# Aurora Hydrogen

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/aurora-hydrogen

- Industry: Renewable Energy
- Headquarters: Edmonton, Canada
- Website: www.aurorahydrogen.com
- Total disclosed funding: $10M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 1, 2022)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2021, and based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aurora Hydrogen Inc. engages in developing a hydrogen production technology that uses efficient microwave energy to heat natural gas in the absence of oxygen and water to produce hydrogen and solid carbon. In 2021, the company was co-founded by two professionals coming from different fields -- Dr. Murray Thomson who studies methane pyrolysis of hydrocarbon fuels, and Dr. Erin Bobicki who focuses on microwave application. While two co-founders came out with a detailed process model for an emission-free hydrogen production technology, they invited Andrew Gillis to help the company commercialize this technology. In 2022, the company raised USD 10 million in series A round of funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. In March 2026, Aurora Hydrogen Inc. raised USD 3 million in growth funding from Oldendorff Family Office.


The company is still under development of products, with its core technology that utilizes efficient microwave energy without generating any CO2 emissions or consuming water. The technology can enable installation of units anywhere.

The company will deploy the fund raised in 2022 to build a 200 kg-H2/day demonstration plant for field trials in Edmonton, Canada.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 1, 2022, $10M — Chevron Technology Ventures, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Williams Olefine LLC, Shell Ventures, Energy Innovation Capital

## Investors

- Chevron Technology Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chevron-technology-ventures) — Series A
- George Kaiser Family Foundation — Series A
- Williams Olefine LLC — Series A
- Shell Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shell-ventures) — Series A
- Energy Innovation Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/energy-innovation-capital) — Series A