Paris-based Next Generation Fuels Industrial & Technological fund Calderion (Audacia), infrastructure developer Terravent, and WenCo Family Office have successfully closed a strategic double-digit million-euro financing round for Berlin-based Graforce GmbH.
The investment supports the industrial scaling of Graforce’s proprietary plasma pyrolysis technology, addressing the growing global demand for cost-efficient, low-carbon hydrogen, syngas, and carbon removal solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing industrial infrastructures.
Graforce’s innovative technology replaces CO₂-heavy conventional methods such as steam reforming and classical gasification by converting methane, biogas, flare gas, and landfill gas into valuable molecular components with plasma application. This results in highly efficient production of clean hydrogen and syngas, while generating high-purity carbon as an industrial raw material retained within material cycles. When using biogenic feedstocks, the process achieves a negative CO₂ footprint by permanently storing carbon, enabling decentralized production that minimizes transport costs and energy loss.
Simultaneously, Graforce is expanding its partnership with energy storage specialist RAG Austria AG to optimize system performance and industrial integration of its methane plasma pyrolysis plant, supporting modular deployment suited for variable renewable energy availability.
The financing will accelerate technological advancement, facilitate additional plant roll-outs, and drive international market growth, targeting expanded production capacities to serve steel, chemical, and transportation sectors.
Vincent Brillault, Founding Partner of Calderion, emphasized, “With Graforce’s addition, we reinforce next-generation fuel value chains by integrating CO₂ capture, plasma-based methane conversion, and synthetic fuels, advancing industrial decarbonization and sustainable maritime and aviation fuels. Their technology also provides natural hydrogen explorers a CO₂-free way to valorize methane.”
Jens Rötteken, CEO of Terravent, added, “Our project planning expertise helps bring this flexible, decentralized emission-free gas production technology to the global market, filling a critical industrial value chain gap.”
Dr. Jens Hanke, CEO of Graforce GmbH, stated, “This investment highlights our plasmalysis technology’s vast potential for sustainable energy transition. We are eager to collaborate for scaling and cost reduction.”
This funding and strategic partnership mark Graforce’s significant step toward establishing itself as a leader in clean energy and carbon reduction technology worldwide.
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