# MOL Switch

> MOL Switch is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Chemical and CleanTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mol-switch
- Website: https://molswitch.earth

MOL Switch is a corporate venture capital firm of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical | 3 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 3 | 33% |
| GreenTech | 2 | 22% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 22% |
| Fuel | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Norway | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tomoaki Ichida | Chief Executive Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoaki-ichida |
| Mitsutoshi Morishita | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsutoshi-morishita |
| Shunichiro Shimamura | President & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shunichiro-shimamura |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ammobia | Ammobia is a chemical manufacturing company that specializes in the clean production of ammonia through renewable hydrogen and air. | $7.5M | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Vycarb | Vycarb is a Brooklyn-based firm that enables decentralized carbon removal through real-time, autonomous, and direct detection of CO2 in water. | $5M | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Hystar | Hystar develops polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers designed for large-scale green hydrogen production. Founded in 2020, Hystar's technology uses a unique cell design and process architecture that provides the ability to reduce electricity consumption and increase hydrogen output, enabling professionals to tackle various criticalenergy challenges and having the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | $36M | Series C | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Exterra Carbon Solutions | Exterra is a company that is creating a world-class solution for long-term CO2 storage using mineral waste. | $14.5M | Series A | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Twelve | Twelve is a carbon transformation company converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products. Their technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products that are made from fossil fuels. They specialize in the fields of CO2 electrocatalysis and electrochemical reactor design. | $85M | Series C | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Amogy | Amogy is a company that develops carbon-free energy solutions aimed at decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, including maritime, power generation, and heavy industry. Its patented ammonia cracking technology efficiently splits liquid ammonia to generate electrical power in conjunction with hydrogen fuel cells. | $56M |  | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Heirloom | Heirloom is a provider of direct air capture technology to enhance the natural process of CO2 absorption from the atmosphere. Its technology accelerates limestone's ability to capture carbon dioxide, storing it permanently underground while operating with renewable energy. | $150M | Series B | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Calicat | Calicat is a clean-energy company developing a proprietary electrocatalyst discovery process for electrolyser. The company electrocatalyst discovery is an unprecedented, proprietary, end-to-end ultrahigh throughput AI and data-driven process focused on the discovery of new catalysts for the generation of clean hydrogen and fuel cell powerproduction. The process prepares, characterizes, and quantifies the catalytic activity of millions of compositions per month and then closes the loop with big data analysis and AI to refine/guide the search. | $3M | Series A | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Regent | Regent develops an electric boat-flying machine for coastal transportation. The company designs and manufactures electric flying machines that will transport commercial passengers. The vehicle, known as a seaglider, is a wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates a few meters above the water's surface and combines an airplane's high speedwith a boat's low operating cost. Seagliders are designed to travel at speeds of up to 180 mph (290 km/h) with a range suitable for regional trips, connecting coastal cities and islands. The company aims to revolutionize regional transportation by creating fast, efficient, and sustainable seagliders that connect coastal communities. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 25, 2024 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ap-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freeflow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freeflow-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jericho Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jericho-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kinetics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kinetics-f6ea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TPG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/texas-pacific-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acario](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acario-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does MOL Switch invest in?

MOL Switch invests primarily in Chemical, CleanTech and GreenTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact MOL Switch?

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### Who are the partners at MOL Switch?

The team at MOL Switch includes Tomoaki Ichida (Chief Executive Officer), Mitsutoshi Morishita (COO) and Shunichiro Shimamura (President & COO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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