Rebuilding the ammonia chain for the electrified economy.
Realise Labs is a deep-tech company developing electrochemical systems that combine advanced membranes, electrodes, stack engineering and physics-based modelling to create disruptive energy technologies.
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Realise Labs route
A direct electrochemical pathway from air + water + electricity to ammonia — short- circuiting the chain above.
Carbon, affordability, energy exposure and supply-chain pressure at once.
CBAM
Live
since 1 Jan 2026
Fertilisers in scope. Importers must purchase and surrender CBAM certificates.
Source: European Commission — Regulation (EU) 2023/956
EU fertiliser prices
+71%
vs 2024 average, April 2026
Affordability pressure across European agriculture.
Source: European Commission / DG AGRI
EU production
10–15%
below pre-2022 levels
Domestic nitrogen capacity has not recovered.
Source: DG AGRI
Cost exposure
~70%
of EU nitrogen production cost
Associated with natural gas.
Source: DG AGRI
Electricity + air + water → ammonia.
Target product: a modular, low-temperature ammonia production system. Future demonstrator target scale of 100 kg NH₃/day, built around an AEM electrochemical stack.
AEM
Membrane
Specialised anion-exchange membrane for efficient, durable operation.
Up to 3,000 h target
Electrodes
Catalyst architecture
Porous nickel-based electrode / catalyst architecture.
IP development in progress
Stack
System engineering
Novel stack architecture — core system-level engineering.
100% designed in-house
What exists today
- ✓Simulations
- ✓Engineering calculations
- ✓Literature-based feasibility analysis
- ✓Relevant electrolyser / AEM expertise
- ✓Relevant experimental testing experience
- ✓In-house stack architecture
- ✓Membrane co-development pathway
- ✓Nickel-based electrode / catalyst development
In progress with EU labs
Integrated physical ammonia demonstrator
The critical next step is experimental validation. The concept is defined. The evidence-generation phase is next.
Our advantage is the system — not a single component.
01
Membrane — AEM expertise
Relevant experience developing and modelling AEM electrochemical systems. Membrane technology being co-developed with a partner.
02
Electrode / catalyst — porous nickel-based architecture
Catalyst / electrode IP development, potentially designed around scalable, lower-cost materials. Cost advantage not yet validated.
03
Stack — in-house architecture
Integrates membrane, electrodes, transport, current distribution, thermal management and scale-up. Built on the founder's stack engineering experience.
04
Modelling — model → predict → build → test → iterate
Physics-based modelling inside the hardware loop: AEM electrolysis, SOEC, multiphysics, stack engineering, degradation, experimental validation, industrialisation. Our models anticipate technical blockers before expensive hardware iterations.
93%
energy efficiency target
5 years
durability target
100 kg/day
target system scale
Model → prove → optimise → scale
Now
Concept + modelling
0–6 months
First cell · NH₃ proof + ¹⁵N₂ controls
6–12 months
Integrated stack · Efficiency, FE, stability
12–24 months
Scale-up · 100 kg/day pathway
Benchmarks: IEA Ammonia Technology Roadmap; IEA Breakthrough Agenda Report 2025; published techno-economic analysis of low-pressure electrochemical ammonia.
€1M to turn the technology hypothesis into evidence.
Realise Labs is not raising €1M to commercialise an unvalidated product. We are raising €1M to build the first properly instrumented demonstrator, validate the core electrochemical hypotheses and establish the engineering pathway to scale.
Hardware
Cell + stack fabrication
Materials
AEM + electrodes + catalysts
Validation
Ammonia analytics + ¹⁵N₂ controls + testing
Engineering
Simulation + optimisation + controls
Team / lab
Electrochemistry + experimental infrastructure + safety
01
Climate-tech / deep-tech capital
Funding to build and validate the demonstrator.
02
Research partners
Laboratory capability for electrochemistry, materials and rigorous ammonia quantification.
03
Industrial partners
Future validation, deployment and scale-up.
Proprietary technology
Electrode / catalyst + membrane integration + stack architecture
Hardware
Modular ammonia systems
Licensing
Technology / stack IP
Digital engineering
Modelling + optimisation + predictive engineering
We have the engineering foundation. We have defined the architecture. The next step is to scale.
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