FluoRok
FluoRok provides a patented fluorination technology that bypasses hydrogen fluoride entirely, using mechanical activation and base chemistry to unlock fluorine from lower-grade mined materials and industrial waste. This approach reduces process hazards, lowers infrastructure costs, and enables production of high-value fluorochemicals like LiPF₆ for lithium-ion battery electrolytes, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The technology supports more flexible feedstock sourcing and enables localized, resilient manufacturing closer to end-user industries.
- Chemical Technology
- Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
- Clean Technology
- New Materials
- Battery Technology
Funding
Raised to date
$50.1MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
across 7 rounds
OS
AP+10$30M · Series A
Announced Nov 2026 · from article date
Disclosed cumulative: $50.1M
Founders
Product
Problem
Fluorochemical production has relied for over 250 years on hydrogen fluoride (HF), a highly toxic, corrosive, and hazardous intermediate derived from mined fluorite. This legacy route is capital-intensive, energy-demanding, and creates significant safety, environmental, and supply-chain constraints, particularly as demand for fluorochemicals in batteries, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals grows.
Solution
FluoRok provides a patented fluorination technology that bypasses hydrogen fluoride entirely, using mechanical activation and base chemistry to unlock fluorine from a broader range of sources, including lower-grade mined materials and fluorine-rich industrial waste. This approach reduces process hazards, lowers infrastructure and operational costs, and enables more flexible feedstock sourcing. The technology supports the production of high-value fluorochemicals such as LiPF₆ for lithium-ion battery electrolytes, as well as inputs for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. By simplifying the manufacturing route, FluoRok enables more resilient, localized production closer to end-user industries.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers of lithium-ion battery electrolytes, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals seeking safer, lower-cost, and more sustainable sources of fluorochemicals, as well as companies looking to establish localized fluorochemical supply chains.
Features
- Patented HF-free fluorination process using mechanical activation and base chemistry instead of high-temperature acid treatment
- Feedstock flexibility: accepts lower-grade fluorite and fluorine-containing industrial waste streams, not just acid-grade fluorite
- Reduced capital and operational expenditure through simpler manufacturing infrastructure and lower energy requirements
- Production of LiPF₆ and other electrolyte salts for lithium-ion batteries, with qualification testing underway for EV applications
- Lower CO₂ emissions and intrinsic process safety that enables reshoring of fluorochemical manufacturing
- Platform technology applicable across multiple high-value markets, including battery electrolytes, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals