Greennex Pulse November Roadshow: 5 Deep Tech Climate Startups Scaling From Lab to Commercial Deployment

University Innovation Meets Infrastructure Capital: Solar Fabric, Battery Manufacturing, Risk Intelligence, Methane Capture & Waste Heat Recovery

By Greennex Global | November 2025

There's a pattern emerging across climate tech right now: the gap between breakthrough research and bankable projects is closing in deployment timelines, defense contracts, and the types of investors showing up.

The November edition of the Greennex Pulse Roadshow brought that shift into focus. Five venture-backed startups presented breakthrough solutions spanning solar-integrated infrastructure, solvent-free battery manufacturing, AI-powered risk intelligence, methane capture, and waste heat recovery. Each company is past the pilot phase, scaling with defense contracts, OEM partnerships, and utility integrations already live.

Over 50 investors, corporate partners, and climate tech stakeholders joined the session, which was moderated by Timothy Hoffman, Director of Columbia Technology Ventures, who opened with insights on how university deep tech is bridging the commercialization gap.

From Lab to Market: The Columbia View

Timothy Hoffman, Director of Columbia Technology Ventures, opened the session with insights on how early-stage climate ventures are scaling out of universities and into commercial deployment. His talk explored the emerging models for startup-institution partnerships across North America, and how corporate and infrastructure capital is responding to deep tech commercialization.

Hoffman highlighted growing momentum around data center efficiency, spanning chip-level optimization and next-generation cooling technologies. He also emphasized traction for technologies that support U.S. onshoring, including critical minerals, sustainable mining, and geothermal, with many exits likely to occur through corporate M&A. He noted that some startups continue to find strong non-dilutive support in Europe, particularly for early manufacturing.

A key trend: the rise of hybrid "own-and-operate" models, where startups build and run their first facilities before transitioning to licensing or joint ventures. It's a capital-intensive but credibility-building path that's becoming increasingly common.

The Startups: Five Climate Solutions Already in Market

Each startup was selected for its technical traction, active commercial partnerships, and strategic relevance to infrastructure investors and corporate buyers in the Greennex network. Two companies were showcased in collaboration with Columbia Technology Ventures.

1. Pavilion: Solar-Integrated Fabric for Rapid Deployment Solar-integrated fabric · Mobile energy systems · Defense applications · Disaster relief · Telecom resilience

Pavilion embeds flexible solar panels into lightweight shelters and structures, replacing diesel generators with mobile, containerized clean power systems for defense, telecom, and emergency use. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Pavilion's photovoltaic fabric technology delivers rapid-deployment energy infrastructure for military operations, humanitarian response, and off-grid telecommunications.

With U.S. Air Force contracts and DoD SBIR funding, Pavilion is expanding into EV charging infrastructure, telecom resilience, and humanitarian energy deployment in climate-vulnerable geographies.

2. Ateios Systems: Solvent-Free Battery Manufacturing Solvent-free electrodes · PFA-free batteries · Drop-in manufacturing · EV & grid storage · Clean chemistry

Ateios Systems eliminates solvents and forever chemicals from battery electrode manufacturing, unlocking cleaner and faster production across chemistries. The company's patented RaiCure™ platform reduces CO₂ emissions by 80% and integrates directly into existing battery production lines, enabling drop-in adoption by major OEMs across EV, grid storage, and wearables markets.

Backed by Eastman Kodak and Activate, Ateios supplies battery makers with high-energy, recyclable, PFA-free electrodes at record production speeds.

3. InfraSure: AI-Powered Infrastructure Risk Intelligence Predictive risk modeling · Climate risk analytics · Utility workflows · Insurance underwriting · Geospatial AI

InfraSure provides predictive risk modeling for utilities, insurers, and infrastructure owners by combining geospatial data, physics-based simulations, and sensor intelligence to anticipate failure risks weeks in advance. The company's AI-powered platform delivers localized, asset-specific climate risk analytics that integrate directly into utility operations and insurance underwriting models.

Backed by Techstars and Elemental Excelerator, InfraSure is addressing the growing demand for infrastructure resilience as climate-related damages accelerate across power grids, transportation systems, and built environments.

4. Capwell Services: Low-Flow Methane Capture Technology Methane capture · Low-flow venting · Oil & gas compliance · Negative abatement cost · Emissions reduction

Capwell Services captures methane from low-volume venting sources that traditional systems can't reach, turning previously wasted emissions into recoverable product. The company's Class I Div 2-rated units allow oil and gas producers to lower emissions, comply with regulations, and increase revenue by recovering methane that would otherwise be vented.

DOE-supported and field-tested across U.S. oil and gas basins, Capwell offers scalable, low-capex deployment with negative abatement costs, making emissions reduction economically attractive for producers.

5. ATS Energy: Waste Heat to Power with Solid-State Systems Waste heat recovery · Solid-state thermoelectric · Industrial decarbonization · Data center power · No moving parts

ATS Energy converts moderate-temperature industrial waste heat into electricity using modular solid-state thermoelectric cartridges with no moving parts, no emissions, and no noise. The company's technology turns the world's largest untapped energy source—industrial waste heat—directly into clean, below-grid-price electricity.

Backed by OMV Petrom and recognized as an Earthshot Prize finalist, ATS is scaling deployments in heavy industry and hyperscaler data centers, offering a path to decarbonized onsite power generation.

What This Roadshow Revealed

This session showcased five startups with early traction, differentiated solutions, and strong investor interest across climate and infrastructure technologies. The companies presented demonstrated Greennex's ability to source and present a high-quality pipeline, including two companies showcased in collaboration with Columbia Technology Ventures.

The roadshow highlighted momentum across deep tech climate solutions that are moving from pilot to commercial scale, backed by defense contracts, corporate partnerships, and strategic investment.

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Greennex Global is a cross-border market intelligence and dealflow platform focused on climate infrastructure. Greennex Pulse is our flagship monthly investor program spotlighting frontier-stage and globally scalable U.S. climate tech startups.

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