IIngelia
Ingelia is a Valencia-based cleantech company that designs, manufactures, and operates industrial hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) plants converting organic waste (biomass, sewage sludge, agri-food residues) into biochar, liquid biofertilizers, and water. Founded in 2005, it was among the first companies worldwide to commission an industrial-scale HTC plant (2010), holds 17 granted international patents, and has plants operating across Europe. It closed a fresh capital injection (part of a Series B) in October 2025 from CDTI Innvierte, Repsol Energy Ventures, and Easo Ventures.
SectorsCleantech, Circular Economy, Waste Management, Energy & Climate, Biofertilizers
Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Waste valorisation & biomaterials
Founders
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Alex Chiva
Co-founder & CFO
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Marisa Hernández Latorre
CEO & Co-founder
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Martin Hitzl
Chairman of the Board / CTO & Co-founder
Global models 5
CCharm Industrial
United States · charmindustrial.com ↗
VC-backed cleantech company converting waste biomass into a stable carbon form (bio-oil injected underground) for permanent carbon removal, the closest large-scale analogue to Ingelia's biomass-to-stable-carbon HTC model.
$145MComparable
AAnaergia
Canada · www.anaergia.com ↗
Builds and operates industrial plants that convert organic waste into renewable gas, fertilizer, and water, matching Ingelia's model of monetizing organic waste valorization technology at industrial scale.
~$200MComparable
SStiesdal (SkyClean)
Denmark · www.stiesdal.com ↗
Develops pyrolysis-based industrial technology converting agricultural and forestry waste into biochar, directly comparable to Ingelia's HTC-to-biochar process.
$121MComparable
CCarbo Culture
Finland · www.carboculture.com ↗
Converts agricultural and industrial waste biomass into stable biochar using a proprietary thermal process, a close technological and market parallel to Ingelia's HTC plants.
$24.9MComparable
BBioforcetech
United States · bioforcetech.com ↗
Deploys industrial units that convert organic waste (wastewater biosolids) into biochar-based carbon products, mirroring Ingelia's waste-to-biochar industrial equipment business.
$24MComparable
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Investors 5
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Funding rounds 2
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-10-15 | No stage disclosed | €675K partial: only one investor's ticket was disclosed |
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| 2024-03-26 | No stage disclosed | — |
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News 2
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| 2024-03-26 |
Repsol Corporate Venturing y Easo Ventures invierten en la startup Ingelia y su tecnología de economía circular para producir biochar a partir de residuos ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2024-03-26 |
| 2024-03-05 |
Repsol Energy Ventures and Easo Ventures invest in Ingelia's technology company ↗
Ingelia
2024-03-05 |