Tsubame BHB is a Yokohama, Japan-based company developing small, distributed on-site ammonia production plants. It uses electride catalyst technologies developed by Honorary Professor Hideo Hosono of the Tokyo Institute of Technology to produce ammonia at low temperatures and low pressures. These technologies aim to reduce CO2 extraction compared with conventional methods. The company plans to expand operations and development efforts and to strengthen its overseas rollout with a focus on North and South America, Australia, and Africa. To support these plans it raised ¥5.3 billion in Series C funding. The article states the company has approximately 17,200 employees in 40 countries and a diverse business portfolio including metals and recycling, healthcare, semiconductors and electronics, and industrials.

Total raised

$35M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Feb 2024