Matteco raises €15 million Series A to expand production of its advanced materials for green hydrogen
Matteco, an advanced materials company with new solutions to decarbonize the economy and boost the competitiveness of renewable hydrogen, has closed a €15 million Series A investment round backed by a group of national and international family offices committed to impact investing, including Grupo ASV (Spain), Napali (Chile) and Zubi (Spain).
The capital raised will be used for the imminent opening and ramp up of its next generation catalyst and electrode factory in Paterna (Valencia), which will enable Matteco to produce the equivalent of 1 gigawatt (GW) of electrodes per year.
The company, led by Iker Marcaide as CEO and co-founder, will increase its production capacity to meet the growing demand for integrating its next generation catalysts and electrodes with alkaline and AEM electrolyzer manufacturers worldwide. Matteco already has customers in Europe, North America and Asia.
The growth and scale-up of production will grow the current team from 30 to 100 in 2025. The funds will also contribute to further innovation and optimization of production processes to remain at the technological forefront of the clean technology sector and help build a competitive European industry leading the transition to a decarbonized economy.
The closing of Series A and the entry of new partners with strong industrial and financial standing confirm Matteco's high potential in the clean technology and renewable hydrogen industry.
Iker Marcaide, co-founder and CEO of Matteco: “We look forward to this new phase of growth and scaling up with partners who strongly believe in impact investing so that together we can harness the potential of materials innovation to solve the environmental challenges we face.”
Matteco is thus consolidating its global position as a manufacturer of high-performance materials for decarbonization. “Our patented technology, built on more than 10 years of R&D, has a significant impact on the competitiveness of green hydrogen production”, stated Gonzalo Abellán, co-founder and CTO. In this context, its novel platinum-free materials (PGMs) offer best-in-class performance for electrolyzers by enabling lower energy consumption, higher current densities and superior stability and durability, revolutionizing the efficient production of green hydrogen and addressing the global industry's grand challenge: to significantly reduce the currently high production costs, both in terms of operations and equipment investment, to compete with and displace fossil fuels.
ABOUT MATTECO
Matteco is a materials technology company with a mission to decarbonize the economy and accelerate the energy transition, starting with solutions for green hydrogen production.
The company develops high performance catalysts, catalytic coatings and electrodes, key components in producing renewable hydrogen through alkaline electrolysis and AEM.
This patented technology, the result of more than 10 years of R&D, transforms the economics of green hydrogen production, reducing both capital investment and operating costs.
Matteco is a spin-off from the University of Valencia and is part of Zubi Labs, the impact company builder of the Zubi Group. Based in Valencia, Spain, it is currently expanding its manufacturing capacity to reach GW scale in 2024.
Contact José Manuel Sanchis. Communications & Marketing Manager
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ABOUT ZUBI LABS
Zubi Labs is an Impact Venture Builder that creates and develops companies in key themes such as climate change, circular economy, education, or diversity and social inclusion. Its unique approach is to not only provide financial support but also to work closely with entrepreneurs from the early stages of development through to scaling successful businesses that address social and environmental challenges.
The Venture Builder is part of the Zubi Group, a group of impact companies made up of a diverse and committed team with a clear mission: to solve challenges for a better future for all from a triple impact perspective - economic, environmental and social.