Better, faster, cheaper chemicals production
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The world consumes $52B of caustic soda per year...
...generating 75 million tonnes of sodium sulfate waste
Most countries depend on caustic soda imports
China accounts for 45% of global chlor-alkali production forcing most countries to import caustic soda from China for industry.
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Finland
Sweden
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Source: S&P Global Chemicals Handbook & World Trade Data
South Africa
%
China controls 45% of global caustic soda production capacity and trade
Western USA
Turkey
Aepnus: the only profitable way to make caustic soda from sodium sulfate
Our patented, electrochemical process turns industrial waste into high-value chemicals on-site or through centralized production.
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$2.5B
Project lifetime revenue
59%
EBITDA margin
Industrial Customers
Caustic Soda
Sodium Sulfate
61%
Gross margin
Paper
Batteries
Textiles
Aluminum
Nickel
Lithium
$3,300M | $3,300M | $5,050M | $5,500M | $6,100M |
$74M 66% | $26M 81% | $24M 80% | $72M 76% | $143M 84% |
$112M | $32M | $30M | $95M | $170M |
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Reducing customer chemical spend by up to 84% at industrial scale
From batteries to paper and pulp, Aepnus can save heavy industry tens of millions of dollars annually per project.
Batteries
Mining
Paper
Textiles
Chemicals
Sector spend per annum
caustic soda and sodium sulfate handling
Typical plant spend per annum
caustic soda and sodium
sulfate handling
OpEx savings with Aepnus
for a typical deployment
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A $20B opportunity to supply industrial chemicals
We are on track to capture $305M in revenue in 2032.
$945B
$20B
$305M
Market for all chemical products Aepnus can produce
Customer spend on caustic soda and sodium sulfate waste handling (excl. China)
Forecasted revenue in 2032
TAM
SAM
SOM
$515M
TEA evaluation
Paid feasibility
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Paid pilot
JDAs & offtakes
Early traction
$875M+ pipeline anchored by global industry giants
Since our Seed round, we have unlocked phenomenal traction with blue chip customers across a broad range of industries.
$0.5M
$364M
$125M
Annual Revenue Forecast (2026-2035)
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We are on track to generate $636M in annual revenue by 2035
Our initial deployments anchor billions in forecastable revenue.
$515M
$636M
$36M
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Top-tier team to scale electrochemical innovation for industrial deployment
Seasoned experts in hardware, manufacturing, and the commercialization of complex chemical systems.
Lukas Hackl
Co-Founder
CEO
Bilen Akuzum
Jason Cooper
Staci Moulton
Adrian Basharain
Our Backers
Co-Founder
CTO
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering | 5+ years at Activate and Lawrence Berkeley Labs
Head of
Technology
PhD, Chemistry | 11+ years at Twelve and Lawrence Berkeley Labs
PhD & MBA, Chemical Engineering | 14+ years at Forge Nano and TDA Research
VP of Business Development
Head of Manufacturing
BS, Mechanical Engineering |
13+ years at Verdagy, Bloom Energy, and EnerVenue
PhD, Environmental Engineering | 5+ years at Activate and Lawrence Berkeley Labs