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Metafuels

Metafuels pioneers affordable, scalable Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with patented aerobrew technology. We convert green methanol into SAF, addressing high costs and production limits to revolutionize aviation.
2021
02-10-2025
02-10-2025
Zurich, Switzerland
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Innovation

Industry Problem

Aviation needs large volumes of sustainable fuel, but many e-fuel routes remain costly and difficult to scale.

R&D Focus

Methanol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel, catalysts and commercial e-SAF plants.

Innovative Solution

aerobrew converts green methanol made from renewable hydrogen and renewable carbon into sustainable aviation fuel through an integrated catalytic process.

Solution Effectiveness

The company states that its e-SAF can reduce lifecycle emissions by up to 90% versus fossil jet fuel. Its catalytic system has been synthesized, tested and validated with the Paul Scherrer Institute.

Investment Funding

Last Funding Stage

Series A

Total Funding Amount

$22.0M

Last Funding Amount

$9.0M

Last Funding Date

12-01-2024

Startup Stage

Early Stage

Lead Investors

Contrarian Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Verve Ventures, Fortescue Future Industries, Celsius Industries

People

Founders

Board Members

CEO

About

Our breakthrough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology, aerobrewâ„¢, will make affordable net-zero aviation a reality. The technology is innovative, highly scaleable and able to tap into future global renewable energy systems efficiently. Starting from renewable feedstocks including green hydrogen, driven by renewable electricity, and sustainably sourced CO2, for example from direct air capture, aerobrewâ„¢ provides an efficient route to large-scale production of e-kerosene, overcoming the scale up challenges and high costs of alternative e-fuels technologies. aerobrewâ„¢ is also compatible with the biogenic route whereby the carbon required for the process is derived from renewable and sustainable cellulosic biomass which, does not compete with the food chain (wood, miscanthus, etc.). With a high carbon conversion, high selectivity and a high overall SAF yield, aerobrewâ„¢ leads to attractive production economics and cost leadership. With a rapidly growing demand for SAF, aerobrewâ„¢ stands to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of global aviation and to support the achievement of net zero 2050 targets.

Products

Product

aerobrew: a technology package for producing synthetic sustainable aviation fuel from green methanol.

Star Product

aerobrew, because it is the company’s core route from pilot validation to planned commercial e-SAF plants.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Technology validated at pilot level; first commercial deployment, the Turbe project in Rotterdam, is targeting production from 2030.

Future Plan

Market Expansion

The 2026 funding round supports a repeatable multi-plant deployment model across Europe and beyond.

Investment Funding

$24 million funding round announced in February 2026; a Dutch subsidiary also received a €1.92 million project-development grant in April 2026.

M&A and Collabs

Collab

Paul Scherrer Institute: catalyst development, testing and validation.

Collab

Evos and project partners in Rotterdam: development of the Turbe commercial e-SAF facility.

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