New Materials

Our focus is on providing cost-effective structural solutions for automotive applications from microcars to trucks and buses. We can save significant weight from a vehicle body-in-white, as much as 200kg from a mid-size SUV, improving efficiency and dynamics, reducing battery size while maintaining range and performance, and giving vehicle manufacturers a competitive edge over their rivals.
Our technology is based on advanced simulation to optimize solutions for minimal cost per kilo saved, while using materials and production processes that are mature and globally available to OEMs.

CatAmmon was founded in 2024 based on five years of academic research led by two professors, and develops advanced metal-dopant and ceramic-based catalyst technologies for hydrogen and ammonia applications.

The company’s core focus is ammonia cracking for hydrogen production, enabling on-demand hydrogen supply for hydrogen-powered vehicles, ships, off-road machinery, and fueling stations. CatAmmon’s flagship cracking catalyst operates at 350–400°C, requires no rare or precious metals, and can reduce CapEx and OpEx by up to 50%, unlocking cleaner, cheaper, and scalable hydrogen production from ammonia.

In parallel, CatAmmon has developed a proprietary metal-dopant technology that matches precious-metal catalytic performance without rare metals, enabling the replacement of precious metals currently used in automotive catalytic converters. This approach reduces cost, supply-chain risk, and environmental impact while supporting large-scale deployment across mobility platforms.

As a longer-term extension, CatAmmon is also developing a near-atmospheric-pressure ammonia synthesis catalyst, targeting up to 55% reduction in ammonia production cost as a cleaner alternative to the traditional Haber–Bosch process.

Within its first year, CatAmmon raised $1.85M and is executing multiple PoC’s with leading global partners across Japan, Korea, Switzerland, and Germany.

LiGenerate is redefining urban mining with its unique, efficient, and cost-effective lithium-ion battery recycling process, enabling high-yield recovery of pure metals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt. Designed for scalability and minimal environmental impact, LiGenerate’s proprietary technology sets a new benchmark in sustainable resource extraction. At the core of this innovation is the LiGen Cell — a modular, room-temperature metal recovery unit built for seamless integration into industrial black-mass processing lines. With an annual capacity of 10,000 tons, LiGen Cell delivers an environmentally friendly and economically viable solution for large-scale battery recycling.

Salion Energy is developing high-power aqueous batteries for data centers, UPS systems, and grid backup. Our technology uses abundant, safe, and cost-effective materials to deliver energy storage solutions designed for daily operational use, combining high power, long cycle life, and safety.

Targeting AI data centers and large-scale grid storage, Salion’s batteries provide a scalable alternative that meets critical needs current technologies cannot fully address. Our solutions focus on operational reliability, safety, and long-term cost efficiency, supporting infrastructure that requires dependable, high-performance backup.

Salion’s team brings decades of experience in energy, technology, and research, working closely with leading academic institutions to advance our development and validate the technology.

As an early-stage venture, we are focused on demonstrating our technology’s potential and readiness for real-world applications, positioning us to meet the growing demand for stationary energy storage solutions while maintaining a clear path toward scale and commercial adoption.

Avenas is an innovative nanotechnology startup developing advanced nanoparticle-based coatings that enhance thermal management and energy efficiency. Our proprietary technology, HYPERION, reduces surface temperatures by up to 10°C, significantly lowering cooling costs while maintaining usability.

Designed for buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure, HYPERION provides a scalable and eco-friendly solution for industries seeking to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprints. The coating can be applied to windows, automotive surfaces, and walls, helping combat heat buildup and improve performance in high-temperature environments.

With increasing global concerns over energy consumption and climate change, Avenas is at the forefront of developing sustainable cooling solutions. Our team combines deep scientific expertise with real-world innovation, ensuring that cutting-edge research translates into practical applications.

Currently, Avenas is advancing proof-of-concept experiments, has filed two patent applications, and is actively engaged in strategic collaborations, including partnerships with MAFAT and the Israeli Military Industries. By pushing the boundaries of nanotechnology, we aim to redefine thermal efficiency across multiple industries and create a more sustainable future.

We provide scalable, resilient, and sustainable SMART grid technology that drives both energy security and clear economic savings

SurtBusters is a deep-tech startup revolutionizing fire safety with the world’s first universal, fluorine-free (F3) fire extinguishing and fire-retardant technologies. Our plant-based, biodegradable, and non-toxic solutions replace today’s environmentally harmful foams, aligning with new regulations and global sustainability demands.

Unlike conventional approaches that address only one element of the fire triangle, SurtBusters’ unique chemistry tackles two simultaneously. When exposed to high heat, our formulations create a powerful cooling effect and form a protective char layer, suffocating oxygen and preventing re-ignition. This dual action ensures unmatched effectiveness across all fire types, including wildfires, fuel and chemical blazes, and even lithium-ion battery fires.

Designed for seamless integration, our solutions work within existing firefighting infrastructure, enabling rapid adoption while safeguarding people, property, and the environment.

SolidT is pioneering a revolutionary solid-state temperature control system that transforms electronics cooling. Unlike traditional methods that rely on compressors and refrigerants, SolidT’s decentralized system enables precise and efficient thermal management for high-frequency processors, batteries, displays, and other critical components. This cutting-edge solution eliminates complexity, reduces weight, and enhances reliability, making it ideal for industries such as electronics, automotive, and high-energy devices.

By replacing conventional cooling technologies, SolidT significantly reduces energy consumption and operational costs. Its solid-state approach eliminates the need for environmentally harmful refrigerants, directly cutting carbon emissions and reducing the ecological footprint of temperature regulation systems. Additionally, the system’s increased efficiency lowers overall energy demand, supporting global sustainability goals.

SolidT’s technology not only improves performance and cost-effectiveness but also plays a crucial role in making cooling systems cleaner, greener, and more energy-efficient. This breakthrough is set to redefine temperature management across industries, accelerating the transition toward a more sustainable future.

We are three co-founders aiming to eliminate the need for disposable batteries by powering devices with sustainable indoor PV panels.
Prof. Lioz Etgar, a researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has vast experience in perovskite-based solar panels.
Dr. Yousef Farraj, CEO, is an entrepreneur with PhD in Chemistry in formulations and thin film fabrication via printing processes.
Dr. Bat-El Cohen Wiezel, CTO, has a PhD in perovskite-based solar panels and over 10 years of experience in the field.

Where there are people, there is waste. With so many of us, the amount of waste generated has reached 2 billion tons a year and continues to grow at an alarming rate. What if there was a way to put all this waste to good use? This is exactly the question that sparked the foundation of UBQ Materials. We set out on a mission to rethink the very notion of waste and turn it into something good, useful, even celebrated. For thousands of years, consumption was a straight line, and at the end of it was a pile of garbage. With UBQ, waste is not the end, it is only the beginning. The beginning of a new material and the building block of a world without waste.

PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO A REAL PROBLEM

TextRe is on a mission to make a worthwhile impact on carbon emissions by developing a PRACTICAL, COST-EFFECTIVE, SCALABLE alternative to virgin plastics. How? By repurposing synthetic fashion waste into meaningful, viable recycled plastic pellets & compounds to be used by the plastic industry for numerous applications.

The plastic industry is desperately seeking sustainable recycled materials, with demand expected to outweigh supply by three times in 2030 and by 50% in 2040. The industry still lacks viable, scalable and cost-effective alternatives, despite on-going developments in recycling efforts and sustainability technologies.

This is where TextRe comes in – with a patent-pending non-chemical process that starts with curating synthetic fashion waste, which is landfilled in abundance, followed by pelletizing the shredded feedstock to create high-quality recycled pellets and ending with a final step of compounding to produce industry-standard recycled compounds capable of replacing virgin polymers for various applications.

UNIQUE APPROACH – FUSION OF VISION & PRACTICALITY

What makes TextRe’s products and solutions viable and practical is the team’s integrative approach, incorporating veteran industry knowledge and expertise, materials engineering & technology as well as pragmatism and economics. The team understands the challenges of both the plastic and fashion industries, as well as the challenges relating to introducing a new material, all under the long-term vision and commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

INDUSTRY-STANDARD PRODUCTS FOR WIDE BREADTH APPLICATIONS

TextRe’s products are applicable in a variety of plastic applications and uses, including Consumer Products, Home Décor, Automotive & Transportation, Electronics & Electricity, Non-food packaging and Infrastructure.

Silib is developing and scaling up manufacturing of 3D, 100% pure Silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries. By using Silib’s anode Li-ion battery capacity can be increased by up to 40% without changing the battery form factor. The process is simple, cost effective and does not use any precious metals. The anode and the current collector are all in one piece and can be easily used in rolled or prismatic cells. Silib has demonstrated hundreds of stable cycles with limited capacity degradation.