Ammobia, a developer of breakthrough low-cost ammonia production technology, has announced a $7.5 million seed round to scale its Haber-Bosch 2.0 modular plant designs, which use advanced materials science and reaction engineering to drastically reduce ammonia production costs. 

 

The new financing will support a pilot facility aimed at de-risking the reactor technology and selecting a customer cohort for commercial demonstrations.

 

The funding round includes major energy and industrial players such as Shell Ventures, ALIAD (Air Liquide), MOL Switch (Mitsui OSK Lines), and Chevron Technology Ventures, highlighting growing investor interest in innovation within the global ammonia market. 

 

Ammonia is the world’s second-most-produced chemical, feeding half of the global population through fertilizers and serving as a critical feedstock for chemicals and plastics. With emerging applications in maritime shipping, power generation, and energy storage, demand is projected to surge by 2050.

 

Traditional ammonia production relies on volatile natural gas supplies and extreme conditions that favor centralized, capital-intensive facilities. Ammobia’s Haber-Bosch 2.0 leverages novel materials, process design, and commercially available components to improve affordability, transportability, and independence from fossil-fuel-exporting regions, minimizing supply shocks and boosting long-term energy resilience.

 

"The ammonia industry is at an inflection point," said Karen Baert, CEO and Co-founder of Ammobia. "If we want to lower costs and cut emissions in existing ammonia markets – while enabling ammonia’s untapped value in energy and maritime fuel – we need production technology designed for where the world is headed, not where it's been. 

 

"Our approach reimagines a 100-year old process, which helps us deliver lower-cost, more resilient ammonia production regardless of energy source. Ammobia’s technology that solves for economic pressures and supply chain instability also creates a pathway to deep decarbonization – meaning we're positioned to serve both the industry's immediate needs and its long-term transformation."

 

Ammonia is increasingly seen as a critical fuel and energy carrier, opening significant new market opportunities. 

 

"Traditional production has served existing markets well, but meeting this growing demand requires a diversified approach. Ammobia's novel technology enables economical ammonia production at any scale and proximity to demand – essential as these applications mature. For MOL, backing a team with the technical expertise to deliver production at half the conventional capex strengthens our ability to decarbonize shipping," said Tomoaki Ichida, CEO at MOL Switch, the venture capital arm of Mitsui OSK Lines.

 

Ammobia recently strengthened its leadership team with the addition of Guido Radaelli as Chief Engineering Officer. Radaelli brings decades of experience in process technology innovation and the ammonia market. 

 

"After 30 years developing and commercializing ammonia technology, I've seen every incremental improvement attempted in this industry," he said. "What Ammobia has achieved isn't incremental – it's a fundamental shift that changes the economics across the value chain."