Swiss ClimateTech startup Crosstown raises €2.5 million to run gas turbines on renewable fuels

Baden-based Crosstown H2R AG closed a further €2.5 million in Seed funding to  accelerate the deployment of Crosstown’s H2R Burner technology, which reportedly enables gas turbines to convert to zero-carbon operation and run on 100% renewable fuels like hydrogen.

Participating in this round were 2100 Ventures, Climate Insiders, and Unruly Capital and SDAC. Existing investors and supporters include CiRi, Voyagers and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFoE).

“We’re grateful for the visionary support of European ClimateTech investors who share our mission: eliminating CO₂ emissions from the gas turbine sector while unlocking new value for existing infrastructure,” said S. Manoj Harasgama, Founder and Co-CEO of Crosstown. “By repurposing billions of dollars in gas infrastructure and preventing them from becoming costly stranded assets, we’re not only driving decarbonisation – we’re also reinforcing Europe’s energy sovereignty, resilience, and long-term competitiveness. This funding allows us to accelerate our go-to-market via our sales partnerships and expand our product portfolio to be applicable for 1000s of turbines globally.”

Crosstown H2R AG is a ClimateTech company established in 2022 by S. Manoj Harasgama and Prith Harasgama, combined with global industry veterans in the gas turbine sector. Its mission is to “fast track humanity’s evolution to sustainable power generation by delivering disruptive destination technologies with transitional capabilities” that can be applied today.

Manoj has built, scaled and exited multiple high-growth startups (e.g. Treatwell.com, JOIN.com, Movu.ch), whereas Prith and the technical team member’s involvement have developed dozens of gas turbines (at ABB, Alstom, GE, MANTurbo, Doosan, etc.) globally and across the entire value chain of the industry over the last 3 decades.

Crosstown’s key product delivers proprietary burner technology for gas turbine decarbonisation and NOx reduction, the tech is patented by the EPO as of 2025.

The fresh funding will accelerate the deployment of Crosstown’s H2R Burner technology, which allegedly enables gas turbines to convert to zero-carbon operation and run on 100% renewable fuels like hydrogen. Just one single 100MW turbine retrofitted with Crosstown’s burner can reportedly eliminate over 300,000+ tons of CO₂ emissions annually.

This technology also gives operators the transitional multi-fuel capability to run on any level of the spectrum from 100% natural gas to 100% zero carbon fuels. Regardless of fuel-mix the company says their technology immediately reduces NOx emissions by up to 85% and ultimately provides the tech to eliminate 100% of CO₂ emissions giving operators an end-game zero-carbon solution with transitional capabilities all-in-one technology.

With the fresh funding, Crosstown will adapt its multi-platform technology to expand its product portfolio to support even more turbine types and additional turbine platforms, including Rolls-Royce, GE, Siemens, ABB and more.

The company is also establishing further sales-partnerships with Independent Service Providers (ISPs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

“Crosstown has the leading technology to establish itself further as the leading option for the decarbonisation of gas turbines across all OEMs. With gigatons of CO₂ emitted annually, gas turbines belong to the biggest offenders of CO₂ emissions globally”, said Andrea Casasco, Founding Partner and investor at 2100Ventures. “The 2100 team is excited to be backing this experienced team who, have defined the gas turbine landscape with dozens of patents over 3 decades and therefore is pre-destined to clean it up now.”

With Europe seeking to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Crosstown’s technology extends the lifespan of existing gas turbines and gas power plants and future proofs them, looking to ensure reliable, low-carbon energy for decades.

By enabling gas turbines to be zero carbon capable, it complements intermittent renewables like wind and solar with a true baseload solution, providing grid stability and potentially saving thousands of gas turbines and supporting infrastructure from becoming useless and costly stranded assets.

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