Air Liquide's capital risk subsidiary, ALIAD, takes an equity stake in three technology start-ups

Aliad，Air Liquide Group的子公司致力于采取创新技术初创企业的少数股权，宣布三项初创企业的股权投资：麦克利能量，Solumix和Xylowatt。

为了支持氢能’s innovative initiatives,Air Liquide参加了IPOof the French companyMcPhy Energy关于欧洲交易所巴黎证券交易所。

Founded in 2008, McPhy Energy develops generators that produce hydrogen by water electrolysis and hydrogen storage in solid magnesium hydride. To favor the use of hydrogen in the energy market, McPhy Energy provides industrial users and renewable energy producers with concrete solutions for energy production and storage.

Solumix是2012年创建的创新法国启动。Solumix开发了一种新的绝缘建筑材料，由天然原材料制成，为建筑材料部门面临的生态和经济挑战提供答案。这种投资尤其可以允许液化空气杠杆对专利由其研发部门开发的多孔材料领域.

基于比利时，XYLOWATT.is a spin-off of the Catholic University of Louvain. This company has developed a reliable and efficient technology for producing clean synthesis gas from solid biomass. In the short term, Air Liquide will contribute to the evolution of this technology towards processes using oxygen. Furthermore, this innovative technology should allow Air Liquide to为其工业客户提供高质量的可再生能源来源.

ALIAD's mission is to take minority stakes in innovative technology start-ups,促进the establishment of R&D and/or business agreements between start-ups in its portfolio and the units of Air Liquide group. The sectors targeted for these investments are energy transition, natural resources management, healthcare technologies, digital technologies, electronics and IT.

Over the first 18 months of operations, ALIAD has made八项投资: Demeter, Quadrille Capital, Terrajoule, Plug Power, Hydrexia, Solumix, Xylowatt and McPhy Energy.