Leipzig & Singapore, September 26, 2025 – Antares Ventures, a specialist deep-tech venture capital fund focused on Asia Growth Markets, today announced its participation in the €7 million seed round of enaDyne, a Germany-based startup developing a modular non-thermal plasma catalysis reactors that abate and convert various greenhouse gases (GHG) into valuable chemicals.
enaDyne solves two problems at once: it cuts stubborn industrial emissions and turns them into basic chemicals such as ethylene and methanol, essentials feedstocks for industries like packaging, textiles, and electronics.
Louis Murayama, Partner of Antares Ventures, said, “Cold plasma was long expected to disrupt chemical processes, but it was hard to make it work outside the lab. It is truly remarkable that enaDyne’s multi-disciplinary team is finally making it commercially deployable and there is nothing more exciting to help scale their innovation to the Asian market.”
For Asia, with fast-growing manufacturing, large semiconductor footprints, and a heavy reliance on imported petrochemicals, the impact is practical: cleaner air and more local production. enaDyne’s modular container units sit beside existing lines, run on electricity, and ramp with demand, so plants can cut emissions and make core feedstocks in the same step, without flares or burners and with the option to use renewable power.
Louis added, “At Antares, we see industrial decarbonisation and resource independence as a defining opportunity for Asia’s growth. enaDyne’s products can serve various industries such as semiconductor fabs, petrochemical plants, and biogas facilities. Through our connectivity, we look forward to scaling enaDyne’s business in Asia while delivering cleaner air and greater resource independence all at once.”
Philipp Hahn, Co-Founder and CEO of enaDyne, said, “The chemical industry has been locked into fossil-dependent processes for over a century – we’re breaking that dependency with pure electricity and precision. Our plasma technology doesn’t just compete with traditional chemistry, it fundamentally reimagines it. We can switch our reactors on and off like a light switch, deploy them anywhere renewable energy exists, and serve both conventional syntheses and the valorization of waste CO₂, producing the exact chemicals our customers need. This funding gives us the resources to prove that sustainable chemistry isn’t just possible, it’s inevitable and profitable.”
Founded in 2021, enaDyne’s 30-person team spans 14 nationalities, combining expertise in plasma physics, catalysis, engineering, and materials science. The fresh capital will be used to build and deploy a 20-foot modular pilot plant at an industrial customer site by mid-2026, execute a joint development agreement for CF₄ abatement products, develop a first commercial product for plasma-based PFAS abatement, and establish a scalable production value chain. This comes at a time when the chemical sector faces an unprecedented need to decarbonise.
Alongside Antares Ventures’ participation, the round was co-led by APEX Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Energy Capital Ventures, with participation from Possible Ventures and returning business angels Wolfram Drescher, Andreas Werne, and Sven Sieber. Combined with €4.5M in grants, enaDyne has raised approximately €15M to date.
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About Antares Ventures
Antares Ventures is a specialist deep-tech venture capital fund with a mission to catalyze the scaling of world-class innovation across Asia Growth Markets (SEA, India, and the Middle East). We invest globally in early-growth-stage startups (around Series A) developing transformative technologies across our key thematics of energy transition & industrial decarbonisation, resilient cities & transportation, sustainable agriculture, and advanced computing. Through our proprietary Asia Acceleration Model and backing of leading regional groups, we bridge world-class innovation and Asia growth opportunities, positioning us as the ideal partner for ambitious founders ready to transform critical industries in Asia.
For more information, visit www.antares.ventures and our LinkedIn.
About enaDyne
enaDyne develops the next generation of chemistry with modular, fully electric, non-thermal plasma reactors. The company’s technology converts CO₂ and other process gases into valuable chemicals and abates hard-to-treat emissions such as CF₄ and PFAS. With a patented electrode and catalyst platform, enaDyne combines high energy efficiency, operational flexibility, and scalable containerized deployment. Headquartered in Leipzig, Germany, enaDyne operates as a technology OEM with recurring revenues from proprietary consumables—enabling customers to produce sustainable chemicals at or below fossil prices.
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