UP Catalyst is an Estonian based startup, which produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials directly from CO2 or from waste biomass for a vast range of applications ranging from green advanced battery technologies to biomedicine. UP Catalyst’s mission is to become the first and leading European industrial scale manufacturer of sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite thus providing a strong alternative to environmentally harmful materials used today.
Location: Estonia, Tallinn
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $9.98M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 1
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.12.2023 | Seed | $4.32M | - |
| 24.07.2023 | - | $1.67M | - |
| 21.04.2022 | Pre-Seed | $2.28M | - |
| 07.03.2022 | - | $1.72M | - |
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| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 21.12.2023 | Investor Showcase: Extantia Capital – investing in climate-s... | Extantia Capital is a climate-first VC fund looking to do good in the world through their investmen... | labsoflatv... |
| 05.12.2023 | UP Catalyst Raises €4M in Funding | UP Catalyst, a Tallinn, Estonia-based company which specializes in sustainable carbon material produ... | finsmes.co... |
| 05.12.2023 | UP Catalyst secures €4M Seed investment for for first scalab... | Today UP Catalyst, an Estonian pioneer in sustainable carbon material production, successfully close... | tech.eu/20... |
| 05.12.2023 | Estonian producer of sustainable carbon nanomaterials UP Cat... | Estonian producer of sustainable carbon nanomaterials UP Catalyst closes a €4M round 05 December, 2... | ain.capita... |
| 04.12.2023 | Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite fr... | Lithium might be the new oil, but it’s just one of several materials needed to make the batteries po... | techcrunch... |
| 24.07.2023 | Estonian nanotech UP Catalyst secures €1.5M to address key c... | Estonian nanotech UP Catalyst secures €1.5M to address key challenges in carbon manufacturing 24 Ju... | ain.capita... |
| 14.06.2023 | Estonian greentech Sunly secures €30M of fresh capital from ... | Estonian greentech Sunly secures €30M of fresh capital from EBRD 14 June, 2023, 12:26 Rostyslav So... | ain.capita... |
| 17.08.2022 | Start-up Slam for Sustainable Chemistry at ACHEMA 2022 | Start-up Slam for Sustainable Chemistry at ACHEMA 2022 Wed, Aug 17, 2022 15:33 CET Report this cont... | news.cisio... |
| 20.04.2022 | Estonian tech startup UP Catalyst raises $2.27M to revolutio... | One of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is cost. But the most common rea... | techstartu... |
| 07.03.2022 | Estonian start-up UP Catalyst secures EUR 1.59 million to tu... | Lead by Estonian startup UP Catalyst, a two-year pilot program was launched to design and build a sc... | nordicstar... |
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