Mobile battery energy storage systems
Bas van den Brenk
Co-Founder & CEO
"The energy transition is one thing, the materials transition is another. Undeniably even more complex. Help us grow a second-life EV movement for fixing power shortages in our changing energy infrastructure!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We repurpose used EV-batteries t0 supply full service, second-life, energy storage solutions to sustainable small-and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s).
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
Enable further growth and electrification of SME companies.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We have been working together since 2011, since the founding of our first venture: Klimaatroute.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
Shared experiences with like-minded entrepreneurs and inspiration in ways of overcoming our main challenges as a starting company.
If you dream big, where do you see Accu't in 5 years?
We aim to reach a fleet of 100 systems by the end of 2027. In 5 years probably 200 systems.
CO2 emission reduction through capturing CO2 from flue gasses
Jan Hoppenbrouwers
Chief Commercial Officer and Investor Relations
"CarbonOrO has a good solution to beat climate change."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We provide energy efficient post-combustion carbon capture solution/installations for industrial flue gasses.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
We want to be recognized as one of the best technologies for a large portion of future carbon capture projects, all over the world.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
All members in the management team are 60+ . We have weathered many storms, experienced large organizations, small organizations, re-organizations, small and large successes and challenges. It will be difficult to surprise us.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
It would be great if we could set-up an end-2-end Carbon Capture Utilisation project in the Amsterdam aera, capturing point source CO2 from an emitter and re-using the CO2 locally. Help us find the emitter and the off-takers!
If you dream big, where do you see CarbonOrO in 5 years?
In the trustworthy hands of a company who has the experience and organizational breath to deploy, improve and operate our technology worldwide.
Decarbonization through circularity
Freia Ruegenberg
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
"We will transform construction and manufacturing industries towards circularity!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
ParaStruct develops circular (construction) materials to relieve big, dirty industries from their biggest pains: resource scarcity, waste excess and CO2 emissions.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up (within the energy sector)?
ParaStruct’s technology enables the reactivation of mineral binders and the utilization of so far unusable waste streams and byproducts such as fillers. This way, it can substitute CO2 and energy-intensive primary construction materials such as cement and concrete with alternative or recycled binders sourced from waste streams or urban mining.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We all love (waste) materials!
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
The Netherlands is a pioneer in the circular economy. As a European company, we are interested to collaborate and implement pilot projects there. We want to get in contact witch various groups such as construction and manufacturing companies, recycling facilities, municipalities and cities and build a community that pursues common goals in sustainability.
If you dream big, where do you see ParaStruct in 5 years?
We want to become the leading technology provider for recycling solutions in the construction and manufacturing industries. Thanks to our licensing model, we can offer our solutions globally and aim to transform the construction industry worldwide and save considerable amounts of CO2.
Direct Air Capture CO2
Taeke Tamsma
Strategic Development Associate
"Our variety of energy sources combined with our different modules makes us applicable to almost any use case! If you have any doubts, shoot us an email or give us a call and we will gladly look for solutions together."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
Skytree offers modular CO2 solutions through our Direct Air Capture technology, facilitating sustainable carbon utilization and negative emissions.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
Our goal is to contribute to the decarbonization of the energy sector by replacing fossil carbon feedstocks with renewable alternatives and enabling the use of technologies that facilitate negative emissions. By doing so, we aim to support a transition towards a more sustainable and carbon-neutral future.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
More than half of our team (strategy) grew up in the same town!
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
We are looking to engage with meaningful partners in the energy sector to kick off Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation projects.
If you dream big, where do you see Skytree in 5 years?
Skytree aims to capture 10 million tonnes of CO2 through customer applications by 2030.
e-fuels and sustainable chemicals
Julia Bauer
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
"Sustainable fuels are an indispensable part of a net zero world. They must be produced locally from affordable renewable intermittent energy. Spark e-Fuels builds the technology to do this."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We build technologies for affordable, scalable and sustainable e-fuel production, to enable net-zero aviation.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
By providing a sustainable drop-in solution for hard-to-abate industries like aviation, we aim to enable one gigaton annual CO2 reduction by 2050.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
All three founders were born and raised in Germany but survive on Vietnamese food.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
We are looking for partners for our journey to help us find potential locations for pilot/demonstration plants, assess scale-up implications and identify collaboration opportunities.
If you dream big, where do you see Spark e-Fuels in 5 years?
Our first-of-a-kind commercial plant using Spark’s innovative technology produces several kilotonnes of sustainable fuels per year, unlocking a multitude of new production locations with renewable energy directly from local wind and solar farms.
UP Catalyst produces battery-grade graphite and carbon nanotubes directly from CO2 emissions
Sebastian Pohlmann
Chief Technology Officer
"We upcycle CO2 emissions on molecular level!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
UP Catalyst that offers a CO₂ utilization technology to convert CO₂into battery-grade graphite and carbon nanotubes.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within circularity?
Supplying 1M electric cars with green battery materials in 2030.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We are a highly diverse team, with 16 PhDs and 40% female representation. We are one of the leading R&D carbon companies despite our small size.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
Connections to Dutch stakeholders, project ideas in the Netherlands for Carbon Capture Utilisation.
If you dream big, where do you see UP Catalyst in 5 years?
Making 30,000 tons of battery raw materials from CO2, abating >1M tons of CO2 emissions in the process.
Mobile battery energy storage systems
Bas van den Brenk
Co-Founder & CEO
"The energy transition is one thing, the materials transition is another. Undeniably even more complex. Help us grow a second-life EV movement for fixing power shortages in our changing energy infrastructure!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We repurpose used EV-batteries t0 supply full service, second-life, energy storage solutions to sustainable small-and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s).
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
Enable further growth and electrification of SME companies.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We have been working together since 2011, since the founding of our first venture: Klimaatroute.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
Shared experiences with like-minded entrepreneurs and inspiration in ways of overcoming our main challenges as a starting company.
If you dream big, where do you see Accu't in 5 years?
We aim to reach a fleet of 100 systems by the end of 2027. In 5 years probably 200 systems.
CO2 emission reduction through capturing CO2 from flue gasses
Jan Hoppenbrouwers
Chief Commercial Officer and Investor Relations
"CarbonOrO has a good solution to beat climate change."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We provide energy efficient post-combustion carbon capture solution/installations for industrial flue gasses.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
We want to be recognized as one of the best technologies for a large portion of future carbon capture projects, all over the world.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
All members in the management team are 60+ . We have weathered many storms, experienced large organizations, small organizations, re-organizations, small and large successes and challenges. It will be difficult to surprise us.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
It would be great if we could set-up an end-2-end Carbon Capture Utilisation project in the Amsterdam aera, capturing point source CO2 from an emitter and re-using the CO2 locally. Help us find the emitter and the off-takers!
If you dream big, where do you see CarbonOrO in 5 years?
In the trustworthy hands of a company who has the experience and organizational breath to deploy, improve and operate our technology worldwide.
Decarbonization through circularity
Freia Ruegenberg
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
"We will transform construction and manufacturing industries towards circularity!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
ParaStruct develops circular (construction) materials to relieve big, dirty industries from their biggest pains: resource scarcity, waste excess and CO2 emissions.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up (within the energy sector)?
ParaStruct’s technology enables the reactivation of mineral binders and the utilization of so far unusable waste streams and byproducts such as fillers. This way, it can substitute CO2 and energy-intensive primary construction materials such as cement and concrete with alternative or recycled binders sourced from waste streams or urban mining.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We all love (waste) materials!
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
The Netherlands is a pioneer in the circular economy. As a European company, we are interested to collaborate and implement pilot projects there. We want to get in contact witch various groups such as construction and manufacturing companies, recycling facilities, municipalities and cities and build a community that pursues common goals in sustainability.
If you dream big, where do you see ParaStruct in 5 years?
We want to become the leading technology provider for recycling solutions in the construction and manufacturing industries. Thanks to our licensing model, we can offer our solutions globally and aim to transform the construction industry worldwide and save considerable amounts of CO2.
Direct Air Capture CO2
Taeke Tamsma
Strategic Development Associate
"Our variety of energy sources combined with our different modules makes us applicable to almost any use case! If you have any doubts, shoot us an email or give us a call and we will gladly look for solutions together."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
Skytree offers modular CO2 solutions through our Direct Air Capture technology, facilitating sustainable carbon utilization and negative emissions.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
Our goal is to contribute to the decarbonization of the energy sector by replacing fossil carbon feedstocks with renewable alternatives and enabling the use of technologies that facilitate negative emissions. By doing so, we aim to support a transition towards a more sustainable and carbon-neutral future.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
More than half of our team (strategy) grew up in the same town!
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
We are looking to engage with meaningful partners in the energy sector to kick off Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation projects.
If you dream big, where do you see Skytree in 5 years?
Skytree aims to capture 10 million tonnes of CO2 through customer applications by 2030.
Julia Bauer
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
"Sustainable fuels are an indispensable part of a net zero world. They must be produced locally from affordable renewable intermittent energy. Spark e-Fuels builds the technology to do this."
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
We build technologies for affordable, scalable and sustainable e-fuel production, to enable net-zero aviation.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within the energy sector?
By providing a sustainable drop-in solution for hard-to-abate industries like aviation, we aim to enable one gigaton annual CO2 reduction by 2050.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
All three founders were born and raised in Germany but survive on Vietnamese food.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
We are looking for partners for our journey to help us find potential locations for pilot/demonstration plants, assess scale-up implications and identify collaboration opportunities.
If you dream big, where do you see Accu't in 5 years?
Our first-of-a-kind commercial plant using Spark’s innovative technology produces several kilotonnes of sustainable fuels per year, unlocking a multitude of new production locations with renewable energy directly from local wind and solar farms.
UP Catalyst produces battery-grade graphite and carbon nanotubes directly from CO2 emissions
Sebastian Pohlmann
Chief Technology Officer
"We upcycle CO2 emissions on molecular level!"
How would you describe your solution in 1 sentence?
UP Catalyst that offers a CO₂ utilization technology to convert CO₂into battery-grade graphite and carbon nanotubes.
What impact do you hope to make as a start-up within circularity?
Supplying 1M electric cars with green battery materials in 2030.
Tell us something unusual about your team?
We are a highly diverse team, with 16 PhDs and 40% female representation. We are one of the leading R&D carbon companies despite our small size.
What are you looking to get out of the LeapSprong program?
Connections to Dutch stakeholders, project ideas in the Netherlands for Carbon Capture Utilisation.
If you dream big, where do you see UP Catalyst in 5 years?
Making 30,000 tons of battery raw materials from CO2, abating >1M tons of CO2 emissions in the process.