{"id":176851,"date":"2026-06-15T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/x-nano-secures-e3-7-million-to-convert-hydrocarbons-into-graphite\/176851\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:50:36","slug":"x-nano-secures-e3-7-million-to-convert-hydrocarbons-into-graphite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/x-nano-secures-e3-7-million-to-convert-hydrocarbons-into-graphite\/176851\/","title":{"rendered":"X-nano secures \u20ac3.7 million to convert hydrocarbons into graphite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X-nano, a start-up spun out of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), has announced that it has closed a \u20ac3.7 million seed round. The round was led by Mito Tech Ventures, an Article 9 SFDR-compliant venture capital fund managed by Mito Technology, alongside Pietro Fiorentini and a group of private investors.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funds raised will enable the company to accelerate the industrial development of its technology and begin the process of establishing a pilot plant for the sustainable production of synthetic graphite via the non-catalytic pyrolysis of methane. This is the first step in a process aimed at developing a European supply chain for the sustainable production of high-performance synthetic graphite, a strategic material for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X-nano is the result of research carried out by a team led by Fabio Di Fonzo, a researcher at the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology at the IIT in Milan, with the aim of developing advanced nanomaterials and coatings for industrial applications related to the energy transition.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La societ\u00e0 ha sviluppato un processo industriale proprietario e brevettato basato su un reattore di pirolisi non-catalitico in grado di convertire idrocarburi gassosi di qualsiasi origine, sia fossile, sia bioderivati, in grafite ad alta purezza per batterie al litio e carbonio turbostratico (hard carbon) per batterie al sodio. Il sottoprodotto principale del processo \u00e8 idrogeno che pu\u00f2 o essere usato come fonte energetica del sistema o ceduto ad altri impianti industriali, qualora sia disponibile un\u2019altra fonte di energia elettrica a zero emissioni. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graphite is a critical material for battery production, particularly for anodes. The development of a European supply chain for high-quality, sustainable synthetic graphite therefore represents a significant step towards reducing dependence on non-European supply chains and strengthening industrial autonomy in the energy storage sector. Today, in fact, over 90% of global production of synthetic graphite for anodes is concentrated in China, and the rapid uptake of electric mobility is causing demand to rise sharply, with an estimated increase of over 300% by 2036 [source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/graphite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">IEA]<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt Mito Technology, we firmly believe that there are real gems to be found within the Italian research ecosystem. We have just identified one at the Italian Institute of Technology. With X-nano, we are confident that we can help resolve one of the main bottlenecks in the energy transition: the scarcity of high-quality synthetic graphite, a resource for which the West depends almost entirely on a small number of producing countries.   <strong>\u201cReduced geopolitical dependence and a sustainable production process give us confidence that X-nano can become a key player on the international stage and a highly attractive investment,\u201d says Massimiliano Granieri, chairman of Mito Technology, in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are constantly on the lookout for enabling technologies capable of driving the energy sector forward, particularly those that enhance the gas system. The technology developed by X-nano takes the use of natural gas and biomethane to a higher level, extracting clean energy from methane in the form of turquoise hydrogen and transforming solid carbon into graphite,\u201d says Cristiano Nardi, Executive Chairman of Pietro Fiorentini &#8211; \u201cWe are excited to continue our journey with X-nano by contributing to its technological and industrial development, and we are convinced that this round will further strengthen the company\u2019s structure thanks to the addition of expertise capable of accelerating market access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClimate change is an urgent reality and electrification is an irreversible process. A battery requires far more materials than a combustion engine, and Europe cannot develop its own industry without controlling the entire supply chain for key materials, as China does today. In 2022, Paolo Mutti and I founded X-nano with the aim of developing advanced and sustainable materials to accelerate the energy transition. We have now decided to focus on the sustainable production of key battery materials,\u201d says Di Fonzo, founder and CEO of X-nano (pictured with the team). \u201cOur goal is to create a production process with zero emissions and zero water consumption, capable of providing the European battery industry with truly sustainable materials at competitive prices and without supply risks.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start-up was founded by the Italian Institute of Technology and is funded by Mito Tech Ventures and Pietro 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Co-fondatore di Designtech, l\u2019hub di innovazione che avvicina il mondo del design con quello della tecnologia. Advisor di Austrian Business Agency, Emil Banca, Fondazione Symbola, Fondazione Quadrans. Partecipa regolarmente a incontri, convegni, conferenze dedicate all\u2019ecosistema dell\u2019innovazione. E\u2019 stato co-organizzatore degli Italian Innovation Day and Series che si sono svolti dal dal 2016 al 2020 nelle citt\u00e0 di Tokyo in Giappone, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra in Australia e Singapore e co-organizzatore dell\u2019Italy India Innovation Day di AIICP 2021 e 2022. Ha curato il volume \u2018L\u2019innovazione che non ti aspetti. Contesti e visioni per l\u2019impresa\u2019 , l\u2019edizione italiana di \u2018La startup digitale, guida pratica step by step\u2019 e ha scritto la prefazione all\u2019edizione italiana de \u2018La quarta era\u2019 di Byron Reese, ed \u00e8 co-autore di \u2018Cosa e Dove: strategie digitali di ricerca del lavoro\u2019, tutti editi da FrancoAngeli. In passato \u00e8 stato curatore di StartupDigest Italy, coordinatore scientifico del Forum per la Ricerca della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, board member di TechChill Milano advisor di di ScaleIT , ha collaborato con Il Sole 24 Ore \u00e8 stato direttore di Innov\u2019azione, bimestrale edito da Apsti, ha collaborato con Corriere Innovazione ed \u00e8 stato presidente del comitato di selezione del Premio Marzotto e advisor di Cetif-Universit\u00e0 Cattolica Milano.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.abirascid.com\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilabirascid","https:\/\/x.com\/emilabirascid"],"url":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/author\/emil-abirascid\/"}]}},"author_name":"Emil Abirascid","categories_names":["Funding News"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176852,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176851\/revisions\/176852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176851"},{"taxonomy":"companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies?post=176851"},{"taxonomy":"journalist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/journalist?post=176851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}