Copernic Catalysts, Inc.
Copernic has leveraged AI and high-throughput experiment to develop a drop-in ammonia catalyst, branded Neptune™, that is more active under mild conditions, thereby reducing the cost of production for all colors of ammonia. Neptune can be used either in a bolt-on interstage retrofit to existing industrial-scale ammonia plants or as a replacement for the first bed in conventional/blue/green plant designs. When used as a bolt-on, Neptune can increase plant capacity by 7-20% while reducing OpEx by 5-15%, leading to annual profit increases of up to tens of millions of dollars.
Your IFA Innovation Platform Profile
What collaboration are we looking for?
We would be very interested to work with ammonia producers to have them involved with the pilot testing of our Neptune catalyst. This will allow them to evaluate whether a bolt-on retrofit/capacity increase might make sense for their plants to increase their profits and reduce their carbon footprint.
What solutions and opportunities are we offering?
Copernic offers our advanced Neptune™ ammonia synthesis catalyst for both retrofit capacity increases and first-bed drop-in replacements for their existing HB catalysts.
Additional geographies of business operation
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America
Additional geographies of business operation (per country)
coperniccatalysts.com
Maturity / funding
Seed
Additional Information
Funding received ($) and name of funders
US$13.7m in total funding, with investors including Breakout Ventures, Future Ventures, Engine Ventures, Innospark Ventures, New Climate Ventures, and Impact Science Ventures.
... of which loans & other funding
0.00
Awards received, and brief description of the award(s)
Recipient of the ARPA-E OPEN 2021 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and an AmplifyMass grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in 2022. Selected as a Top Innovator in the Low Carbon Fuels space by Darcy Partners in 2024.
Expected opening of next investment round
Q3 2026
Expected funding sought from next investment round
$10-15 million
Expected closing of next investment round
Q1 2027
Intellectual property & regulation
What is the IP status of your innovation(s)?
Patents pending
