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Infinium is a technology company.
Infinium has raised $413.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Infinium.
Infinium has raised $413.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Infinium develops and deploys proprietary technology across two core platforms to address critical sustainability challenges. Its Infinium Energy™ platform converts waste carbon into sustainable fuels and chemicals, known as eFuels, offering scalable decarbonization solutions. Concurrently, Infinium Edge™ redefines data center infrastructure through advanced immersion cooling, leveraging specialized fluids and modular designs for AI-ready architectures to enhance performance, reduce power consumption, and eliminate water usage.
The company was founded in 2020 by Robert Schuetzle, who serves as its CEO. The genesis of Infinium stemmed from the insight that waste carbon could be transformed into valuable, clean energy products, proving that a circular economy for carbon is achievable. This vision aimed to create sustainable alternatives to traditional fossil fuels and chemical feedstocks, addressing pressing environmental concerns.
Infinium's products serve industries seeking to mitigate their carbon footprint, including transportation and heavy industry, as well as the rapidly expanding data center sector. The company envisions accelerating global shifts in energy and digital infrastructure by transforming waste streams into sustainable outputs and enabling more efficient, environmentally responsible computing. Its long-term goal is to pioneer solutions that foster a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Infinium has raised $413.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $200.0M Series C in September 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2024 | $200M Series C | Brookfield Asset Management | — | Announced |
| Nov 29, 2023 | $75M Venture Round | Breakthrough Energy Catalyst | — | Announced |
| Oct 27, 2021 | $69M Venture Round | Kara H. Hurst, NextEra Energy Resources | — | Announced |
| Oct 1, 2021 | $69M Series U | Amazon, NextEra Energy Resources | 8090 Industries, AP Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Aston Motes, IAN McHenry, TOM Steyer, Waseem Daher, 8090 Partners, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Pavilion Capital | Announced |
Key people at Infinium.
Infinium refers to multiple technology entities, but the most prominent and innovative is Infinium (infiniumco.com), a cleantech company pioneering ultra-low carbon synthetic eFuels. It builds gas-to-liquid conversion platforms using renewable energy and captured CO₂ to produce drop-in fuels like e-diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF), and chemicals that decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as aviation, shipping, trucking, and plastics. Serving heavy industry players like Amazon and American Airlines, Infinium solves the challenge of reducing transportation emissions—responsible for 8 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually—by offering premium, fossil-fuel alternatives compatible with existing infrastructure without engine modifications.[3][5] The company operates the world's first commercial-scale eFuels facility (Project Pathfinder) and is scaling Project Roadrunner with up to $1.1 billion from Brookfield, earning #1 on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Sustainability for 2025.[3][5]
Other entities include Infinium Technologies (Atlanta-based IT services firm founded 2004, offering infrastructure, managed services, and data solutions)[1][2] and Infinium Technologies Ltd (global IT hardware staffing across 120+ countries with 6,000+ engineers).[4] This overview focuses on the eFuels leader due to its market impact and recognition.
Infinium's eFuels technology emerged from over a decade of R&D to create sustainable alternatives amid rising climate pressures. Founders refined proprietary catalysts, equipment, and processes for gas-to-liquid conversion, leading to Project Pathfinder—the world's first operational commercial eFuels facility—which validated drop-in ready production.[3] Pivotal milestones include securing Brookfield's $1.1B investment for Project Roadrunner (eSAF focus) and partnerships with majors like Amazon, accelerating from pilot to scale amid net-zero demands.[3][5] Named #1 in sustainability innovation by Fast Company in 2025, it humanizes the push against 25% of global CO₂ from planes, ships, and trucks.[3][5]
Infinium rides the eFuels and electrification trend in cleantech, targeting Scope 3 emissions in aviation (needing massive SAF scaling by 2050) and heavy transport where batteries fall short. Timing aligns with global net-zero mandates, carbon capture incentives, and renewable energy cost drops, amplified by post-2020 climate investments.[3][5] Market forces like EU/ICAO SAF mandates and US Inflation Reduction Act favor its CO₂-negative fuels over biofuels. Infinium influences the ecosystem by proving commercial viability, attracting capital (e.g., Brookfield), and enabling incumbents to decarbonize without capex overhauls, accelerating the shift from 8B tonnes annual transport CO₂.[3][5]
Infinium is positioned to dominate eFuels as Roadrunner ramps eSAF production, potentially capturing share in the $100B+ SAF market by 2030 amid tightening regulations. Trends like cheaper green hydrogen, AI-optimized catalysis, and corporate net-zero pledges will propel growth, evolving its role from pioneer to supplier for fleets decarbonizing plastics and fuels. With #1 innovation cred and mega-funding, expect partnerships expansions and global plants, fueling an infinite low-carbon future from its CO₂-to-fuel core.[3][5]
Infinium has raised $413.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Infinium's investors include Brookfield Asset Management, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, Kara H. Hurst, NextEra Energy Resources, Amazon, 8090 Industries, AP Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Aston Motes, Ian McHenry, Tom Steyer.