Electro-Active Technologies

Name

Electro-Active Technologies

Legal name

Electro-Active Technologies Inc.

Website

https://electroactive.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste-to-Value Bioelectrochemical Systems

NAICS

Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311), Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Digestate Processing, Nutrient Recovery & Fertilizer Products (Struvite, Ammonia, Compost) (EUAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bio-based Fertilizers, Soil Amendments & Biostimulants (Digestate-derived, biochar-based inputs) (EUAAAIAH), Biofuels & Renewable Fuels Switching (Biomethane/RNG, Bio-oils, Sustainable Biomass) (EUABAJAD), Digestate & Compost Product Processing, Marketing & Distribution (Soil Amendments, Mulch) (EUAIAEAE)

Keywords

• Waste-to-hydrogen systems
• Bioelectrochemical refining
• Renewable hydrogen production
• Green fertilizer manufacturing
• Organic soil additives

Headquarters

HQ city

Knoxville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Modular System Sales: Sale of modular systems for converting food waste into hydrogen fuels and fertilizers. Systems can be deployed onsite or in decentralized fashion for companies and communities.
2. Technology Licensing: Licensing of organic waste to hydrogen technology developed from ORNL research.
3. Hydrogen and Fertilizer Products: Production and sale of hydrogen-based fuels (H2, hythane) and green fertilizer products (ammonia, phosphate, soil additives) derived from food waste conversion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Electro-Active Technologies designs, builds, and deploys modular bioelectrochemical refining systems that convert food waste and renewable electricity into renewable hydrogen-based fuels (hydrogen and hythane), green fertilizers, and an organic soil additive. The systems are sold or licensed for onsite or decentralized deployment to municipalities, government agencies, agricultural operations, and urban greening initiatives. Outputs include hydrogen fuels, custom-formulated fertilizers (N, P, K, micronutrients), and a slow-release soil additive with >85% organic content.

Product overview

Electro-Active Technologies offers a single integrated modular system that converts food waste and renewable electricity into multiple value-added products: renewable hydrogen-based fuels (hydrogen and hythane), green fertilizers, and soil additives. The core technology is a patented bioelectrochemical refining process utilizing an electroactive microbial community that breaks down organic wastes to produce hydrogen fuels while simultaneously releasing nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and micronutrients. The system produces three main outputs: (1) hydrogen-based fuels through microbial electrolysis, (2) custom-formulated green fertilizers combining organic and inorganic nutrients, and (3) a slow-release organic soil additive with >85% organic content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modular Waste-to-Hydrogen System Modular bioelectrochemical refining system that converts food waste and renewable electricity into affordable, renewable hydrogen-based fuels using a patented microbial electrolysis process. Designed for onsite or decentralized deployment as a local urban solution for companies, municipalities, and communities.
• Soil Additive (Soil Amendment) Highly organic-rich soil additive containing >85% organics with >80% of nitrogen and phosphorus organically bound. Acts as a slow-release fertilizer activated by native soil biology, supporting soil regeneration, increased soil organic carbon, and water retention. Used in urban mini-forest installations and broader soil restoration applications.
• Green Fertilizer Custom-formulated fertilizer combining organic and inorganic nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, and micronutrients) recovered from food waste via the bioelectrochemical refining process, tailored to specific crops, soils, and geographies.
• Renewable Hydrogen-Based Fuels Clean hydrogen and hythane (hydrogen-methane mixture) fuels produced from food waste through microbial electrolysis. Low carbon fuels suitable for clean energy systems with zero emission potential; waste feedstock reduces electrical input compared to water electrolysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Soil additive contains >85% organics and >80% of nitrogen and phosphorous is organically bound
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Argonne National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Signed CRADA with Argonne National Lab as part of H Shot Incubator Prize from DOE to build the Clean Hydrogen economy.
• Southern Company GascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023DOE grant award collaboration with Southern Company Gas and T2M Global to advance clean hydrogen production technology from waste.
• T2M GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023DOE grant award collaboration with Southern Company Gas and T2M Global to advance technology for production of clean hydrogen from waste.
• Gallo WinerycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration with Gallo Winery to pilot waste-to-value technology in the Central Valley region of California. This pilot project supports demonstration of technology processing wine production waste into hydrogen and fertilizers.
• NRELcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Signed cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with NREL as part of H Shot Incubator Prize. Also collaborated at CES 2019 and NREL Innovation Showcase.
• NYSERDAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Won funding from NYSERDA to support use of soil additive for urban cooling and mitigation of climate change in NYC and other urban areas via mini-forest installations.
• BEAM CircularcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Selected in first cohort of BEAM Circular program to advance biomanufacturing in Central Valley. Received funding to support goals in Central Valley region.
• Oak Ridge National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectro-Active Technologies was spun out of ORNL based on research done under DOE-EERE BioEnergy Technology Office funding. Licensed microbial electrolysis cell technology from ORNL and received tech transfer award.
• NYC ParkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering with NYC Parks for Phase II work on urban cooling and climate change mitigation through mini-forest installations.
• Natural Areas ConservancymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Phase II work for urban greening and climate mitigation projects in NYC.
• Bronx CollegemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeaming partner for Phase II work on urban cooling and climate change mitigation projects.
• Brooklyn CollegemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeaming partner for Phase II work on urban cooling and climate change mitigation projects.
• SUNYmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Phase II work for urban greening and climate mitigation in New York.
• NY Restoration ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for urban greening and climate mitigation initiatives in NYC.
• ENGIEmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated at CES 2019 with ENGIE and NREL for sustainable pathways for clean energy production.
• Innovation CrossroadsminorOthersSelected for Innovation Crossroads Cohort 3, an accelerator program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
• IndieBiominorOthersSelected for IndieBio Class 8 and pitched at IndieBio Demo Day #8.
• Scale for ClimateTechminorOthersNY Manufacturing Accelerator program for climate technology startups.
• Plug and PlayminorOthersSelected for Plug and Play Spring 2020 batch.
• H2 Refuel AcceleratorminorOthersSelected for H2 Refuel Accelerator program for hydrogen technologies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Industrial Microbes: Industrial Microbes engineers microorganisms to convert low-cost feedstocks, including methane and organic residues, into fuels and chemicals. Most directly comparable peer from a 'microbes converting waste into fuels and chemicals' technology perspective, sharing the bioelectrochemical / synthetic biology adjacency.
• Electrochaea: Electrochaea uses biological methanation to convert renewable electricity and CO2 into renewable natural gas, a closely adjacent power-to-gas platform. Comparable because both Electro-Active and Electrochaea sit at the intersection of microbial biology and renewable-fuel production, addressing similar clean-hydrogen/economy customers.
• Cambrian Innovation: Cambrian builds EcoVolt and related systems that convert industrial and food wastewater into renewable energy and water-reuse outputs using biological processes. Highly comparable to Electro-Active's modular waste-to-fuels-plus-fertilizer play, with overlapping target customers in food/ag industries and municipalities.
• Prometheus (formerly WISErg): Prometheus/WISErg developed systems to convert food waste from grocery and food service operations into nutrient-rich liquid fertilizer. Directly comparable on the food-waste-to-fertilizer output and the food retail/food service target customer base.
• Windfall Bio: Windfall Bio uses methane-eating microbes to convert methane emissions into organic fertilizer. Strongly comparable on the 'waste-as-feedstock to organic fertilizer' leg of Electro-Active's value chain and competes for similar ESG-focused agribusiness customers.

Broad incumbents

• Anaergia: Anaergia provides anaerobic digestion and organics-to-energy systems (e.g., BioDryers, digesters) that turn food waste into biogas and digestate. Comparable organics-to-value proposition at much larger, more established scale; benchmarks what Electro-Active's modular onsite architecture competes against in municipal bids.
• LanzaTech: LanzaTech operates commercial-scale gas fermentation platforms that convert waste gases (and increasingly solid waste streams) into fuels and chemicals including sustainable aviation fuel. Comparable because it shares the waste-derived-fuels value proposition, but it is significantly larger, more diversified, and broader in scope than Electro-Active's narrow microbial electrolysis focus.

Emerging players

• Mango Materials: Mango Materials ferments waste biogas (methane) into biodegradable PHA biopolymers. Comparable as a small-scale waste-gas-to-products synthetic biology startup and adjacent competitor for grant and accelerator attention in the waste-to-value space.
• NovoNutrients: NovoNutrients uses microbes to convert industrial CO2 emissions into protein and other bioproducts for feed and fertilizer markets. Adjacent competitor in the 'gas-fermenting microbes making agricultural inputs' category that overlaps with Electro-Active's downstream fertilizer positioning.
• Agrinos: Agrinos produces microbial and biological crop inputs (biostimulants and soil amendments) that compete with Electro-Active's organic soil additive product in the specialty ag-inputs channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/electro_activeT

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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