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Leadership

Each area is led by top-level leaders with deep domain and real-world execution experience.

Wookyung Kim

Tech Lead

Associate Professor at Hiroshima University. Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. Specialist in metal-powder combustion, hydrogen safety and dust/gas explosions. Leads the R&D.

Masatomo Todo

Biz Lead

Accelerator at Hiroshima University, supporting deep-tech startup. Former engineer at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with experience in steam-turbine and plant design. Leads business development.

Technology & R&D

A world-leading researcher in metal powder combustion leads our technology and R&D.
With world-class research achievements and expertise spanning from fundamental combustion reaction mechanisms to related technologies, we bring deep scientific leadership in the metal powder combustion field.
The scientific knowledge generated through research is provided as a technical foundation to support the system design and industrial deployment.

Strategy & Engineering

An experienced engineering leader drives business strategy and engineering.
With hands-on experience across design, manufacturing, operations, and safety in large-scale industrial systems, we build business models grounded in engineering reality.
We bridge technologies developed in research environments to businesses and systems that can operate successfully under real industrial constraints.

Capital & Partnerships

A team member with hands-on experience in startup accelerators and the global VC ecosystem leads capital strategy and external partnerships.
Leveraging experience across accelerators and Silicon Valley–centered VC networks, we lead fundraising, investor relations, and strategic partnerships both domestically and internationally.
From a capital strategy perspective, we design the scale and long-term sustainable growth of the business.

Advisory Board

Jeff Bergthorson

Advisor

Professor at McGill University, Canada. Pioneer of metal combustion, and Advisor & Board Member at FeX Energy.

Philip de Goey

Advisor

Professor at TU/e, Netherlands. Founder & Chairman of Metalot, and Advisor at RIFT and Iron+.

Fabien Halter

Advisor

Professor at the University of Orléans / CNRS ICARE, France. Fellow of The Combustion Institute.

Raoul Voeten

Advisor

Managing Director at Metalot, Netherlands.

Leon Thijs

Advisor

Researcher at RIFT, Netherlands.

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