The company, which competed against dozens of other companies, works to produce ammonia in a clean way, with zero carbon emissions
The winner of the Israeli Climate Awards competition, sponsored by Doral Energy-Tech Ventures and Calcalist, is NitroFix, an agriculture and green energy company that works to produce ammonia from water and air without carbon emissions. NitroFix was founded by CEO Ophira Melamed, Meital Alon, and Yehuda Bornstein and has raised $6.3 million so far.
As the winners of the competition, NitroFix will receive several awards including a cash prize of 50,000 NIS ($13,493), advertising credit in Calcalist worth NIS 50,000, $50,000 for piloting the company's technology on Doral sites worldwide, consultation from the Pearl Cohen law firm, and the possibility of a strategic investment from Doral.
Dozens of companies registered for the competition, with 15 finalists selected for the semi-final round to make their pitch to the panel of judges. Only five companies made it to the final round of the competition, which aims to support new startups in the energy and climate sectors and find Israel's next big breakthrough in the fight against the climate crisis.
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One of the finalists was SolOr which develops materials that can be embedded using a spray coating technique on buildings or vehicles, at low temperature and without suction systems. The result is 30% savings in installation costs and a 40-70% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared to traditional silicon solar cells.
Criaterra Innovations, another finalist, offers the first technology without cement and without reinforcement for construction products, using a patented protected substitute called BioGeo Agglomerated Stone for bricks. Its manufacturing process emits significantly less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, without the use of cement, at a low cost and with a short installation time.
