Meet our AVF 2026 Startups
Hand-picked startups, carefully selected by AVF’s five founding partners.

Arceus Resources Holding Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based technology company developing sustainable solutions for converting waste materials into high-value advanced materials. Its flagship technology transforms waste glass into high-performance silica aerogel, providing a lower-carbon alternative for applications in insulation, construction, and other industrial sectors.

AutoNxt is an Indian climate-tech company pioneering high-performance electric and autonomous tractors for agriculture and heavy-duty industrial applications. With 300+ electric tractors deployed across India, AutoNxt is electrifying some of the hardest-to-abate off-highway operations across bioenergy, airports, infrastructure, and agriculture—replacing diesel with intelligent, zero-emission technology built for real-world conditions.

Blue Whale Energy deploys battery storage at commercial and industrial sites across Singapore at zero upfront cost, aggregating them into a virtual power plant that provides localised congestion relief to help hyperscale data centres access power faster. Selected for Singapore’s Energy Market Authority VPP Regulatory Sandbox alongside SP Group and Nanyang Technological University, its distributed battery fleet also provides grid services in the wholesale electricity market. Blue Whale Energy is backed by ADB Ventures, Analog Ventures, Wavemaker Partners and SG Growth Capital.

Bygen is the world’s first producer of sustainable activated carbon, a critical filtration material used across major markets including water treatment, gas purification, and PFAS remediation. Our proprietary Low-Energy Activation (LEA) technology enables the production of high-performance activated carbon with significantly lower energy requirements and a carbon-negative footprint.

HydGene Renewables is an Australian industrial biotechnology company transforming waste biomass into the building blocks for locally produced fertilisers, fuels and chemicals. Its proprietary biocatalyst platform unlocks agricultural and industrial waste residues as a low-cost, distributed resource for industry, using biology to replace energy-intensive and fossil-based chemical production pathways. HydGene supplies its biocatalyst technology into customer-owned facilities, creating an asset-light platform that can scale across products, industries and geographies.

MiRESSO is a Japanese deep-tech startup spun out from QST, developing proprietary low-temperature refining technology for beryllium—a critical material for fusion energy, advanced reactors, aerospace, and medical applications.
Its technology aims to reduce production costs and energy consumption while addressing constraints in the global beryllium supply chain. MiRESSO is currently preparing for its Series B financing round and seeking global investors and strategic partners.

OptiGrid is the intelligence layer for batteries and renewables, using AI to automate trading and maximise asset revenue. Built on 7 years of deep research, our platform outperforms incumbent optimisers by ~23% and manages over 600 MW of batteries across Australia.

A Phage Biotech company using bacteriophages to make livestock, aquaculture, and food production more sustainable and resilient. By replacing conventional antibiotics with precision biological solutions, UniFAHS helps reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR), improve production efficiency, minimize resource losses, and lower the environmental footprint of food production—supporting a low-carbon, climate-resilient food system.