• Orbital Systems

  Participated · Equity · Jan 2022

  Orbital Systems develops water-recycling technology for domestic appliances, best known for its 'Shower of the Future' that can deliver up to 90% water savings and 80% energy savings. Founded in Malmö in 2012 by Mehrdad Mahdjoubi from a project between NASA and Lund University, the company holds a global portfolio of more than 100 patents. Its showers have saved one million litres of water since the end of 2014, and it operates showrooms in Malmö, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. Orbital positions itself as the only company on the market able to reduce water consumption without compromising user comfort. The company plans to expand its product offering and accelerate commercial expansion, with the next product slated for launch in 2022. The recent financing will be used to increase the pace of its commercial rollout and broaden its product range. Orbital Systems is a Sweden-based cleantech startup whose main product, the Oas, is a water-recirculation shower system that collects, analyses, cleans, heats and reuses shower water. The company says Oas can save up to 90% of water and 80% of the energy used in showers. Its system analyses water quality up to 20 times per second and purifies water using a micron filter and UV light. Oas also captures data on water quality and usage that can be monitored via a mobile app. Orbital Systems plans to use its recent financing to advance commercialisation of the product and to explore additional applications for its technology. Orbital Systems develops OAS, a closed‑loop shower that recirculates and re‑purifies shower water using filter technology developed in collaboration with NASA. The system can be sold as a retrofit or a new installation and senses when water is clear enough to recycle versus when it must be discarded. Orbital’s filters remove bacteria and other contaminants each cycle, and the looped design reduces heating needs by reheating water rather than heating fresh water. The company claims OAS uses about 5 litres of water for a shower that would normally consume up to 150 litres over 15 minutes. Mehrdad Mahdjoubi is the founder and CEO and frames the tech as conserving resources as on space missions. Mahdjoubi said the company aims to apply the technology beyond showers to other domestic appliances, hinting at products such as a washing machine.

• Geyser Batteries

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2019

  Geyser Batteries develops and manufactures a class of high‑power, water‑based, non‑lithium batteries using aqueous electrolytes and novel electrochemistry. Its products are capable of over one million fast‑charging cycles, operate at ultra‑low ambient temperatures, are fully fire‑safe, and claim a low carbon footprint and competitive pricing. The company was incorporated in 2018 and employs a diverse team with more than 25 years of experience in research, development, and manufacturing of specialty aqueous energy storage solutions. Geyser plans to strengthen product development and manufacturing capabilities and to establish pilot production and R&D facilities in Mikkeli, Finland. Financially, it completed a €1.1M bridge financing round in June 2021 with pro‑rata participation from existing investors and new participation by Tesi. The funding is intended to support the pilot facilities and further development toward a leading position in the global energy storage market in line with EU Battery Regulation and Finland’s National Battery Strategy. Geyser Batteries develops water-based, high-performance batteries using an electrochemical technology that contains no elements of Li‑ion technology. Its batteries offer energy density close to high-power Li‑ion batteries while maintaining high-power functioning steady over time and, the company says, can keep working up to 10–100 times longer. The Vaasa-based firm serves B2B customers in transportation, industrial machinery, and power-grid sectors, positioning its products for hybrid powertrains and long-term heavy-duty grid systems. Geyser emphasizes full life-cycle sustainability, claiming ultra-low carbon footprint and safer chemistry compared with Li‑ion. The recent funding will support expansion of the product offering, including development of an automated assembly node as the first step toward mass production of its “plug-and-play” battery modules. Management frames the technology as enabling high-performance, safe, and sustainable electrification solutions across mobility and grid applications.

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