Accelerator | Spark Cleantech raises €30M in Series A funding and accelerates heavy industry decarbonization 🚀

A spin-off from CentraleSupélec & CNRS (EM2C laboratory), and supported since its inception by 21st by CentraleSupélec, Spark Cleantech announced on Thursday, December 4th, a €30 million funding round (including €17M in equity) led by 360 Capital and Taranis, with the participation of the Île-de-France Reindustrialization Fund (managed by Innovacom) and historical investor Asterion Ventures.

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A world-class team to tackle the industrial challenge of the century

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Behind Spark Cleantech are two co-founders with complementary expertise:

• Erwan Pannier, PhD CentraleSupélec, a specialist in plasmalysis and energy.
  
  
• Patrick Peters, former CEO of Suez BioEnergies, a seasoned entrepreneur in industrial transitions.
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They have assembled a multidisciplinary international team, recognized for its ability to deliver in both cutting-edge research and industrial execution.

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The company also relies on an exceptional scientific advisory board, notably including a Nobel laureate in Physics, and former Aramco R&D Directors and Hutchinson.

A level of excellence that reassures industrial players engaged in a complex transformation: decarbonization without operational disruption.

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“Decarbonizing heavy industries is a major challenge. If it's not economical, it won't happen. In Spark Cleantech, we found a pragmatic solution and a team that perfectly understands industrial challenges.”
— Thomas Nivard, Partner, 360 Capital

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A unique technology worldwide: pulsed plasmalysis

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Spark Cleantech is based on a unique innovation: pulsed plasmalysis, developed at Stanford, further developed at CentraleSupélec, and then industrialized in France. The process is easily integrated between the gas network and the burners, where it separates methane without combustion using pulsed plasma.

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This reaction produces two decarbonized materials: a clean hydrogen, immediately usable, and a high-value solid carbon nanomaterial capable of replacing petroleum-derived materials.

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The outcome: an 85% reduction in emissions and a quadrupled economic value.
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Already tested by several industrial players in metallurgy, glassmaking, polymers, and batteries, the technology demonstrates simple integration, stable performance, and significant potential for mass deployment.

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Targeting 2027 with a standard module and initial contracts

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With its Series A funding, Spark Cleantech is now finalizing its standard module, designed to be installed directly on industrial sites, as close as possible to production lines.

Hydrogen is generated locally—without complex transport or storage—while solid carbon is centralized and reinjected into industrial sectors that use it as a raw material.

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Several contracts have already been signed, and preparations for commercial deployment are underway. The market launch of the first industrial units is planned for 2027, marking a key step towards the massive decarbonization of heavy thermal applications.

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An emblematic success from the CentraleSupélec ecosystem

Spark Cleantech perfectly illustrates the continuum of support provided by CentraleSupélec :
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• Scientific invention in the laboratory (EM2C / CNRS),
  
• Maturation, incubation, then acceleration via 21st by CentraleSupélec, with strategic support for various funding rounds, go-to-market strategy, and industrialization. 

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