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Approximately 350 attendees from Germany and other nations gathered at Essen's Colosseum Theatre on 20 June 2023 for the inaugural HYDROVERSE CONVENTION. This event was centred on the burgeoning hydrogen market and emerging start-ups. A diverse program was presented to Europe's hydrogen sector, featuring 12 pitch presentations, an Expo showcasing 20 start-up exhibitors, 7 expert speakers, a keynote address, and two discussion panels.
The highlight of the convention was the presentation of the “HYDROVERSE CONVENTION Award”. Uwe Kerkmann, the Managing Director, alongside H2UB shareholders including OGE, RAG Stiftung, TÜV SÜD, and DLR, honoured the best pitch of the event. The award was claimed by Flore de Durfort from Atmen (previously Point Twelve), who captivated the jury with her innovative software. This software allows hydrogen producers to efficiently track the source of hydrogen, calculate carbon emissions, and secure officially recognised certificates for these efforts. The jury's evaluation criteria included technological excellence, practicality, the potential influence on the hydrogen economy, the calibre of the team, and the effectiveness of the presentation.
At Atmen, we build the data infrastructure that enables certification of clean industrial supply chains. That means working with some of the most sensitive information our customers hold: real operational data. A recurring question we hear is simple but crucial — “If we entrust you with this data, how do we know it’s secure?”
Today, we can give a clear and independent answer. Atmen has achieved ISO 27001 certification, the globally recognized standard for information security management.
ISO27001 is the benchmark for how companies manage, protect, and audit data. It requires a systematic approach to information security across people, processes, and technology. Earning this certification is proof that Atmen meets international best practices for confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
ISO27001 is assurance that compliance automation at scale does not come at the expense of security. For our customers, it means:
Certification is not a one-off milestone. ISO27001 requires ongoing governance and annual audits by independent assessors. For Atmen, it’s part of a broader commitment: embedding security into every layer of our technology and operations as we scale.
This achievement reinforces Atmen’s mission to enable secure, scalable certification across Europe’s clean energy supply chains. Security and scalability don’t have to be in conflict — and ISO27001 is proof.
Read more about this topic and get all the details in our Trust Center.
The funding will expand Atmen’s platform, helping industrial producers certify product origins and ensure supply chain integrity.
Munich, Germany – May 03, 2025 - Atmen (atmen.co), the company automating sustainability certification for industry, today announced a €5M seed funding round, led by Project A. Existing investors Revent and Vireo Ventures also participated, alongside notable angel investors including former TÜV SUD CEO Axel Stepken, Former CEO and serial Board member in tech environments including ThyssenKrupp, Martina Merz, and serial founder Christian Vollmann, an early investor in Trivago and SumUp. This brings Atmen’s total funding to €6.3M.
In an era of fierce global competition, European industrial companies face a dual challenge: creating a market advantage through sustainability leadership while ensuring global competitiveness.
The critical need for Atmen's solution becomes clear when examining Europe's fertiliser supply chain. Ammonia, an essential component for food security across the continent, is a prime example. While the EU imported approximately 25% of its fertilisers from Russia in 2024, valued at over €2.2 billion, the transition to low-carbon ammonia faces a fundamental verification challenge. Since a molecule of ammonia looks identical regardless of production method, this transition requires robust certification systems that can process over 70,000 data points annually to verify product origins and environmental credentials. This is precisely where Atmen comes in.
While traditional approaches rely on periodic sampling and yearly estimates, Atmen’s platform ingests granular, real-time operational data directly from industrial processes. This integration into industrial workflows streamlines compliance for energy-intensive products like hydrogen and renewable fuels, enabling companies to prove product composition and material origins with unprecedented certainty. By digitising certification processes, Atmen enhances traceability while reducing complexity, a crucial advantage for European industry navigating the energy transition.
Atmen was founded in January 2023 by Flore de Durfort, Quentin Cangelosi, and Erika Degoute, who met working at the renowned energy company E.ON. They identified a critical problem: despite its growing importance for market access, product certification still relied on outdated, manual processes - error-prone paperwork and scattered spreadsheets that couldn't handle today's complex supply chains and data requirements.
The team combines energy market expertise with robust technical capabilities. Atmen’s flagship product, 'Automate,' is already in use across industrial sites in 9 countries and working with five leading certification bodies, including TÜV NORD.
As Europe navigates complex trade tensions with the US, energy dependency on Russia, and manufacturing competition from China, traditional certification methods are failing due to their paper-based, labour-intensive processes. Cross-border transactions now require detailed certification of product origins and sustainability credentials, overwhelming systems designed for simpler supply networks. Atmen connects everyone involved, from producers and traders to auditors and certification labels, in a single system. This replaces scattered spreadsheets and siloed audits with continuous data monitoring and tracking tools that validate each product’s specifications and origins. Atmen’s approach also aligns with the EU Clean Industrial Deal, which outlines concrete actions to turn decarbonisation into a driver of growth for European industries.
With this €5 million funding, Atmen plans to expand beyond hydrogen, renewable and low-carbon fuels to certify a wider range of energy-intensive goods, including steel, chemicals, and fertilisers - sectors where proving product characteristics is essential for market access and decarbonisation. The team will also strengthen connections with regulators and certification schemes while launching tools that help companies track environmental impact and meet evolving regulations, which are increasing scrutiny on product sustainability claims.
As supply chains face growing pressure from geopolitical shifts and energy transitions, reliable product certification becomes essential for European businesses. Atmen's platform builds trust in product claims by raising the standard from periodic sampling to comprehensive data analysis - all while simplifying the process for manufacturers.
The platform helps companies navigate certification requirements, optimising their supply chains for both compliance and commercial goals. Atmen achieves this through advanced modelling tools that clarify decision-making and provide supply chain visibility.
Atmen is already working with industry leaders, including Lhyfe, Schneider Electric, and Energy & Regulation Partners. The team, currently at 11 employees, will expand to support the company's ambitious growth trajectory.
"European industries need reliable ways to verify products across borders and supply chains," says Flore de Durfort, CEO and co-founder of Atmen. "We're simplifying and scaling product certification, turning a traditional bottleneck into a competitive advantage. Our platform acts as a data infrastructure layer on top of industrial supply chains, processing complete operational datasets while reducing complexity. With Europe’s limited access to fossil fuels, the transition to renewable energy requires stronger systems to verify clean energy products - that’s precisely what we’re building.”
"In a world where industrial competitiveness depends on traceable, low-carbon supply chains, Atmen is building the digital backbone that turns complex production inputs into compliant, market- and export-ready products," says Mila Cramer, Principal at Project A.
About Atmen
Atmen (atmen.co) is a regulatory technology company providing the data infrastructure that powers trusted certification of industrial products. Atmen focuses on automating certification and enabling large-scale, verifiable supply chain transparency across energy-intensive industries. Founded in January 2023 by energy and regulation experts Flore de Durfort, Quentin Cangelosi, and Erika Degoute, Atmen has raised €6.3M to date to build technology that certifies industrial goods, starting with clean fuels. Headquartered in Munich, the company's platform is deployed across industrial sites in 9 countries, automating certification workflows and enabling verifiable proof of product attributes throughout the supply chain.
About Project A
Project A (project-a.com) is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $1bn assets under management, Project A commands the largest VC platform team in Europe: 100 functional experts exclusively support the portfolio companies in key areas of growth such as software engineering, business intelligence, data engineering, recruiting, sales and marketing. The venture capital firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 120 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, Black Semiconductor, Quantum Systems and sennder.
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