Hydrogen tech developer to build fastest electrocatalyst discovery process

H2U Technologies closed $11 million in Series A funding and will use the proceeds to achieve its goal. Hydrogen tech developer H2U Technologies, Inc. has just announced that it closed an oversubscribed $11 million Series A funding round with a number of top energy and venture capital firms, led by Jericho Energy Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, VoLo Earth Ventures, and Hess Corporation. The company is developing new green H2 technology in the form of innovative electrolyzer designs. H2U had already raised a $7 million first tranche of Series A financing in 2021, which was led also by Jericho, as…

H2U Technologies closed $11 million in Series A funding and will use the proceeds to achieve its goal.

Hydrogen tech developer H2U Technologies, Inc. has just announced that it closed an oversubscribed $11 million Series A funding round with a number of top energy and venture capital firms, led by Jericho Energy Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, VoLo Earth Ventures, and Hess Corporation.

The company is developing new green H2 technology in the form of innovative electrolyzer designs.

H2U had already raised a $7 million first tranche of Series A financing in 2021, which was led also by Jericho, as well as Hess, Dolby Family Ventures and Motus Ventures. The deal’s proceeds will be used for H2U’s innovative electrolyzer designs as well as to commission the construction of its proprietary hydrogen technology called the Catalyst Discovery Engine (CDE). The CDE is one million times faster than conventional catalyst discovery processes. It applies artificial intelligence (AI) for the identification of non-PGM (Platinum Group Metals) PEM catalysts. The team is led by Dr. Nathan Lewis, the chief scientific advisor at H2U and professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

The CDE hydrogen technology was developed by more than 50 PhDs at Caltech.

The PhDs were all from the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis at Caltech, and they were funded by $120 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Lewis and H2U President and Chief Executive Officer Mark McGough lead the project but are working with a skilled team that includes many other staff PhD professionals.[aweber listid="6179904" formid="1469020671" formtype="webform"] “H2U is leading the way in developing the technologies that are needed to advance the global energy transition. We are pleased to make this investment to further accelerate H2U’s remarkable innovation in the hydrogen space,” said Tim Goodell, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Hess. Identifying efficient and affordable catalysts for electrolysis green hydrogen tech is considered by many to be a key goal in ensuring that H2 will be an affordable carbon emission-free alternative to fossil fuels. As the demand for clean H2 continues to grow, so does the need for alternatives to expensive rare earth metals for use as catalysts for electrolysis.