Funding
Pre-seed · Climate tech

American Supercritical raises $8m for waste-heat power systems

Silent Ventures led the pre-seed round to commercialize modular equipment that turns heat from gas-turbine exhaust into electricity.

By RoundOS Funding desk

Riot Ventures, Harpoon, Reveille VC, Hillwood, Mana Ventures, Climate Capital and Alumni Ventures also invested, alongside angels.

The Denver company is starting with a testing and low-volume production facility. Its initial system uses supercritical carbon dioxide to recover exhaust heat, adding power generation to existing gas turbines.

Use of funds

Commercialize supercritical carbon dioxide power blocks

Funding history

Pre-seed · This round$8M

Sources

  1. American Supercritical launchaol.com · Sep 23, 2026
  2. americansupercritical.com

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