With its novel non-thermal plasma technology, enaDyne converts industrial CO2 emissions into valuable chemicals such as methanol and ethylene - achieving conversion rates of over 70 percent while simultaneously degrading "perpetual chemicals" (PFAS).

Leipzig, September 25, 2025 - enaDyne, the cleantech start-up for CO2 conversion, has successfully closed its seed financing round of 7 million euros. The round was co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund (a partnership of Amadeus Capital Partners and APEX Ventures) and Energy Capital Ventures. Antares Ventures, Possible Ventures and the business angels Wolfram Drescher, Andreas Werner and Sven Sieber also participated.

The fresh capital will enable enaDyne to realize its first pilot plant by mid-2026 - a decisive milestone on the way to sustainable chemical production.

"A huge thank you to our outstanding team and our investors," explains the founding team of enaDyne. "Together, we are setting a new standard for climate-friendly chemistry and showing that CO2 is not just a waste product, but a valuable resource."

enaDyne has been nominated by the US Carbon to Value Initiative: Out of 161 applications from 26 countries, the C2V initiative has selected enaDyne and seven other start-ups for the third year of its Carbontech Accelerator program.

New York/Freiberg, June 28, 2023 - The C2V Initiative received 161 applications covering a broad range of carbontech innovations, including point and direct air capture, carbon conversion to value-added products such as fuels, chemicals and materials, carbon dioxide removal (CDR), biomass-based technologies, carbon markets, and carbontech measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). After a highly competitive consultation and selection process, enaDyne was selected to participate in the C2V Initiative accelerator program.

During a six-month accelerator designed to support the startups' commercialization efforts and their carbontech innovations, the selected group will gain access to the Carbontech Leadership Council and other resources critical to their growth.

The Urban Future Lab is New York City's climate innovation hub for clean energy, sustainable urban infrastructure and deep decarbonization. The initiative aims to connect people, capital and purpose to develop market-ready solutions to climate change.

Three teams receive funding from the Federal Agency for Leapfrog Innovations for the further development of innovative technologies for the permanent storage of CO2 

Freiberg, May 2023 - With its innovative plasma catalysis technology, the Leipzig-based company endDyne has been selected for the second stage of the "Carbon-to-Value" challenge by an international jury from the German Federal Agency for Leapfrog Innovations SPRIND. The aim of this challenge, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is to achieve a breakthrough in the use of CO2 from the air in new products in order to make the fight against climate change economically viable. 

"The support from the Federal Agency for Leapfrog Innovations is an important milestone for enaDyne on the way to a unique offering for decarbonization and defossilization. This is because the enaDyne technology enables a sustainable and, above all, profitable circular economy that can largely avoid the use of fossil hydrocarbons in the chemical industry. Compared to many other technologies, this not only alleviates the symptoms of climate change, but also solves the underlying problems in the long term," explains enaDyne founder Philipp Hahn.

"To limit a serious increase in the global average temperature, it is not enough to avoid and reduce future CO2 emissions. We also need to remove a large amount of CO2 from the atmosphere," explained Jano Costard, Challenge Officer at SPRIND. "With this innovation competition, we want to help new processes achieve a technical and commercial breakthrough that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and then store it in valuable products in the long term."

In addition to enadyne, carbo Culture and MacroCarbon were selected for further funding. SPRIND supports the three teams in the further development of their technologies and commercialization of their products not only financially, but also with intensive coaching and contacts to private investors. This is intended to ensure that the young companies also receive follow-up financing for their further growth.

Award for revolutionary raw material extraction from CO2

Freiberg, June 23, 2023 - Double success for enadyne. The Saxon startup was awarded the overall victory and the Chemistry Cluster Prize at the 19th IQ Innovation Award for its plasma catalysis reactor.

 "In order to effectively combat climate change, we not only have to save_CO2, but ideally also consume the greenhouse gas as a resource. With its technology, enaDyne GmbH provides the key building block for this cycle, using_CO2 from industry for new products. This is not only climate-neutral, but_CO2-negative- a real feat in the chemical industry, which was previously dependent on fossil raw materials. The number one climate killer thus becomes a valuable raw material. We see this as a real breakthrough innovation and a breakthrough in the fight against global warming," explained Jörn-Heinrich Tobaben. Managing Director, Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland Management GmbH.

With the IQ Innovation Award Central Germany, the European Metropolitan Region of Central Germany promotes innovative, marketable products, processes and services in five industry-specific clusters. In the European Metropolitan Region of Central Germany, structurally significant companies, cities and districts, chambers and associations as well as universities and research institutions from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are committed to the common goal of sustainable development and marketing of the economic, scientific and cultural region of Central Germany.

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