Addressing the future
Transportation generates 1/3 of all greenhouse gas emissions.
Fuel cells, together with batteries, can bring this number down to 0.
The problem
The core of the fuel cell that makes everything possible is the catalyst – which contains scarce and expensive platinum.
Platinum makes today’s fuel cells expensive even under the economies of scale.
Platinum will be the biggest ‘migraine’ for fuel cell producers and the main bottle-neck for this technology to scale massively.
Our product is
The solution
ReCatalyst develops, produces, and supplies customizable next-generation platinum-alloy catalyst solutions with the mission to optimize your usage of your precious metals.
Courtesy of EES group at University of Freiburg, funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the project FC-CAT, Grant No. 03SF0579B
How?
With ReCatalyst’s proprietary nano-tech production process that enables next generation of PEM fuel cells.
Milestones
Slide
2019
2021
Q2
Q1
Official incorporation of ReCatalyst
2021
Q1
Started with the ERC ‘PoC’ project ‘StableCat’
150 000 EUR
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 966654).
Q2
2022
Q1-3
Q2
Reached first customers
2023
Q1-2
Q1
Q2
Awards & recognitions
Slide
2019
Q2
Q3
Special 1st prize for innovations for the economy at 12th International Technology Transfer Conference issued by Institute Jožef Štefan
3000 EUR
Q2-3
Gold award issued by Ljubljana Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Silver award issued by Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
2020
Q4
2021
Q4
Q4
Q2
2022
Q1
Q2
Q4
Shortlisted for pitching at Tech Tour event Hydrogen Industry Roundtable & flagship event Sustainability22
2023
Q2
Team
Founded in 2021, we have recently closed an oversubscribed seed financing round and are expanding the team to bring together the experience in business development, technology, and engineering essential to make this happen.
TOMAŽ BIZJAK, M. PHIL
Co-founder, CEO
9y in technology transfer, with specialisation in deep-tech venture creation
MATIJA GATALO, PhD
Co-founder, CTO
Main inventor of ReCatalyst’s core technology, 10y in fuel cell catalysts development
JAVIER GONZALEZ, MSc, EMBA
CMO
Hybrid business and science background. Serial entrepreneur with 9y of experience in general managing, rapid prototyping
JERNEJA LONČAR, MBA
Non-executive Advisory board
15y+ of tech investing and corporate development experience
TEO VELIKONJA, BSc
Financial Manager
10y+ experience in accounting and financial management
ALEKSANDRA LOGAR, BSc
Operations Manager
Experienced systems and operations professional in b2b industries
MARTIN PETRIC, MSc
Commercial Manager
Experienced business professional with an engineering background
LUKA PAVKO, PhD
Product Development Lead
4y+ experience in fuel cell catalyst development
JOŠT OBLAK, MSc
Process Development Engineer
Junior chemical engineer with high enthusiasm for the hydrogen economy
TINA ČERNIČ, MSc
Process Development Engineer
Junior chemical engineer with experience in nanotechnology and characterization
Natan Vovk, BSc
Product Development Engineer
Junior chemical engineer with the passion for carbon composite materials
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