San Donato Milanese (Milan), October 14th, 2025 – Mitico and Heath Technologies, two startups active respectively in CO₂ capture and hydrogen production solutions, are the two winning companies of HyAccelerator 2025 – Net Zero Revolution Call4Startup, the fourth edition of its corporate acceleration program dedicated to pioneering decarbonization technologies.
Launched as part of Snam’s broader innovation roadmap, the Net Zero Revolution Call4Startup attracted over 60 proposals from around the world. Following two months of collaboration – the Discovery Phase, featuring technical deep dives and mentoring sessions for four selected finalists – two startups have been announced as winners. The two awarded startups will now move forward in their acceleration journey, entering the Validation Phase. They will have the opportunity to develop pre-feasibility studies for real-world applications, supported by financial and technical resources from Snam and its partners. This will include access to experts’ guidance, tailored feedback and opportunities for interaction with industrial partners to explore potential synergies and development pathways.
Driving the future of decarbonization: the winners
Mitico is advancing the frontier of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) with a proprietary granulated potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) sorption technology. Designed to capture post-combustion low concentration CO2 emissions, Mitico’s solution offers a simple, non-toxic, cost-effective and efficient pathway to decarbonize existing industrial assets – an essential step for Italy’s energy-intensive and hard-to-abate sectors to meet climate targets.
Heath Technologies is developing a hybrid water-splitting process that combines thermochemical and electrochemical steps (using the CuCl cycle) to produce hydrogen more efficiently and at lower cost than conventional electrolysis. Powered by medium-to-high temperature heat, this solution offers significant potential for industrial decarbonization, especially in contexts where advanced heat sources – such as solar thermal or next generation nuclear technologies – can be leveraged to enable efficient and low-emission hydrogen production. This startup will be accelerated through the Horizon Europe project H2SHIFT (ID 101137953), with a test plan and prototype development to be carried out on the Testing Line No. 5 – “Thermochemical Water Splitting” – in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino.
A new chapter in European collaboration
HyAccelerator 2025, the Net Zero Revolution Call4Startup, also marks a significant milestone in cross-border cooperation. Since 2024, Snam has been an active member of the TSOs Innovation Club – a network of leading European Transmission System Operators (TSOs) that, through voluntary meetings and dedicated working groups, share best practices, foster dialogue, and explore new opportunities for innovation.
In this context, Snam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with several members from the TSOs Innovation Club, including Enagás Emprende, NaTran, Gasunie, Teréga, and the innovation platform H2UB. Notably, this agreement formalizes a shared commitment to foster innovation and promote the adoption of breakthrough technologies.
The HyAccelerator program represents one of the earliest initiatives presented for potential collaboration within the TSOs Innovation Club. Specifically, for the Net Zero Revolution Call4Startup, experts from the signatory TSOs have been directly involved contributing with their technical knowledge and perspectives to the startup evaluation process.
This strategic alliance reinforces a shared commitment to accelerating innovation and the deployment of cutting-edge technologies, fostering synergies across national borders in line with Snam’s target to reach Net Zero by 2050 for all emissions.
This press release was published by Snam on October 15, 2025: https://www.snam.it/en/media/news-and-press-releases/news/2025/snam-winners-hyaccelerator-2025-startups-net-zero.html
