First Imagine has reaffirmed its support for HotGreen Solutions as the company closes an acceleration round that extends its pre-seed funding. Empirical Ventures is also taking part, and Ponderosa Ventures, part of the Galvanize platform, joins as a new investor. HotGreen also received a non-dilutive Innovate UK Investor Partnerships grant. The funding will support commercial deployments and scaling, mainly in food and beverage, and more pilot projects testing high-efficiency industrial heat in real settings.

HotGreen Solutions has been selected for Cohort 7 of the 100+ Accelerator, announced by First Imagine. The cohort brings together 44 startups from over 40 countries, all working to build more secure, affordable and sustainable industrial supply chains alongside corporate partners including AB InBev, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelēz International and Unilever. HotGreen will use the programme to pilot its industrial heat pump technology with world-class partners and turn real-world deployment into measurable impact.

In an interview with NaturalRefrigerants.com, HotGreen Solutions CEO and co-founder Georgia Ware explains how the company’s industrial heat pump uses isothermal compression and a hydrocarbon refrigerant to deliver steam up to 120°C in a single stage, with a COP of up to 2.8. Aimed at the European food and beverage sector, the modular system is designed to beat fossil-fuel boilers on cost, with a pilot planned with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners by the end of 2026.

Today, our host Sophy Norris is speaking to Georgia Ware, the Co-Founder and CEO of climate tech start-up HotGreenSolutions. Georgia is taking on the world of industrial heat (which contributes a staggering 20% to CO2 emissions) through her impressive blend of entrepreneurialism, innovation, storytelling and gritty determination.

In this episode, Dom Falcão, Founding Director of talks with the powerhouse that is Georgia Ware, Co-Founder and CEO of . The team created ultra-efficient, high-temperature heat pumps to electrify industrial process heat. They are tackling the issue of CO2 emissions from industrial boilers, which power manufacturing across the globe and are responsible for up to 10% of global CO2 emissions. You can expect: company story, how often she thought of industrial heating before founding the business, importance of having a team and much more!

A UK cleantech startup HotGreen Solutions, has closed a £1.2 million pre-seed round, led by Empirical Ventures, with strategic participation from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), First Imagine! Ventures, The Conduit Impact Fund, and Almanac Ventures.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is set to trial innovative industrial heat pump technology developed by UK clean-tech startup HotGreen Solutions. The technology aims to help manufacturers reduce both energy consumption and carbon emissions by replacing traditional fossil-fuel-based heating systems with highly efficient, electrified alternatives.