to scale breakthrough technologies. Pilotathon Winners: - Best Overall Pilot Pitch: Metal Light Inc. (NJ) – circular solid metal fuel replacing diesel - Best Commercial Readiness: espiku. (OR) & Serenity Power (Canada) – water treatment and solid oxide fuel cell innovations - Corporate Partners Choice: RUSHNU (CA) – CarbonCatalyze™ units converting CO₂ and salt into valuable chemicals - People’s Choice: Resin8 (TX) – AI-powered marketplace for industrial assets COPILOT Winners: - V-Glass, Inc. (WI) – vacuum-insulated glass - EnKoat (AZ) – decarbonizing buildings with advanced materials - Janta Power Inc (TX) – 3D solar tower technology - PolyQor (TX) – turning plastic waste into construction materials The COPILOT accelerator, backed by the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator and supported by Browning the Green Space, continues to foster inclusive growth in climatetech and energy innovation. 🔗 For more energy innovation news, visit www.xpylon.com #Houston #EnergyTech #CleanEnergy #Startups #Innovation #Climatetech #EnergyTransition #Xpylon