Pascal adds $8.5M for next-generation cooling
Pascal raises $8.5 million in venture funding and secures $839,000 in grants for solid-refrigerant cooling technology.
What happened
Pascal raised an additional $8.5 million in venture funding, co-led by Sazze Partners and LB Investment, with KDB Silicon Valley participating. It also secured $839,000 in grants. The company is developing cooling systems that use carbon dioxide and a porous solid material instead of a conventional circulating refrigerant.
Why it matters
Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps consume substantial energy, while refrigerant choices create environmental and engineering trade-offs. Pascal's approach aims to improve efficiency using materials that can fit into broadly familiar cooling-system designs. The company has signed a pilot agreement with a multinational beverage manufacturer.
The bigger picture
Pascal expects to deliver an initial prototype next year and more developed refrigerators in 2028. Its claims about efficiency, durability and cost are not independently verified enough to treat as established performance. The important milestones will be successful prototypes, repeatable manufacturing and results from commercial deployments under realistic conditions.