Europe’s industrial future is being manufactured from the ground up.

From subsurface extraction to advanced recycling and food infrastructure, a new wave of hardtech startups is tackling the hidden bottlenecks behind clean energy, electrification, and supply chain resilience.

As access to critical raw materials becomes a defining constraint, founders are rethinking how we extract, recover and process the building blocks of modern industry.

Across the continent, companies are turning waste into feedstock, unlocking circular systems for batteries, textiles, and minerals.

Europe’s edge is emerging from its ability to close loops at scale, pairing deep materials science with industrial execution to compete globally.

Biology, AI, automation and new materials are converging to reshape how things are made.

The result: a new industrial model that is less extractive, more programmable, and fundamentally greener.

Europe has the ingredients, now here’s why scaling it will define the next decade.

Get the inside track on the continent’s potential as we catch up with 14 builders and investors on the frontlines: Altrove, B’ZEOS, Syre, ECBF, 2150VC, tozero, Hades Mining, Bloomineral, MicroHarvest, Vertus Energy, Firefly Fusion, Xampla, Genomines

In today’s edition:

🏭 320 Green Manufacturing Startups
⚒️ 14 Experts Weigh in on European Manufacturing
🎤 12 Founders in New Manufacturing at HackSummit
🎙️ Podcast Host at HackSummit to Uncover What’s Next

While there is no single silver bullet for decarbonising industry, progress will come from many solutions advancing in parallel.

Here we highlight 120 companies, from emerging innovators to established leaders, spanning key verticals: alternatives to wood, cement and concrete, fuels, chemicals, metals and mining, construction, energy, advanced materials and AI and machine learning.

To provide the bigger picture, we’ve compiled an Airtable featuring 320 companies building next-generation industrial processes, where they’re based and what they’re working.

12 Founders pioneering the future of manufacturing join us on the HackSummit stage.

Across clean industrial heat, biomaterials, modern mining extraction, carbon-storing SCM, in-space manufacturing and sustainable protein, they’ll share their vision, recent milestones and ambitious plans to launch pilots and open factories to upend current systems.

We’ll be joined by: Paebbl, Space Forge, Hades Mining, Altrove, Milvus Advanced, Voltfang, MicroHarvest, EPYR, Modern Synthesis, Phlair, Solar Foods, Notpla

At the HackSummit, we’re teaming up with Hugo Rauch, Podcast Host of New Wave to hear what’s new and what’s next for Europe’s most ambitious Founders and Funders in Climate HardTech.

He’ll uncover their unique journeys to fund and scale promising technologies and record their take on where the market’s heading.

Tune into recent editions and look forward to hearing the latest releases next month.

We’re hosting a one-day, curated event designed to help startups secure pilot opportunities with Swiss SMEs.

What’s planned:

All meetings are curated in advance to ensure high-quality, relevant conversations in 1 focused day.

Spots are limited. Explore the verticals and apply here to join a selected group of startups.

The HackSummit is where Europe’s HardTech founders and funders come together, a meeting point for the people building, backing, and scaling the technologies driving the continent’s industrial renaissance.

From breakthrough ideas to closing deals, this is where meaningful connections will be made and new partnerships will take shape, for the 5th year in a row.

Reserve your place today to surround yourself with the brightest and boldest builders across the ecosystem, founders, investors, operators, and industry leaders. All in one place.

See you in Lausanne.

Laura at Hack

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